New video circulating on social media captures Turning Point USA chairwoman Erika Kirk visibly distraught as she is rushed out by security from the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner on Saturday night, April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kirk,\u00a0seated near President Donald Trump\u00a0and other top officials at the Washington Hilton ballroom, was heard repeatedly saying\u00a0\u201cI want to go\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0while being escorted through crowded hallways by suited security personnel.<\/p>\n The emotional footage, posted by\u00a0@rawsalerts, shows the blonde conservative leader in a sparkling gown appearing shaken, her face streaked with tears as she clutches a clutch purse and is guided away from the chaotic scene.<\/p>\n The moment unfolded shortly after reports of suspected gunshots or loud bangs prompted the rapid evacuation of President Trump, First Lady\u00a0Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other dignitaries. Secret Service agents drew weapons and cleared the ballroom, with guests ducking for cover.<\/p>\n A\u00a0gunman was reportedly taken down\u00a0near the venue\u2019s metal detectors. No injuries were reported among attendees or protectees, and the Secret Service later confirmed everyone was safe. The annual black-tie event was abruptly canceled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New video circulating on social media captures Turning Point USA chairwoman Erika Kirk visibly distraught as she is rushed out by security from the White<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viral-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4920,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4918\/revisions\/4920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindfulescapades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}