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Liberal journalist Elizabeth Drew is facing intense backlash
over a tweet mocking the shocking murder of British Conservative
Party MP Sir David Amess.
Amess was speaking to constituents at a Methodist Church on
Friday when a man entered and repeatedly stabbed him. He was 69.
Drew, a frequent MSNBC guest whose columns have appeared in The
New York Times, The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair and Project
Syndicate, took to Twitter amid the breaking news and poked fun
at Amess' name.
"A perfect last name for a pol who's stabbed at a town meeting.
British lawmaker dies after being stabbed multiple times while
meeting with constituents, police say David Amess," Drew wrote
in the now-deleted tweet.
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Wayback machine
The 85-year-old veteran journalist was torched by critics for
writing such a callous tweet.
"Hoping this New Yorker veteran has some millennial doing her
tweets, because this is just ghastly. She should take it down,"
NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham reacted.
"Were you always a bad person or did social media help you to
get there?" Washington Examiner commentator Becket Adams asked.
"This is sick. Shame on you," Mediaite writer Jackson Richman
scolded Drew.
"Um, no," political scientist Ian Bremmer simply put.
"You know when you inevitably say ‘my account was hacked’ no one
will believe you," comedian Bennett Arron told the columnist.
Hours later, Drew took down the offensive post, adding, "Apols
for a lapse. Tweet deleted."
Drew, who famously covered the Watergate scandal that led to the
ousting of President Richard Nixon, has in recent years been a
vocal critic of President Donald Trump. She's a recurring guest
on "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" and has appeared on
several other MSNBC programs.
Amess had been a member of parliament since 1983 and a member of
his current constituency – Southend West in Essex – since 1997.
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Essex police issued a statement following Amess' murder saying,
"We are not looking for anyone else in connection with the
incident and do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the
wider public."
Former Prime Minister David Cameron said the incident was "very
alarming and worrying." Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer said the
incident was "horrific and deeply shocking."
Fox News' Peter Aitken contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elizabeth-drew-david-amess-murder
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