Nets Disregard Florida GOP HQ Getting Shot Up, Opt to Bash Trump Instead

Nicholas Fondacaro | October 29, 2018
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Hypocrisy of a very dangerous variety. For a week the liberal media has been railing against President Trump and claiming he was the one responsible for the violence and death in recent days. Yet when the Volusia County Florida Republican Party headquarters was sprayed with bullets Sunday night, none of the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) cared enough to mention it during their Monday news programs.

Where the liberal networks failed, Fox News Channel shined. During Monday’s Special Report, anchor Bret Baier gave a rundown of the of the apparent attack:

Investigators are looking into a potentially politically motivated attack in Florida. Volunteers discovered shattered glass and bullet holes at Volusia County Republican Party headquarters Monday morning. Fortunately, no one was hurt there. Volunteers had already left before that shooting occurred. But the county chairman says the headquarters has never had any vandalism and told a local paper he believes it was politically motivated.

Sadly, turning a blind eye to violence against Republicans was not new to the liberal media.

Just last month, the networks ignored a GOP office in Wyoming being intentionally set on fire. The broadcast networks have also ignored the disturbing upsurge in physical attacks against GOP candidates and lawmakers. One attack included a candidate in California who had to use a lawn sign to fend off a man trying to stab him.

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