A New York Times reporter deleted a tweet that called supporters of former President Trump “enemies of the state,” following a viral blowback online, reports The NY Post.
“As Americans, we believe that state power should not be used to work against a political figure or a political party. But what happens if a politician seems to threaten the state? If the politician continues to do so out of office and his entire party supports that threat?,” the thread reportedly continued.
The DOJ scribe then suggested that since Congress left the investigation into the Republican’s alleged collusion with Russia and two impeachments “unresolved,” lawmakers could not be trusted to probe the deadly riot at the Capitol.
 |
| Katie Benner (Twitter Photo) |
About eight hours later, the tweet and its thread were deleted and referenced by a post by Benner that read: “I deleted unclearly worded tweets regarding the Jan 6. committee hearing.” She did not further clarify why she deleted the tweet, or if she did so at the newspaper’s demand.
Her comments were slammed by critics, including prominent journalists and lawmakers.
“That’s the best summary of the Biden Admin’s domestic national security strategy I’ve ever read,” Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks tweeted.
“This is a reporter — not an op-ed writer — saying this,” journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote.
“The fixation on 1/6 is about exactly this: classifying Trump supporters as Enemies of the State for political gain & Security State power.”
No comments:
Post a Comment