My warmest sympathy and best wishes goes out to the people of New Zealand after the horrible massacre in the Mosques. 49 innocent people have so senselessly died, with so many more seriously injured. The U.S. stands by New Zealand for anything we can do. God bless all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019
Last night, there was no response from the president, but he did tweet a now-deleted plug for Breitbart:
Breitbart News Network https://t.co/HdGfwuASWC via @BreitbartNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2019
Why that, at this time?
Hard to say. The mosque massacre is the lead story at Breitbart right now. The reporting is reasonably straightforward. Was someone with the keys to Trump's Twitter account just trying to do a favor for Breitbart -- don't follow this story at CNN or the BBC, go to Breitbart instead?
Or were we being directed to the comments section of that lead story? Because at a time when authorities were reporting a horrifying casualty count, Trump's Twitter account was directing readers to a site where the community agrees with the shooter.
I'll post a few sample comments from that Breitbart comment thread, followed by excerpts from the shooter's manifesto.
Breitbart commenter:
Shooter's manifesto:
Breitbart:
Shooter:
Breitbart:
Shooter:
Breitbart:
Shooter:
A racist massacre took place last night, and the Twitter feed of the president of the United States directed readers to a site full of racism.
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