UnitedHealth Group said April 28, 2026, that an employee seen in a social media video reacting to the April 25 shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is no longer employed by the company, after the clip spread online and drew criticism from prominent conservatives.
UnitedHealth Group said Tuesday that an employee who appeared in a social media video mocking the apparent failure of an attempted attack on President Donald Trump at a Washington event is no longer employed by the company.
In the video, the woman identified by The Daily Wire as Alison King, described as a social media manager, questioned the authenticity of the incident and then reacted with apparent disappointment that Trump was not hit.
“You know we’re cooked as a country when my first reaction to hearing the news … was ‘it was probably fake,’” King says in the clip.
“And the second was: ‘aww … they missed? So happy they missed.’”
The video was amplified by the Libs of TikTok account, which tagged UnitedHealth Group’s corporate account while demanding a response.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee also criticized the video on X late Monday and urged UnitedHealth Group to respond. The company replied Tuesday morning with a public statement on X.
“Violence is never acceptable and any comments that suggest otherwise are in no way consistent with our mission and values,” UnitedHealth Group said. “The person who made comments online about Saturday night’s incident at a Washington event where President Trump and many other political leaders were gathered is no longer employed by the company.”
The Daily Wire reported that a senior UnitedHealth employee said company leadership began the termination process after seeing the video and that the remarks were especially jarring in light of the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The shooting incident took place Saturday night, April 25, at the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held. Authorities have identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen.
Multiple outlets have reported that Allen sent a manifesto to family shortly before the attack. In excerpts reported publicly, Allen wrote that he was “no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” language that was later referenced in media coverage of Trump’s interviews about the incident.
