Washington Post reporter in the running for Darwin Award after shooting self in the eye with toy gun

This is just the perfect metaphor for the media in 2016 https://t.co/Nvrp2Frd46

— Will Carless (@willcarless) December 29, 2016

Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold has a piece out today chronicling his coverage of Donald Trump during the 2016 election. A piece that includes this anecdote about a trip to the emergency room after he shot himself in the eye with a glitter gun.

Literally.

He put the gun up to his eye, looked down the barrel, and pulled the trigger to see what would happen:

Incredible. Hopped up on his first Trump scoop, @Fahrenthold shot himself in the eye with a confetti gun: https://t.co/wqSRnRGhFt pic.twitter.com/PXpZCMGbh6

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 29, 2016

And would it surprise you that this reporter who doesn’t know the first bit about gun safety did a story for the Post on the GOP candidates and their guns?

In the GOP field, just two candidates don't own a gun: Jeb Bush and Chris Christie. http://t.co/oU8FUnVA5d

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 30, 2015

Typical. Hey, maybe next time get a reporter who knows not to look down the barrel of any gun, eh?

You can read Fahrenthold’s whole piece on the 2016 election here:

My year of covering @realDonaldTrump: how a rally in Iowa and a campaign mgr's falsehood set the stories in motion. https://t.co/RRrpLzvwW2

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 29, 2016

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