Bob CollinsHaving patted himself on the back (according to White House sources) for keeping a civil tongue during the days of services for former President George H. W. Bush this week, President Trump returned to the security blanket of Twitter late Thursday.
FAKE NEWS – THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
Look, we’re under no illusion that what follows is going to blunt the president’s call to the country’s psychopathic underbelly. By now, in a nation mostly incapable of critical thinking, the poison is in the national bloodstream.
But Joshua McKerrow, a photojournalist for the Capital Gazette, where a gunman slaughtered members of the staff this year, provided something with which the people of the United States have increasingly become unfamiliar: reality.
2. Selene did a great job, of course. And I really thought I could hold it together. I moved through the rooms with my tripod, focusing on the trees and ornaments. All I could think about was Wendi. I felt like she was with me, that she was actually present.
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
4. I was ok til the very end. Interviewed the butler, like I have every year, and when we were done she took me aside and whispered, "I really miss Wendi. Next year I'm going to name a cookie for her."
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
6. We don't know what set him off yet. After years of silence. What finally pushed him far enough that he loaded his shotgun, drove the 40 minutes from Laurel, parked his car, walked through the busy lobby, barricaded our back exit, blasted the simple fragile glass door.
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
8. Wendi was no ones enemy.
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
10. I don't have a wrap-up to this story. I cried on and off all day. I miss her very much. I'm comforted that in a way she's still with me, when I do the work that she loved to do. Journalism. Patriotic, truth telling, American. We'll keep on doing the work.
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
11. And if we die for it, someone else will pick up the threads, and report on the holiday decorations at the Governor's house. Its what we do. -30-
— Joshua McKerrow (@joshuamckerrow) December 7, 2018
The Washington Post said it’s not clear what set the president off this time. It noted that it came after the CNN offices in New York were cleared after another bomb threat.
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