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Now that the shock of Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump has worn off, the media wasted no time shifting the narrative to “Republicans Pounce!” and, lucky you, I’ve collected a few of the most outrageous examples.
“RepublicansPlaceShootinginTrump’sNarrativeofPersecution,”theNewYorkTimes’CharlesHomanswrote,noteven24hoursafterawould-beassassin’sbulletgrazedTrump’sear—aninchawayfrompossiblychangingthecourseofhistory.“TheypointedtoportrayalsofMr.Trumpasanauthoritarianandanti-democraticforceinpolitics,whichtheyarguedcreatedaclimatethatmadeanattemptonhislifeinevitable.”
Howmanytimesdoyouhavetocallsomebody“literallyHitler”beforesomebodytakesaction,anyway?
OverattheWashingtonPost,ElizabethDwoskinandFaizSiddiquiwaitedalmostexactly24hoursbeforegoingwith“Musk,otherpro-Trumpbillionaireshavehelpedshapeshootingnarrative.”
ThePost,incaseyou’dsomehowforgotten,isownedbyJezzBezoswhocriedrealcrocodiletearswhilehispaperw
