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After months of ongoing criticism in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration, Bruce Springsteen has provided prayers for the commander in chief and condemned political violence following the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting on Saturday.
“We begin tonight with a prayer for our men and women in service overseas, we pray for their safe return,” Springsteen informed the group through the E Street Band’s present on the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Sunday night time, per movies circulating on-line. “We also send out a prayer of thanks that our president, nor anyone in the administration, nor anyone attending, was injured at last night’s incident at the [White House] press correspondents’ dinner.”
“We can disagree. We can be critical of those in power, and we can peacefully fight for our beliefs. But there is no place in any way, shape, or form for political violence of any kind in our beloved United States,” he added.
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After ongoing criticism in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration, Bruce Springsteen provided prayers for the commander in chief following the White House Correspondents’ Assocation Dinner shooting on Saturday. (Getty Images)
A consultant for Springsteen didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark.
Chaos broke out on the occasion Saturday night time when suspected gunman Cole Allen reportedly stormed a security checkpoint and opened fireplace on the WHCA Dinner.
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President Trump was immediately rushed from the ballroom on the Washington Hilton Hotel. Video from contained in the occasion confirmed attendees taking cowl below tables as panic unfold by means of the room.
Trump hailed law enforcement throughout his press convention from the White House late on Saturday, saying the scenario was “incredibly acted upon by Secret Service and law enforcement.”
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President Donald Trump spoke throughout a press convention within the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
“[The suspect] had a long way to go. That was really a first line of defense. And they got him. And they really, you know, they acted incredibly,” he continued.
The suspected gunman, recognized as 31-year-old Cole Allen, of California, was taken into custody. Authorities are persevering with to examine a motive for the shooting and construct a case forward of an anticipated arraignment on Monday.
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Springsteen, who kicked off his “Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour” in March, has been vocal about his disdain for Trump and his administration over time. The tour follows the discharge of his newest tune, “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest tune that criticizes Trump and his administration’s deployment of 1000’s of federal brokers to crack down on unlawful immigration in Minnesota.
Springsteen has usually criticized Trump and his administration. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic ;Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG through Getty Images)
Throughout his current reveals, the rock legend has described the administration as “corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous” and has dubbed Trump as a “president who can’t handle the truth.”
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During his current present in Newark, New Jersey, Springsteen known as on his viewers to affix in “choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division and peace over war.”
Fox News Digital’s Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report.
