Posted on 05/31/2017 7:07:22 PM PDT by drewh
The controversy over Kathy Griffin holding up a bloodied severed head of Donald Trump — an action which has led to her removal from CNN's New Year's Eve programming — reportedly spilled into the President's family when TMZ reported that the Trumps' 11-year son "Barron was in front of the TV watching a show when the news came on and he saw the bloody, beheaded image." TMZ says: "We're told he panicked and screamed, 'Mommy, Mommy!'"
I was hoping against hope that the level of "discourse" hasn't sunk to the point where people who should know better would start attacking Barron or using him to criticize the Trumps. Rosie O'Donnell and several others who should know better dashed those hopes Wednesday afternoon.
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In late November, she "shared a video that suggested that ... Barron might be autistic." She linked to "a seven-minute video compiling clips from the Republican National Convention, the presidential debates, and Trump’s acceptance speech that suggested (that then) 10-year-old Barron might be showing signs of autism."
She defended what she did for three days, suggesting, among other things, as described by the Washington Times, that "that Barron was fair game because Mr. Trump is president-elect."
It's amazing how quickly some on the left moved from "leave them alone" with Barack Obama's daughters to "Trump's boy is fair game."
Over a week after her initial speculation, O'Donnell finally apologized to Melania Trump (but apparently not to the President-elect): "I apologize to @MELANIATRUMP - i was insensitive in my RT - i am sorry for the pain i caused - it was not my intent - i am truly sorry."
Earlier Wednesday, O'Donnell responded to the TMZ report by using Barron's reported reaction to go after his father (HT Twitchy):
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O'Donnell is referring to the two men killed in Portland by a far-left Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein supporter. There is no way one can make sense of her claim that the man's hatred was "promoted by his (Barron's) father." But that's not the point. The point is to tie Donald Trump to any and every possible expression of hate, and to then hope that many of those who see her post don't learn the truth.
Others are calling the TMZ report "fake news" and accusing those who are giving it any credibility of hypocrisy. One of them is April Reign, who is Managing Editor of Broadway Black and Editor-at-Large of Nu Tribe Magazine, with the following pair of tweets (links here and here):
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Peter S. Hall, a Senior Editor for Movies.com and Fandango, joined the "fake news" chorus and added a truly disgusting twist:
http://bizzyblog.com/wp-images/PeterSHallOnBarronTrump0517
To his credit, Hall has apologized: "You're right. It's unfair to single a kid out. I apologize and I deleted it."
To his detriment, what would possess anyone who has a very young son himself to publish that horrible tweet in the first place?
Ken Jennings, who became famous as a Jeopardy contestant and has apparently used that fame to opportunistically promote his unhinged views, defended Griffin yesterday and went full sarcasm today, implying that an 11 year-old should be able to handle what he allegedly saw.
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DONATE Grounds for reader outrage would include the number of people who liked Jennings' Wednesday tweet:
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Conservative author and chief investment officer of TrendMacro Don Luskin had the perfect reaction to Jennings, and it really applies to everyone out there going after Barron Trump over his reported reaction to the Griffin incident or using the reporting about him to attack his parents and his family:
Hmm, I thought I read she was worth $20 mil, so if she bought a $10 mil house and has no cash flow and incoming legal bills, I’d say NO!
Untreated mental illness descends into liberalism.
When you’re defending the indefensible, it takes you down some pretty dark and twisted roads.
I hope they can keep Baron away from this evil
find um fix um drop um
Yes, this is the jackass from Jeopardy.
Ken Jennings @KenJennings
He writes CHILDREN'S books for Simon & Schuster. Call them at 1(800) 223-2336, then chose option 4. Yes, this is t
I would like to see them successfully hold Peter S. Hall responsible for what he said about a child. Take everything Peter has.
All she has to do is make it rrreeeaaalllltyy expensive for them.
And that is where the comparison ends...Joan was VASTLY more funny, talented and classy than that despicable no-name skank!!!
Americans hate sore loosers.
“playing bars full of violent farm boys drunk on warm homebrew beer and cold food. Chickenwire in front of the stage to keep the performers from getting hurt by thrown beer bottles. 50 bucks a night and all you can eat of last night’s food.”
Hey, it worked for “The Blues Brothers”!!! /s;)
The scum always rises to the top.
Um, I don’t see any actual tweets so what was actually said??
Found them sorry
TeaBagging???? ONLY a HOMOSEXUAL would say that about a CHILD!!
Disgusting Peter Hall works for FANDANGO!! I don’t even know what FANDANGO is, but since they hired him, it must be a disgusting company.
Fandango is a company that sells movie tickets on line. I bought tickets from Fandango to see Pirates of the Caribbean over Memorial Day weekend.
It was quite entertaining, I might add.
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