Paul Bedard:
“…At the Republican National Committee, top aides have also charted examples of shocking and distorted statements about the crimes and President Trump, even by a former Republican White House spokeswoman.
Rapid Response Director Steve Guest called the reactions “unhinged,” and provided four examples:
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- MSNBC anchor and former Bush spokeswoman Nicolle Wallace said that President Trump is “talking about exterminating Latinos.” She later tweeted that she had “misspoke.”
- Lawrence O’Donnell’s show The Last Word ran the chyron “TRUMP-INSPIRED TERRORISM.”
- A guest on the Brian Williams’ show, NBC contributor Frank Figluizzi, said that Trump re-raising U.S. flags on August 8, after lowering them for the shootings, was “’very significant to the neo-Nazi movement” because they feel the day means “Heil Hitler.”
- CNN contributor Wajahat Ali cheered “#MassacreMoscowMitch” in a tweet, a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell….