Aurin Squire. at Talking Points Memo, for example:
- On Wednesday night, South Carolina’s governor Nikki Haley trotted out
a boilerplate statement, calling the shooting a “senseless tragedy.”
One could excuse this choice of words as a rushed assumption issued in
real time, but as more and more details about Dylann Roof surfaced,
conservatives refused to face the music. One by one, politicians and
pundits acted like this terrorist act was one of life’s great unsolvable
mysteries.
“We don't know the motivation of the person who did it," Rudy Guiliani said yesterday. "Maybe he hates Christian churches. Maybe he hates black churches or he's gonna go find another one. Who knows."
- We don't know the motivation of the person who did it," Rudy Guiliani said
yesterday. "Maybe he hates Christian churches. Maybe he hates black
churches or he's gonna go find another one. Who knows." Donald Trump, in a tweet yesterday, said the crime was “incomprehensible.”
Last night, a Wall Street Journal columnist wrote:
"What causes young men such as Dylann Roof to erupt in homicidal rage,
whatever their motivation, is a problem that defies explanation beyond
the reality that evil still stalks humanity. It is no small solace that
in committing such an act today, he stands alone."
The lefty-pundits don't seem to learn. They did a rush to judgement on Ferguson and Baltimore and were so wrong about so many things and even burned part of a city based on false narratives. Still, they figure if they continue they are bound to get something right.