On Sunday, a vile troll went after Fox News’ Brit Hume in the worst way possible. Read it for yourself and try not to be sick:
Brit do you get a hard on for donald also #hannity #foxnews maybe you should exit like your son
— NANCE (@LOVNLA) January 8, 2018
Hume’s son committed suicide in 1998.
Or part of the human race. So disgusting. https://t.co/vHea44rSI2
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/jamespmanley/status/950205070288785408
CNN’s Jake Tapper and the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty weighed in with some kind words for the Fox News political analyst, including a request that Twitter take action against the account:
Brit, I am so sorry. I am going to report that vile, horrible person.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 8, 2018
that's really vile. I'm sorry you had to see that, Brit. Horrific. People like that are sad and pathetic and can only find pleasure by causing pain. Please block and move on and don't give it a second thought. Sick.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 8, 2018
Thanks Jake. I get this sort of stuff about Sandy every so often. Usually I just ignore it but this one was so bad I thought the sender might benefit from a little exposure. Twitter can be an open sewer sometimes.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) January 8, 2018
It's vile. I would report the account but i already blocked them. Disgusting and horrific. Hang in there. People say the most unconscionable things on social media — the very worst of humanity. Thankfully, we also see the best here, too. Wishing you peace tonight.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 8, 2018
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Keep in mind, the tweet that triggered this awful attack was Hume calling out WikiLeaks for publishing the entire text of Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury”:
Whatever one thinks of the book, this is theft of intellectual property. It’s the kind of stuff China winks at, to the detriment of the U.S. technology industry. https://t.co/cKEofMASJ6
— Brit Hume (@brithume) January 8, 2018
Full text of controversial book on Trump, "Fire and Fury", by Michael Wolff, leaks onto internet: https://t.co/sf7vj4IYAx
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 8, 2018
People can be the worst.
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