Donald Trump’s family and supporters have criticized the left-wing media for downplaying Saturday night’s assassination attempt and publishing deadpan opinion pieces in the wake of the atrocity.
CNN, The New York Times and NBC have been fiercely criticized by Republicans online for their responses to one of the worst cases of violence in American political history.
Publishers were criticized for describing gunshots as “loud bangs” and for describing Trump as “falling” from the stage without referring to the assassination attempt.
The New York Times also faced criticism for publishing an op-ed titled “Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead,” which encouraged voters to “reject him in November” on the morning after the shooting.
The title page shows a menacing silhouette of Trump’s side profile, backlit. It also reads: ‘He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America.’
Donald Trump’s family and supporters have criticized the liberal media for downplaying Saturday night’s assassination attempt — and for publishing deadpan op-eds after the atrocity
Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the shooter at the Trump rally Saturday night
The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., led the criticism of X, calling CNN “disgusting” and “a disgrace” for its coverage of the campaign incident in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He shared a 30-second clip from CNN in which reporter Jamie Gangel pointed out that Trump stood up and said “fight, fight, fight” in the seconds after he was shot.
“What we’re hearing from people is that this is not the message we want to send right now. We want to tone down the message,” Gangel said of the backlash.
In a fiery response to the tweet, Trump Jr. said: “Someone tried to kill my father tonight and that’s what CNN is focusing on. These people are despicable.”
The network also came under heavy criticism for running a headline that read, “Secret Service chases Trump off stage after he falls during rally,” without any mention of a shooting.
Meanwhile, critics have taken issue with the headline in The New York Times newspaper Sunday morning, “Trump Wounded, But Safe, After Shooting,” which presented the atrocity in the mildest possible light.
Meanwhile, critics have lambasted The New York Times for its Sunday morning headline, which read: “Trump Hurt, But Safe, After Shooting,” presenting the atrocity in the mildest possible light. Critics also pointed out that the paper had cut out the American flag
Critics also pointed out that the newspaper cropped out the American flag flying above Trump in the photo of him raising a fist in the air and with blood running down his face, moments after being hit in the right ear by a bullet.
NBC was criticized for describing the former president as “holding his ear” after “popping noises” were heard at the campaign rally.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, PA, fired multiple rounds from a rooftop, including one that struck Trump in the ear. It happened just days before the former president was set to accept the 2024 Republican nomination.
Crooks, a registered Republican who donated $15 to the liberal political action committee ActBlue on Biden’s 2021 Inauguration Day, killed former Fire Chief Corey Comperatore and wounded two other people before police shot him.
The Biden administration sent the president back to the White House from his home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, immediately after the shooting. He condemned the shooting of X.
