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riversedge

(70,347 posts)
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 02:06 PM Jun 2017

Donald Trump Jr. Among First to Politicize Shooting

Seems the WH staff have controlled @POTUS tweets today so far, but donny jr. steps up to the plate.



Donald Trump Jr. Among First to Politicize Shooting

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June 14, 2017 12:54 PM


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The early morning shooting of a Republican Congressman, along with a congressional aide, a lobbyist, and two Capitol Hill police officers at a practice for a bipartisan charity baseball game, was the act of an insane madman. It is exceptionally fortunate all are fully expected to survive.

But Donald Trump, Jr. saw it as an opportunity to give voice to his unbridled hatred of those on the left, the half of the country for which his father is also president – a fact they both have yet to grasp.

Less than two hours after the first shot rang out at the Alexandria, Virginia baseball field, a little-known right-wing pundit posted this inane tweet:






Twelve minutes later, Donald Trump, Jr. echoed that sentiment, retweeting it and commenting, "this."









The Washington Post's Herman Wong reported on Trump's tweet, noting famous New York Times White House reporter Glenn Thrush had highlighted the President's son's tweet:



@GlennThrush

I guess we have our answer to the question: who will be the first to politicize this?

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Donald Trump Jr. Among First to Politicize Shooting (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2017 OP
His job, Jr.'s, is to do everything possible to turn the shooting into civil unrest. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #1
let me repeat what I said before FM123 Jun 2017 #2
isn't junior supposed to be runnin' daddy's business? spanone Jun 2017 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(31,126 posts)
1. His job, Jr.'s, is to do everything possible to turn the shooting into civil unrest.
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 02:19 PM
Jun 2017

They will make out like bandits on steroids if we start shooting each other.

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