In the type of politically charged outburst Americans have come to expect out of washed-up entertainers desperate to remain relevant, Mia Farrow recently subjected the internet to her conspiracy theory that the shooting was staged in an attempt to boost President Donald Trump’s popularity.
Leaving aside the fact that, if anything, the incident only fueled concerns many of Trump’s supporters about his security protocol, Woody Allen’s ex made it clear that the left doesn’t need even a shred of evidence to hurl accusations at their political opponents.
Here’s how Breitbart covered Farrow’s remarks:
“He is forcing us to wonder ‘he has lost a war he is unable to end & is now so desperate to raise his approval ratings, would he …..’ ?” Mia Farrow posted to the social media platform on Sunday morning, linking to an Economist article. Farrow includes quotes in her missive that don’t come from the article she links to.
ADVERTISEMENTHer followers, however, agreed with her sentiment. “I call bullshit” one said.
“I think it was a false flag,” said another.
“All planned,” another said.
To be sure, Allen, a Kamala Harris donor, is the third person to make an attempt on President Trump’s life. CBS News reported that a relative of Allen “called police before last night’s from the White House Correspondents Association dinner incident.”
And plenty of others (including, no doubt, many who love to deride the GOP as a party of ‘conspiracy theorists) are similarly couching the shooting as a possible “false flag” event:
Ana Navarro says people think the shooting was staged ‘because Trump lies.’
Keep in mind she does nothing but lie on CNN, The View, etc…
It never ends with these people. pic.twitter.com/ZpXotSrQpu
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) April 27, 2026
A lot of people in my orbit keep saying the shooting last night was staged. A growing number say the Butler, PA shooting was staged. I never imagined I'd see public trust in events collapse as it has over the last few years. It's extremely disheartening.
— Max Burns (@themaxburns) April 26, 2026
Here’s conservative commentator Matt Walsh sarcastic reaction:
I’m officially convinced. It was a hoax. The Trump Administration recruited a leftist Kamala Harris voting Trump hater to participate in a staged assassination that would include the shooter getting shot at and then locked in federal prison for the rest of his life. The Kamala…
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 26, 2026
Full text:
I’m officially convinced. It was a hoax. The Trump Administration recruited a leftist Kamala Harris voting Trump hater to participate in a staged assassination that would include the shooter getting shot at and then locked in federal prison for the rest of his life. The Kamala Harris voter agreed to this plan, that works against his political and personal interests, because he’s just like a really generous guy. Meanwhile the Trump Administration, despite dastardly planning multiple assassination hoaxes, decided to keep their patsy alive and a permanent liability to them, rather than just killing him like they could have easily done. They did this because they also are really strangely generous in a very odd and specific way. So in summary we have a plot where all parties involved are working against their own interests with no real discernible benefit to any of them. There is no evidence of this plan and it doesn’t even make any intuitive sense and the motives for everyone are unclear if not insane, but still I believe it because I’m a very smart person.
It was too much for even one MS NOW host, as Fox News reported:
“One thing that I’m disturbed by as we woke up this morning is seeing folks on the internet say that this was a false flag, that we are basically all in cahoots to do, to say that this was staged,” MS NOW host Eugene Daniels said on “The Weekend.”
He continued, “And I think as someone who, for all of us who was in the room, who had to jump on the ground, who had to text our family and friends and tell them that we were okay, calling our moms like so many people in this country have done for decades, to see people say those kinds of things,, it is frustrating, and it’s disturbing, and it shows that the issues that we have to try and fix in this country.”
Providing their counterpoint were all those gathered for the dinner when the shooting took place:
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