This afternoon, the White House’s official account sent out this tweet about Mollie Tibbetts’ murder:
For 34 days, investigators searched for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. Yesterday, an illegal alien, now charged with first-degree murder, led police to the cornfield where her body was found.
The Tibbetts family has been permanently separated. They are not alone. pic.twitter.com/BBskwHEJoU
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 22, 2018
Shortly thereafter, BuzzFeed’s Jon Passantino seized on it, shaming the Trump administration for politicizing Tibbetts’ death:
Even for this admin it is astonishing to see how rapidly the White House has chosen to politicize this tragedy https://t.co/Cp9naFC3ct
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 22, 2018
CNN’s Oliver Darcy quickly joined in:
Also striking given how after mass shootings Republican lawmakers offer thoughts and prayers but caution against politicizing the tragedies. https://t.co/XZanh2RY1Q
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 22, 2018
Bless their hearts.
Are you joking? You’re joking right?
— Mom Smirks (@mom_grateful) August 22, 2018
You’d think that after being asleep for eight years, they’d be a little sharper than that.
https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1032366421781573633
Now do Obama and Trayvon Martin, and when you're through with that, do Obama and Sandy Hook. I'll wait.
— IleanaE. (@FilleGitane) August 22, 2018
Yeah it's a good thing we didn't let the previous administration set a standard of aggressively and unapologetically politicizing tragedy within mere hours pic.twitter.com/CZCPGQ1EQJ
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) August 22, 2018
¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/VtIiw250ps
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 22, 2018
Have Passantino or Darcy checked their mirrors lately?
Don't politicize Mollie Tibbetts is an odd request from people who scream gun control when bodies are still laying on the ground after shootings.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 22, 2018
Interesting to see reporters suddenly objecting to politicians using tragedies to immediately push a political policy agenda. I’m sure a basic search will show these same reporters have consistently applied this standard to politicians on both sides. pic.twitter.com/wB29qcxmsw
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 22, 2018
At least be a little less transparent with the finger wagging…
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 22, 2018
It really is amazing how little self- awareness you media types have.
— Code Won Do (@Tuckwondo) August 22, 2018
That's rich. Coming from the people that stand on the bodies of still warm dead children shrieking about gun control. Seriously? Get over yourself.
h/t @jtLOL https://t.co/NAhGxLsF8F
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) August 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1032369011961417728
Every. Single. Time. At least until an inconvenient truth gets in the way of the narrative.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1032366906450239489
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1032367258255863809
https://twitter.com/George_Aston_/status/1032367372873609216
Passantino and Darcy can sit down and shut up. Clean their own damn glass houses before they start throwing stones.
Not only have they never called our Democrats for doing exactly this after tragedies, but they usually cheer them on for doing it.
Pick a standard and apply it. If you want to call out R’s for doing this, then you better call out Dems too when they do the same thing.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 22, 2018
And ftr I don’t agree w using this tragedy. Policy proposals against illegal immigration either have merit or they don’t, & that isn’t dependent on this 1 case.
But reporters who cheer on Dems citing tragedies to push policies can’t credibly call out the GOP for doing the same.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 22, 2018