As Twitchy readers know, Kurt Eichenwald tweeted something dumber than a person with a horrible nut allergy working in a peanut butter factory, basically wishing horrible suffering and death on Republicans for supporting the AHCA.
That of course went over like a ton of bricks and Kurt spent much of his day being chastised for it, even from members of the Left (go figure). The shame must have been enough though because just as we were feeling fairly certain he wouldn’t be apologizing for it, he released this wordy and lamely melodramatic statement:
Re: my angry tweet bout wanting those who voted for Trumpcare to feel the same pain they want 2 inflict. Here's why. https://t.co/RdQ0p6UOYe
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 7, 2017
Notice how he dances around what he really said and pretends the people he wished a torturous death on still deserved it. We clipped a portion of the statement that we thought was the most telling, so you wouldn’t have to read it (unless you want to):
So really Eichenwald isn’t sorry he wrote what he did, he’s just sorry people got pissed off at him for it. At least that’s our takeaway …
Wishing bad things to happen to others is an act of cowardice.
— Vinnie (@ImNotYou10) May 7, 2017
Indeed it is.
…but voting to do it is ok? Words are horrible, but policy is fine?
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 7, 2017
Oh the IRONY of tweets like this. Where was Kurt when Democrats forced Obamacare on this country, destroying MILLIONS of Americans’ health insurance plans, robbing them of doctors and specialists.
He’s only worried NOW because he might be impacted.
Poor baby.
https://twitter.com/ganobleberries/status/861052137656209408
Reality.
https://twitter.com/KoreyKruse/status/861054743849963520
Agreed. And thank you. Rage tweeting is never a good idea.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 7, 2017
Rage tweeting. *eye roll*
Dana Loesch didn’t appear to buy it either.
Sadly, you crossed a line. You're wishing awful things on those who have different means to an end you share. https://t.co/g9GEaHgPbo
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2017
Not the first line he’s crossed.
If you think politics has gotten too tribalistic, why encourage it with bitter partisanship as opposed to finding common ground? 1/2
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2017
"Common ground" isn't code for giving in, its reality for real policy co-existence, not the bumper sticker kind. 2/2
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2017
I get that SuperRage™ commentary is finally uber trendy, but you bankrupt your energy on anger & leave nothing for improvement. It's poseur.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2017
I've also repeatedly said I wasn't perfect and grace isn't my first reaction. So why repeat the mistakes you see others like me make?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2017
So much boom.
Related:
Kurt Eichenwald informed of ‘fake news’ in unhinged anti-GOP rant, reportedly TOTALLY unmoved https://t.co/BYLcqgDXbi
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 6, 2017
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