Donald Trump’s family and supporters have criticised the liberal media for downplaying Saturday night’s assassination attempt and publishing insensitive op-eds in the wake of the atrocity.
CNN, The New York Times and NBC have all come under fire from Republicans online for their reactions to one of the worst instances of violence ever seen in American political history.
The editors were criticized for describing the shots as “loud popping noises” and for describing Trump “falling” off the stage without reference to the assassination attempt.
The New York Times also came under fire for publishing an op-ed titled “Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead” that encouraged voters to “reject him in November” the morning after the shooting.
Printed over a sinister backlit silhouette of Trump’s profile, the title page also reads: “He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America.”
Donald Trump’s family and supporters have criticised the liberal media for downplaying Saturday night’s assassination attempt and publishing tone-deaf op-eds in the wake of the atrocity.
Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the gunman at Trump’s rally on Saturday night
The son of the penultimate president, Donald Trump Jr., led the criticism on X, calling CNN “vile” and “a disgrace” for its coverage of the incident at the campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He shared a 30-second clip from CNN where correspondent Jamie Gangel noted that Trump stood up and said “fight, fight, fight” in the seconds after he was shot.
“What we’re hearing from people is that that’s not the message we want to send right now, we want to tone it down,” Gangel said of the reaction.
In a harsh response to the tweet, Trump Jr. said: “Someone tried to assassinate my father tonight and that’s what CNN is focusing on. These people are vile.”
The broadcaster has also been widely criticized for running a headline that read “Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after he falls at rally” without mentioning a shooting.
Meanwhile, critics have slammed the New York Times for its Sunday morning newspaper headline, which read: “Trump Wounded, But Safe, After Shooting,” presenting the atrocity in the mildest possible light.
Meanwhile, critics have slammed the New York Times for its Sunday morning paper’s headline, which reads, “Trump Wounded, But Safe, After Shooting,” presenting the atrocity in the mildest possible light. Critics also pointed out that the paper cropped out the American flag.
Critics also pointed out that the newspaper cropped the American flag waving over Trump in the image of him raising a fist with blood on his face, moments after a bullet hit him in the right ear.
NBC was criticized for describing the former president “clutching his ear” after “popping noises” were heard at the campaign rally.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, fired several shots from a rooftop, including one that hit Trump in the ear. The shooting came just days before the former president accepted the Republican nomination for the 2024 election.
Crooks, a registered Republican who donated $15 to the liberal political action committee ActBlue on Biden’s inauguration day in 2021, killed former fire chief Corey Comperatore and wounded two others before he was shot dead by police.
The Biden administration quickly returned the president to the White House from his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, immediately after the incident, and he condemned the shooting at X.
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