Plenty have witnessed the assassination of Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, as the fatal shooting was caught on video Monday as Karlov was giving a speech at a gallery in Ankara.
Today's front page: ASSASSINS
-Turkish cop executes Russian envoy https://t.co/UWeDqiSrvw
-Terror truck kills 12 https://t.co/Wk19Y0yKUN pic.twitter.com/UyWwTeDBjc— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 20, 2016
It didn’t take long for the White House to issue a statement condemning the “heinous attack on a member of the diplomatic corps” and offering thoughts and prayers to the family of Ambassador Karlov. “We stand united with Russia and Turkey in our determination to confront terrorism in all of its forms,” the statement concludes.
Thoughts and prayers were not forthcoming from New York Daily News columnist Gersh Kuntzman.
Whoa. https://t.co/4mqPehUNas pic.twitter.com/jFp1gu4LKT
— Michael B Dougherty? (@michaelbd) December 20, 2016
Wow, that’s cold. We weren’t exactly crying, but damn.
Wherein I make a case for political assassinations … when the victim works for Putin or Hitler, that is. https://t.co/RsmoPIumSc pic.twitter.com/yzEcGsXMJs
— Gersh Kuntzman (@GershKuntzman) December 20, 2016
That’s pretty hard-hearted, especially considering Kuntzman was one of about 50,000 reporters who got his hands on an evil AR-15 rifle after the terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub, but the only one we know of who claimed to have suffered “temporary PTSD” from firing one at a gun range. But if the only thing standing between an ambassador and a lectern is a jihadi with a gun …
Guy who cried and said he suffered actual PTSD from firing an AR-15 says another man's assassination is no big deal. https://t.co/2dx5GDZDvx
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 20, 2016
And the only reason he's saying that is because he holds Putin responsible for Her Highness's loss.
— Metro Hobbit (@metro_hobbit) December 20, 2016
@seanmdav does that make him a 'tough guy' pajama boy?Not sure how that works. That's a pretty sick response to an assassination @michaelbd
— Mike K (@MJKrause) December 20, 2016
@seanmdav @perry1949 After you let your first Ambassador get murdered, it gets easier. Democrats developing a taste for diplomat blood.
— Whitey McWhiterson (@ThomasPutt) December 20, 2016
@seanmdav @SweetFreedom29 Shooting another guy in the back is like totally liberal… besides he was white and Russian can't go wrong there
— Hubris Serendipity (@theOstapBender) December 20, 2016
The Daily News must have thought better of it, having changed the headline to something a little less callous.
.@GershKuntzman: The Russian ambassador's assassination wasn't terrorism — it was retribution for Putin’s war crimes https://t.co/hg8GwKwC3i pic.twitter.com/c9HI5nAulX
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 20, 2016
The change obviously wasn’t Kuntzman’s idea, though.
.@GershKuntzman Celebrating the assassination of a diplomat (read: civilian) from any country is repugnant and inexcusable. Apologize.
— Drew Franklin (@dcentralized) December 20, 2016
He's no civilian. I won't apologize. https://t.co/TKxgiYRqU8
— Gersh Kuntzman (@GershKuntzman) December 20, 2016
Dang, he is like a hardcore pajama boy, and those plaid flannels must be chafing something fierce.
