D'Souza Apologizes For Trashing Survivors of School Shooting: Tweets 'Aimed at Media Manipulation'

[DonViejo]

Dinesh D’Souza Apologizes For Trashing Survivors of School Shooting: Tweets ‘Aimed at Media Manipulation’

by Aidan McLaughlin | 9:32 am, February 21st, 2018

Dinesh D’Souza took to Twitter on Wednesday to apologize for his tweets trashing the survivors of the South Florida school shooting that left 17 dead and more than a dozen others wounded.

Link to tweet

Believe it or not, D’Souza was actually once considered a conservative luminary — before he was convicted of a felony and became known for prolific Twitter shitposting, D’Souza wrote for the National Review, and actually dated both Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter.

D’Souza’s ability to tweet stupid things that draw outrage is well honed, but rarely have his posts engendered such widespread, bipartisan condemnation: aside from taking a flogging on social media, D’Souza was equally dragged by cable news hosts, the Florida shooting survivors, and conservatives.

The outrage even prompted CPAC — whose lineup this year boasts an impressive level of crazy — to announce that D’Souza would not be speaking at the 2018 conference.

https://www.mediaite.com/online/dinesh-dsouza-apologizes-for-trashing-survivors-of-florida-school-shooting-tweet-aimed-at-media-manipulation/

[Paladin]

1. Even by right-wing media standards, D'Souza is utterly worthless.

"I'm truly sorry" my ass.

[Dave Starsky]

2. Is he drunk?

That's kind of a strange thing to come right out and say.

"Sorry about that. I really only intended to manipulate the media."

[underpants]

3. I think he was

On the original posts.

[NewJeffCT]

5. When he said "media manipulation"

i think he meant he wanted to get his name out there to promote sales of his books and movies.

[Dave Starsky]

10. In vino, veritas. N/t

[bobbieinok]

4. IIRC he and Laura worked on RW student paper at Dartmouth. Got them national GOP attn

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. You can stuff your sorries in a sack, Dinesh.

[genxlib]

7. He is still lying

Because I don't believe for a minute he is "truly sorry"

[genxlib]

9. He was only sorry

When he realized that he was being so vile that even the CPAC abandoned him. Can't let go of that gravy train.

[jberryhill]

8. President of a Christian college

I'm familiar with the history of the Christian college which found in him an upstanding man. Fine Christians, all of them.

[Dave Starsky]

16. Are you serious?

Because he's well known to be a first-rate douchebag, as demonstrated by these very Tweets.

[jberryhill]

17. Oh, hell yeah, he's big with the Christian crowd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinesh_D%27Souza#President_of_The_King%27s_College

In August 2010, D'Souza was named president of The King's College, a Christian liberal arts college then housed in the Empire State Building in Manhattan. The college relocated to a larger space in Fall 2012, next door to the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan's financial district. On October 18, 2012, D'Souza resigned his post at The King's College following a press report that he had shared a hotel room at a Christian conference with a woman whom he introduced as his fiancée, despite still being married to his wife of twenty years. D'Souza called the report vicious and "worthy of Christian condemnation."

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That college had been in a downward spiral for a while, having formerly owned a nice chunk of real estate up the river in Westchester County.

https://www.tkc.edu/

Through its commitment to the truths of Christianity and a biblical worldview, The King’s College seeks to transform society by preparing students for careers in which they help to shape and eventually lead strategic public and private institutions, and by supporting faculty members as they directly engage culture through writing and speaking publicly on critical issues.

[IluvPitties]

11. Dinesh is the token Indian-American conservative male.

Nikki is the token female.

[Wounded Bear]

12. He dated Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter?

That tells me all I want to know about him.

[Blue_Adept]

13. The fuck he's actually sorry

A career built on lies means nothing is true.

[MineralMan]

14. Once again, Dinesh, you have proven that you are a moron.

Great job, there...

[Initech]

15. Very poor choice of words, D'ouche.

[bullwinkle428]

18. This little piece of shit suddenly started thinking about potential future income.

[Gothmog]

19. DSouza is one of the few idiots who found a way to violate campaign finance laws