I would say this is insane, but given the current climate it’s basically your average weekend news dump concerning this administration. A video featured at the conference of pro-Trump group American Priority shows Donald Trump’s head superimposed on the body of someone as he attacks critics inside the “Church of Fake News”.
It shows him brutally beating, stabbing, and murdering people with faces of his chief critics or logos of media organizations he routinely attacks. “Black Lives Matter” is seen being shot in the head. CNN is stabbed through the forehead with a stake. Numerous other figures from James Comey to Mika Brzezinski to Barack Obama are seen fleeing or being attacked.
This conference was attended by multiple high profile Republicans, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and Donald Trump Jr.
I’m sure this will just be seen as another reason to laugh for those whose main goal in life is “owning the libs”, but it’s another grotesque escalation and promotion of violence by people who have consistently raised the bar in that area in recent years. This isn’t some random loser on the Internet. This is occurring at pro Trump conferences at a Trump owned resort with the President’s own son in attendance.
Edit: For those having paywall issues with the New York Times link, you can also find the story here.
But yeah, it’s impossible to even imagine the reaction had say, Robert Gibbs and Michelle Obama attended a conference showing a video of Barack pretending to mass murder Republican politicians, Fox News pundits, and talk radio hosts. We never would have heard the end of it.
CNN has released a statement after being involved in yet another instance of people in Trump’s orbit, or Trump himself, promoting violence against them.
