A day after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, President Trump retweeted a Sean Hannity tweet from Vegas, “Tonight the truth about how despicable the media and the left are in America today. We will name names. 9 est Hannity Fox News from Vegas.”
Tonight the truth about how despicable the media and the left are in America today. We will name names. 9 est Hannity Fox News from Vegas.
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) October 3, 2017
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This is how President Trump deals with tragedy. Imagine if President Obama had tweeted hate about the Right after a mass shooting. It’s one thing for Sean Hannity to do it, it’s quite another for the President to amplify it.
What does the Left have to do with Las Vegas, since no one knows the motive for the shooter? It’s Sean Hannity, so facts don’t matter, but this is out of bounds no matter how far he usually strays from reality. Trump just used the tragic mass shooting to aim more hate at the left from his followers.
Is anyone tracking just how dangerous this is?
And here’s Trump retweeting a gloat about network ratings after Hannity had sexual predator Bill O’Reilly return to boost his ratings so he could beat MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow:
FNC dominated ratings last night. MSNBC-disaster demonstrating folks don't trust the network. https://t.co/rryWmyXe7C tonight-Vegas analysis
— Bill O'Reilly (@billoreilly) October 3, 2017
This is what the President is tweeting upon returning from his visit to Puerto Rico. Trump stepped off of AF1 at 7:18 pm tonight.
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