NYT: Rape victim who testified against Bloomberg-backed gun control guilty of 'scare mongering'

Brett T. | 6:33 PM on October 31, 2014

As Twitchy founder Michelle Malkin wrote in her syndicated column Friday, while New York Times editorial writer David Firestone purported to investigate campaign fear-mongering, it’s independent-thinking women who give him the chills. Malkin writes:

This week, Firestone took aim at “attack ads” sponsored by the National Rifle Association. The “worst commercial,” he says, “features a rape victim describing her assault and accusing” former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg “of wanting to take away her right to defend herself.”

That rape victim has a name and a story Firestone couldn’t even bother to mention. She is Kimberly Weeks, a brave and fierce Colorado woman who testified against the Bloomberg-backed gun-control measures that beleaguered Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper now admits he passed “without basic facts” and concedes were ineffective from the get-go.

.@fstonenyt before you write such overwhelmingly dickish things about @notkimco and her story you should come to CO to meet her. #copolitics

— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) October 30, 2014

@DLoesch @fstonenyt It's fine, not like I'm a REAL person retelling my REAL story or anything… #crickets

— Kimberly Corban (@Kimberly_Corban) October 30, 2014

Why is @fstonenyt trying to shame @notkimco for being an advocate for self defense?

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 30, 2014

.@notkimco 2 maintain their anti #2A narrative, they have to shame victim. Only way they can discredit your testimony. @DLoesch @fstonenyt

— Not Hugh Hewitt (@CHOWSTL) October 30, 2014

Very recently, I’ve been accused of fear mongering and waging a war on women in an election season where ads about a fabricated birth control apocalypse and condom shortages are main stream. But my real-life experience is not a gimmick or a strategy, it is just a truth. I could easily be your daughter, your sister, your wife, or your mother. This makes many people uneasy; to have to imagine their loved ones in my shoes. I’m not asking you to go out and buy a gun if that’s not your choice; I know it wasn’t always mine. All I ask is that you not infringe upon my rights to do so.