Female guests who grabbed wine and champagne after WHCA dinner shooting draw mixed and fiery reactions

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsFemale guests who grabbed wine and champagne after WHCA dinner shooting draw mixed and fiery reactionsFleeing attendees who stopped to pick up abandoned bottles of alcohol from vacant tables variously cheered for their relatable opportunism and condemned as ‘looters’Joe Sommerlad Monday 27 April 2026 17:11 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2965754","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/white-house-dinner-shooting-champagne-theft-b2965754.html","title":"Guests who grabbed champagne and wine from WHCA dinner draw mixed reactions"}}CloseGuests grab wine and champagne after White House Correspondent’s Dinner attackSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","...