WHAT!? Did this Daily Beast editor stretch Greg Abbott’s joke just a LITTLE too far?
Just, no. Even for the Daily Beast, this is messed up. https://t.co/Kh1Ap7inN3
— Andrew Mullins (@AndrewWMullins) May 26, 2017
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made a joke that was bound to raise some progressive eyebrows:
.@GovAbbott shows reporters his target sheet. #txlege pic.twitter.com/tQpPEVzecM
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) May 26, 2017
"I'm gonna carry this around in case I see any reporters," @GovAbbott joked. https://t.co/ME7X8nbVx5
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) May 26, 2017
Daily Beast National Editor Justin Sink went full contortionist to connect that tweet to a deadly terrorist attack:
It starts there and ends here. pic.twitter.com/l6mqScmbt7
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 26, 2017
What? Gee, that’s, um, quite a leap there:
@justinjm1 Are you fucking kidding me?
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) May 26, 2017
@jtLOL @justinjm1 It's Republican politicians who kill people over cartoons.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 26, 2017
@redsteeze @justinjm1 The election really did send these guys over the edge.
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) May 26, 2017
@jtLOL @redsteeze How can anyone take these guys seriously? This is messed up….
— Andrew Mullins (@AndrewWMullins) May 26, 2017
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