Although many in the mainstream media tried to downplay and deny it at first, it wasn’t long before even the most reluctant were forced to call Tuesday’s New York City killing spree by 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov a terrorist attack.
Saipov pledged allegiance to ISIS and yelled “Allahu Akbar” as he murdered 8 people and injured at least 15 with a Home Depot rental truck.
At first, President Trump’s response via Twitter was measured but firm.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925474979914887168
But as more information about the killer became evident, Trump tweeted this:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925490503218589696
Followed by condolences for the families affected.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925497025386500096
And a promise to do something about the obvious…
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925534445393928199
A seemingly reasonable response, but liberals and Trump-haters were quick to criticize the president for supposed hypocrisy.
He’s very quick to respond to one kind of act of violence in particular. And it was in the USA. https://t.co/Bzn9rrFRmH
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 31, 2017
Las Vegas, white guy, guns: 58 dead; 515 wounded
New York, non-white guy, truck: 8 dead, 12 wounded
Guess which one he goes after? https://t.co/3NqXabkwH7
— Peter Corless 🌎☮ 💛🍦 (@PeterCorless) October 31, 2017
Hmmm,you weren't very angry when YOUR TERRORIST supporters ran over ppl in #Charlottesville #TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist #Manhattan https://t.co/PKmlxyU2SB
— Jackie 🌊🌊🌊 (@LiberalMmama) October 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/QuntumEntanglr/status/925493652952113152
IMO, The only reason why Trump's responding to today's NYC terror attack so quickly, is because the suspect yelled "Allah Akbar". https://t.co/Ng59JgNalR
— Wes Jordan✌💙 (@wesley_jordan) October 31, 2017
I tell you, they’re willing to tackle any threat as long as it’s not white men. https://t.co/BdAzFpje6B
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) November 1, 2017
"You don't make statements that direct unless you know the facts." -Trump, post-Charlottesville, Aug. 15, 2017 https://t.co/852Rsn0trt
— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) October 31, 2017
Trump White House, 12 hrs after the Vegas massacre. "It would be premature for us to discuss policy." https://t.co/7F9l0UTBf8
— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) October 31, 2017
Excuse me, @PressSec. What happened to the president waiting for all the facts — the line you gave after Vegas? https://t.co/ljiVPpp0o8
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 31, 2017
Except, we do know the basic facts. Any attempts to compare Trump’s response here to Charlottesville or Las Vegas are apples to oranges and completely disingenuous. Condemning an obvious admitted Islamic terrorist isn’t the same thing as using a horrific murder to push one’s version of gun control before the victims are even in the ground. It’s not even in the same universe.
Speaking of hypocrisy, in an article entitled “Why Don’t Media Treat Islamist Terror Attacks Like White Supremacist Terror Attacks?” conservative pundit Ben Shapiro opines:
“Now, we can have solid discussions about Confederate monuments and the Confederate flag. Those discussions are worthwhile. But why is that we leap to discuss those issues when a white supremacist terrorist kills innocents, but we leap to defend Islam when an Islamist kills innocents? Why the difference? Isn’t radical Islam just as horrifying as white supremacism? And isn’t white supremacism just as statistically non-representative of Confederate flag-owners throughout the South as radical Islam is of observant Muslims across the country?”
Why Don't Media Treat Islamist Terror Attacks Like White Supremacist Terror Attacks? https://t.co/o6eAlsM9wj pic.twitter.com/GKf1xgU5XT
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 31, 2017
Plenty of others agreed with Shapiro:
Too cowardly/politically correct. Afraid to say what is true because ‘we don’t want to anger them’. Already hate us, what is a little more
— Sanford Butler (@SanfordButler) October 31, 2017
…..hatred or anger? Already doing their best to kill us, either singly, or in wholesale lots (San Bernardino, Pulse Nightclub………..)
— Sanford Butler (@SanfordButler) October 31, 2017
Doesn’t fit their Liberal narrative?
— Tim Lindsay (@TLindsay_84) October 31, 2017
Because feelings
— luke (@luke27777) October 31, 2017
It doesn’t fit their agenda!
— exGOP-james sinacore (@jsinacore007) October 31, 2017
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste”. Rage only when it benefits their cause; white shooters, NFL protests, “police brutality”, etc.
— Lorin Roybal (@lroybal28) October 31, 2017
Finally, notwithstanding the negativity, much of the reaction to President Trump’s tweets were similar to these:
Last 8 years of liberal agenda let him in. We are infiltrated and they are waiting their turn to strike. Call me Cynical. Thank a Liberal https://t.co/w4IGdRrU7W
— GreyLady (@Dv81Grey) October 31, 2017
Why are liberal judges letting these terrorists in our country? This never happened until sissy Obama. This is his legacy. https://t.co/4LpeyE6dqg
— Anthony Rose (@rosea_tony) October 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/Rambobiggs/status/925504645136515073
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