‘Really classless’: Kansas City Star columnist encourages Mo. state rep’s mockery of Benghazi dead

Posted at 12:06 pm on May 7, 2014 by Sarah D.

As Twitchy reported, Missouri State Rep. Stacey Newman tried to turn the murders of four Americans in Benghazi into joke fodder with this repugnant tweet:

https://twitter.com/staceynewman/statuses/463861626739781632

And for the record, Kansas City Star columnist Barb Shelly thinks it’s a great idea:

Kansas City Star employee joins mocking of Benghazi dead: https://t.co/N85ZGvO18F #moleg
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2014

Do it! RT @staceynewman: Thinking of saying "Benghazi" while debating tomorrow on the House floor. Just to see what happens. #moleg
— barb shelly (@bshelly) May 7, 2014

Disgusting.

Really classless of @bshelly , @kcstar staffer, to mock lives lost in Benghazi https://t.co/N85ZGvO18F
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2014

@bshelly @staceynewman Just awful…
— Andiamo (@Andiamo708) May 7, 2014

@bshelly @staceynewman You're such a partisan hacks that turning the deaths of four Americans into a joke is OK to you? Really? Sick.
— Jeremie Jordan (@StarDogCh4mpion) May 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/SamuelBurk/status/464070561920860160

@bshelly @staceynewman hilarious nothing is funnier than the murder and mutilation of fellow Americans. Grow up.
— Joe (@JS4416) May 7, 2014

@bshelly @staceynewman @KCStar It's lovely seeing a biased "journalist" and a public servant blatantly mocking a nat'l tragedy. #Benghazi
— Jewhadi (@ISendISISToHell) May 7, 2014

@bshelly @staceynewman God forbid it was YOUR friend/family member who was killed, then mutilated. Lame regardless of pol. affiliation.
— SmilingAssassin27 (@RJCHVZ) May 7, 2014

@bshelly @staceynewman Funny? Really? 4 patriots dead is funny? Keep representing your paper and state well ladies.
— David Worley (@worley_david) May 7, 2014

I'm sure the families of those who died appreciate you two making a joke of their loss. Show some class. @bshelly @staceynewman #Benghazi
— Duane Lester (@Bodhi1) May 7, 2014

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