Reuters Editor Apologizes For Blaming TRUMP For Annapolis Newsroom Shooting

When I heard about the horrific newsroom shooting yesterday, I KNEW what the left would soon be pointing their fingers at.

Guns, and TRUMP.

Guns, of course, cannot get up and shoot people. We all know this.

And as for Trump? It was later revealed that the PSYCHOTIC shooter was seeking revenge for a lost defamation lawsuit against the paper. This was not politically motivated.

But it was too late. The left had already done their worst.

An Editor at Reuters is now apologizing for waving his finger at the President… and trying to keep his job.

According to Fox News:

A top editor at Reuters apologized on Thursday night after blaming President Trump for the deadly Capital Gazette shooting in a now-deleted tweet that was sent during a “state of emotional distress,” but he might still be disciplined by the international news service.

As he should be. This is ridiculous.

Reuters Breakingviews Editor Rob Cox admitted that he “responded emotionally and inappropriately” after being called out for jumping to conclusions prior to the facts emerging. Police said the suspected gunman, eventually identified as Jarrod W. Ramos, targeted the newspaper after a lengthy feud regarding a 2012 defamation lawsuit.

“This is what happens when @realDonaldTrump calls journalists the enemy of the people. Blood is on your hands, Mr. President. Save your thoughts and prayers for your empty soul,” Cox wrote in the deleted tweet, according to TheWrap.

“Blood is on your hands.”

Will the blood be on HIS hands when a Conservative is attacked by angry leftist mobs? Will he take accountability for that? Is that how this works now?

Cox apologized in a series of four tweets once it became clear that Ramos’ motive predated Trump entering the world of politics.

Riiiight.

“When I saw the news today that a mass shooter had targeted the employees of a newspaper in Maryland I responded emotionally and inappropriately,” Cox wrote. “Though my comments were entirely personal, they were not in keeping with the Reuters Trust Principles and my own standards for letting facts, not snap judgments, guide my understanding.”

Cox continued: “My experience as a member of the community of Newtown, Connecticut in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, combined with the possibility that my colleagues in the press were being targeted, pushed me into a state of emotional distress.”

Obviously, I understand being incredibly shaken by the events. But did he lash out at Obama after Sandy Hook? Who did he blame for that?

You know who SHOULD be blamed? THE SHOOTER.

4 – I am sorry for my comments, which I quickly deleted and have disavowed, and especially remorseful if they did anything to distract from the thoughts and love we must send to the community of Annapolis.

— Rob Cox (@rob1cox) June 29, 2018

“I am sorry for my comments, which I quickly deleted and have disavowed, and especially remorseful if they did anything to distract from the thoughts and love we must send to the community of Annapolis,” Cox wrote.

Reuters bills itself as the “world’s largest international multimedia news provider,” which reaches over one billion people on a daily basis. Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler issued his own statement, calling Cox’s tweet “inconsistent with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles requiring journalists to maintain freedom from bias.”

“We do not condone his behavior and will take appropriate action,” Adler said.

And again, I actually get it. I’d be horrified, too. But a Twitter user brings up a good point:

You do realize that what you posted earlier came not from your fear for fellow journalists, but instead from an excitement for another reason to bash Trump. Look in the mirror…you ARE part of the divisiveness that pervades our country.

— grandmainct (@grandmainct) June 29, 2018

He, of course, was far from the only prominent member of the media to do something like this:

Cox wasn’t the only powerful media member attempting to pin the tragic attacks on President Trump. Think Progress founder Judd Legum claimed “Ramos does appear to be a Trump supporter,” using a 2015 tweet that had nothing to do with politics as his evidence. He was quickly mocked for the misleading tweet but had not deleted it at the time of this publication.

It’s shameful.