Posted on 10/08/2018 1:26:53 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
A senior editor of the left-wing website The Raw Story is facing blowback from conservative Twitter after he said House Majority Whip Steve Scalise deserved a “Darwin Award” for continuing to oppose gun control policies despite almost dying from a mass shooting last summer.
Martin Cizmar, a former Daily News-Record reporter who now covers politics for The Raw Story, started his rant against Mr. Scalise after the Republican congressman denounced the “vicious threats” sent to senators and their families after confirming Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday.
Boo boo little baby https://t.co/HInJ6Yidh5 — 🎩Martin Cizmar (@martincizmar) October 7, 2018
After facing backlash for the tweet, Mr. Cizmar suggested that Mr. Scalise — an avid Second Amendment proponent who almost died last June when he was gunned down by a leftist gunman at a GOP congressional baseball practice — didn’t deserve any sympathy because he supported the gun policies that contributed to his injuries.
To all the unhinged wingnuts angry about my calling a whiny Republic man a little baby… do you support gun control? If so, please keep talking. If not, why do I care about some guy grazed by a bullet who allows children to die because of his dumb and extremist policies? — 🎩Martin Cizmar (@martincizmar) October 8, 2018
Mr. Cizmar then declared that Mr. Scalise deserved to be nominated for a “Darwin Award,” a satirical award for people who contribute to human evolution by killing themselves off in an embarrassing or ironic way.
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I know. There’s some deranged people out there that will see all this vile, vicious talk out there, and take it upon themselves to be a “hero” and carry it out. Just like the guy that shot Scalice.
Yes, that is what the Bernie supporting shooter did to Scalise and others that day.
Sadly. This is just a way for a Leftwing rag to break through the noise and build street cred with the militant, rabid Left.
I intend to stay there. Know a lot of good people there. I don’t put up with the trolls. Never argue with them, simply block them.
Yep
Yep, know for being useful idiots.
Yes, and the ComDem are inciting such acts. And should themselves be held accountable.
Yes, it is.
Leftists will try assassinating their way to power if they think they can get away with it. EVERY prominent Republican is in mortal danger from these unhinged freaks.
I think we try to prevent such acts. But also be prepared to stop them if they do.
The more who can, will be appreciated.
We must keep the Secret Service and the Capitol Police in our prayers ... there’s very little room for error on their part.
Conservative???
Yeah, means the conservative side of the twitterverse.
Kind of like saying "conservative America" to mean "conservatives in America."
I can say unequivocally that I am very glad Steve Scalise survived, and appears to be thriving. I’m not sure of any negative lingering problems, but he’s serving and functioning.
You know what, if a Democrat had been shot by some loon, I would want them to live also. Maxine, I may detest your policy choices, but I don’t wish you dead.
Democrats talk of us being Fascists or NAZIs, but it is their side that is violent and kills people.
Look at the mass shooting perps. They are all leftists. There may have been one or two from the Right side of the spectrum, but I haven’t seen that confirmed.
So much hate.
Being shot and SURVIVING is not within the context of
“Darwinian removal” from the gene pool. Steve Scalise is still very much alive, and still a potent force within the US House of Representatives. As well as having living descendants.
A non-lethal hit does NOT qualify for the “Darwin award”. It has to be a kill shot BEFORE reproducing and extending your influence on future generations.
The Darwin Award could have gone to James Hodgkinson, 66 years old who was shot and killed by police. His actions proved nothing. Did a foul and unnecessary deed.
Despite the hatred behind the comment - once again I’m struck by the utter stupidity.
The guy clearly doesn’t grasp what a “Darwin Award” actually is.
The libs are really on a roll lately!
Lol!
Requirements - one has to be dead. One has to be childless, and one has to be responsible for their own death.
It’s not just the idea that he survived.
You don’t give soldiers darwin awards.
You give morons who cause their own needless deaths darwin awards.
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