New York Times writer jokes of Trump’s assassination

New York Times writer jokes of Trump's assassination

'Good news guys I've figured out how [his] campaign ends'

Cheryl K. Chumley is a staff writer for WND and author of "Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming our Reality." Formerly with the Washington Times, she is a journalism fellow with The Phillips Foundation in Washington, D.C., where she spent a year researching and writing about private property rights.

A columnist with the New York Times caused a social media stir with a tweet that joked of billionaire businessman and GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s assassination.

“Good news guys,” wrote Ross Douthat in his tweet, as found by Infowars.com. “I’ve figure out how the Trump campaign ends.”
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He then included a link to a YouTube video of the 1983 movie, “The Dead Zone,” a flick that features Christopher Walken as a character who tries to shoot to death a politician played by Martin Sheen. Sheen’s character uses a human baby to shield himself from the assassination attempt.
Twitter users were quick to respond to Douthat.
One wrote, Infowars.com noted: “My respect for you has plummeted. You’re an embarrassment. Advocating an assination [assassination] attempt on @realDonaldTrum? @DouthatNYT.”
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And another: “@DouthatNYT maybe time for you to take a break.”
Yet one more: “@DouthatNYT Dude, you’re making [expletive] assassination jokes?”

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