As we told you last night, actor Johnny Depp asked a crowd (to many cheers) “when was the last time an actor assassinated a president?” The New York Times helped Depp explain away the awful comments, and Twitter’s summary of why Depp is trending seems to leave out some basic information:
Liberals sure do have it good pic.twitter.com/ssIIjCU5RR
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 23, 2017
A lot of people noticed the downplaying of Depp’s comments:
@jack weighs in on the #JohnnyDepp statement. "Johnny Depp made some controversial Trump comments" pic.twitter.com/5xW28LfIR4
— Narrative League (@narrativeleague) June 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/NateJames44/status/878275933567827969
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/878271432303792128
Would that summary have been the same if a right-leaning actor made the same comment about a Democrat president? #RhetoricalQuestions