Earlier today an idiot former Republican-turned-Independent actually compared Kyle Kashuv to the Parkland mass murderer over the comments he made when he was 16-years-old:
Here’s more from Free Beacon:
MSNBC contributor David Jolly accused Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv of showing the signs “of a school shooter,” referring to racist posts the teenager put on social media as a 16-year-old.
“There are conservatives today who have cried foul over Harvard’s decision, saying they are kow-towing to the left. Do you think there is any reason to question political move?” MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle asked Jolly Tuesday on MSNBC Live.
“I don’t,” Jolly replied. “Stephanie, I take a much harder line on this. I think this is the perfect story for our time, when within our culture, we have leaders who are giving greater permission to racist statements and to people with racist feelings, they are given greater equity. I think it is important for Harvard to say, not in our community. That is not a voice we are going to give equity in our diverse community.”
Jolly said that he originally thought that Kashuv should be given a chance at “redemption,” but after seeing the posts Kashuv made two years prior to the Parkland shooting—which included derogatory references to Jews and black people—Jolly changed his mind.
“My immediate reaction when I really dug into this, these are the social media postings we see of a shooter and we ask, ‘Where were the signs?’ See something, Say something,” Jolly said. “We see a shooter, and then we go back and look at social media posts and this is exactly what we see. I understand the sensitivity of this man toward Parkland. I’m not a mental health professional to assess him on those grounds. But what I’m suggesting—”
“Is that too far?” Ruhle asked. “Can you make that a leap like that?”
“It is not. No. No, it is not Stephanie,” Jolly replied. “If an incident were to occur—and I‘m not saying it will with this young man—but these are the exact posts we find of people, particularly those who advocate for stronger gun rights, who has been given an audience with the President of the United States in the Oval Office, by Nikki Haley as well, by Vice President Mike Pence, who was an invited guest to a rally to speak for Matt Gaetz and Ron DeSantis, who was a speaker at the NRA recently.”
Absolutely despicable.
Kashuv has apologized for his comments and done so in a meaningful way. He has said he’s embarrassed by them and admits he can and will do much better. It’s clear he regrets them and wouldn’t say or mean those things today.
In fact after this segment aired, he responded echoing a similar sentiment:
I’ve said repeatedly that I’m horrified by comments I sent a few years back—I’ll spend years working to make it right.
I will accept and learn from the criticism, but I will NOT accept being compared to the shooter who murdered my classmates.https://t.co/f4d2mJGJld
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) June 18, 2019
Many people on social media were calling for him to sue Jolly for his slanderous comments. He doesn’t indicate whether he’s thinking about that, but from the tone of his tweet it sounds like he might be. Stay tuned!