Blue checks eager to correct @RealDonaldTrump on Nikolas Cruz put extra scrutiny on the FBI instead
President Donald Trump is under fire this morning from the blue-check mob over this tweet saying, “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!”:
So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2018
Many are saying Trump blamed the victims:
Always blaming everything but the fact that our country readily allows people to buy military grade weapons https://t.co/q2RxdX5vig
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) February 15, 2018
Neighbours and classmates are to blame. https://t.co/IOC5RzIFeL
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) February 15, 2018
In one horrifying tweet, Trump:
blames traumatised survivors for being attacked;
ignores he reversed Obama's restrictions on access to guns for the mentally ill;
attaches the tweet to an earlier one about Dreamers to enable bigotry;
offers no compassion, empathy or solutions. https://t.co/XBGHsFfd9P— Jeremy Duns (@JeremyDuns) February 15, 2018
But as we reported earlier, the FBI, local authorities, friends and fellow students were well aware of Cruz and any potential dangers he might pose to the community:
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REPORT: YouTuber alerted the FBI about Nikolas Cruz in September 2017 https://t.co/AeS534j5cM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 15, 2018
This means Trump’s tweet was wrong and that the family and students did what was asked of them, but then this means the focus will go back to the FBI and local law enforcement: What did they know and when did they know it? Did they do enough? Etc., etc., etc.:
The FBI was warned about Nikolas Cruz five months ago. https://t.co/VK1dXE49Nx
— Josh Cingranelli (@WeatherJosh) February 15, 2018
But it was reported! As @CBSThisMorning just brought up, the suspect left a comment on YouTube stating, "I'm going to be a professional school shooter." The video's creator alerted both the FBI & YouTube.
We need to know what happened with that info. https://t.co/YheIHDNlbh
— Christine Karsten (@ChristineKTV) February 15, 2018
As Trump tweets blame the victims for not reporting the shooter, Buzzfeed reports that the shooter actually was reported—directly to Trump's own FBI—months ago. It did nothing to prevent the shooting. https://t.co/7sgXkoyXXg
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) February 15, 2018
So he was reported. To the FBI. And still. https://t.co/tpkqjUwlGL
— Travis J. Tritten (@Travis_Tritten) February 15, 2018
How in the hell does this happen? The FBI was alerted to this creep and NOTHING happened?? ? https://t.co/q1jcquIMkz
— Leanne Petty ? (@NCLeanne) February 15, 2018
This is what we’ll be hearing more and more about in the next few days.
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REPORT: YouTuber alerted the FBI about Nikolas Cruz in September 2017 https://t.co/AeS534j5cM
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 15, 2018
Tragic: Hero football coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS has died https://t.co/CKTmUstBj7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 15, 2018
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