by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Just days after Donald Trump fired up a South Carolina rally by referring to the press as "enemies of the American people" and prominent Trump supporter and social provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos said that he couldn't wait for vigilante gangs to start "gunning down journalists on sight" - the unthinkable happened. A young gunman (and Trump supporter) by the name of Jarrod Warren Ramos stormed the offices of a local newspaper - The Capital Gazette - in Annapolis, Maryland, and opened fire on the men and women who were at work there trying to get the day's paper out.
The shooter had a long-standing personal grudge against the newspaper staff over a story they had run about him several years earlier, and at one time he had taken the paper to court charging defamation of character - a case that was eventually dismissed. He had also tweeted his anger at the newspaper on at least one occasion because it had referred to Donald Trump as "unqualified."
Five people died in the attack and two others suffered wounds. The shooter was taken alive and unharmed.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a statement condemning the shooting, but when Donald Trump was approached by reporters seeking a comment, he walked away without responding.
Some thought it was inappropriate, and perhaps even offensive, that Trump could not be bothered to at least burp up a "thoughts and prayers" soundbite, but others were less surprised. The victims, after all, were journalists, "enemies" of the American people.
True leaders inspire - they don't incite!
An attack on the press is an attack on America!
Citizen Journalist
Just days after Donald Trump fired up a South Carolina rally by referring to the press as "enemies of the American people" and prominent Trump supporter and social provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos said that he couldn't wait for vigilante gangs to start "gunning down journalists on sight" - the unthinkable happened. A young gunman (and Trump supporter) by the name of Jarrod Warren Ramos stormed the offices of a local newspaper - The Capital Gazette - in Annapolis, Maryland, and opened fire on the men and women who were at work there trying to get the day's paper out.
The shooter had a long-standing personal grudge against the newspaper staff over a story they had run about him several years earlier, and at one time he had taken the paper to court charging defamation of character - a case that was eventually dismissed. He had also tweeted his anger at the newspaper on at least one occasion because it had referred to Donald Trump as "unqualified."
Five people died in the attack and two others suffered wounds. The shooter was taken alive and unharmed.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a statement condemning the shooting, but when Donald Trump was approached by reporters seeking a comment, he walked away without responding.
Some thought it was inappropriate, and perhaps even offensive, that Trump could not be bothered to at least burp up a "thoughts and prayers" soundbite, but others were less surprised. The victims, after all, were journalists, "enemies" of the American people.
True leaders inspire - they don't incite!
An attack on the press is an attack on America!
1 comment:
Amen - and we ARE under attack!
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