We’re awaiting the condemnation that will never come. Someone in the administration, if not Donald Trump, should denounce a violent video depicting the president assaulting his political opponents and members of the press. The video was shown at a conference for Trump’s supporters at his Miami resort last week. From The New York Times:
“The video, which includes the logo for Mr. Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign, comprises a series of internet memes. The most violent clip shows Mr. Trump’s head superimposed on the body of a man opening fire inside the “Church of Fake News” on parishioners who have the faces of his critics or the logos of media organizations superimposed on their bodies. It appears to be an edited scene of a church massacre from the 2014 dark comedy film “Kingsman: The Secret Service.”
A video depicting a fake President Trump shooting, stabbing and brutally assaulting members of the news media and his political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters at his Miami resort last week https://t.co/uKJDHxq7av
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2019
The Times writes that parts of the video were posted on YouTube last year by a user “with a history of creating pro-Trump mash-ups.” The White House Correspondents Association has released a statement on the video.
WHCA statement from @jonkarl on the horrific video @nytimes reported on tonight: pic.twitter.com/nBXjpv2LSN
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) October 14, 2019
Mr. Trump has made an anti-press message a staple of his presidency, often calling the media the “enemy of the people.
This is about so much more than a single video. It's about what happens when you plant seeds of hatred and division. It's about what happens when you give your supporters permission to hate and dehumanize critics. https://t.co/X77yPhn8JG
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 14, 2019
Watch the video above.
