Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy on White House Press Dinner Shooting: 'I Heard Thud, Thud, Thud, Thud'

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Shooting: “Thud, thud, thud, thud” cut through the ballroom just as the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner began, Newsmax Chief Executive OfficerChris Ruddy said, describing a brief but unsettling scare inside the Washington Hilton on Saturday night.

Ruddy recounted the incident in an interview Sunday with Policyband. He was seated with British Ambassador SirChristian Turner , his wife Lady Turner , the Rev. Franklin Graham , Trump insiders Alina Habba and Kari Lake, and Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren and her husband John Coale , when the noise erupted.

“The dinner was just starting. Everybody was working their salad and just finishing that and I heard thud, thud, thud, thud ,” he said. ** (More after paywall)**

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