'Some serious projecting’: Joan Walsh accuses Right of exploiting tragedy (cue facepalms)

Doug P. | 2:44 PM on December 22, 2014

Salon’s Joan Walsh either has a very short memory or just doesn’t care about accuracy (we know which it is):

The right politicizes murders: How it exploited tragedy and told de Blasio how to raise his son http://t.co/IgUFlIUoc3 via @Salon

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) December 22, 2014

Walsh wrote that blaming protesters for the murder of two NYPD officers was “just plain wrong” and “exploited tragedy.”

Tweeters noted that blaming the Right for tragedies is not off limits in Walsh’s world:

https://twitter.com/royalmarine1980/status/547080590647128064

@joanwalsh @salon I guess you didnt see Sarah Palin being blamed for Gabby Giffords

— Jo bu (@Jobu678) December 22, 2014

@joanwalsh @Salon The left politicized the Gabby Giffords shooting, even tried to blame Palin.

— Deplorable Will (@espowill123) December 22, 2014

@joanwalsh @Salon r u kidding?left blamed Palin for Gabby Giffords because of a target on a election map.M.Brown not politicized by left?plz

— Ryan Smyth (@RSmyth22) December 22, 2014

@joanwalsh @Salon cannot get over how ridiculous her comment is.cant even finish my lunch I am so disgusted.left never politicizes tragedy?

— Ryan Smyth (@RSmyth22) December 22, 2014

https://twitter.com/US_Faith/status/547087325251911680
https://twitter.com/Werwolf96/status/547085414310637569

Walsh used the word “murdered” in her tweet, and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords survived her terrible injuries, but at the time many on the Left went into “blame Palin” mode, Walsh included: