CNN’s Stelter Blames Firebombing of NC Republican Office on Trump's 'Over Heated' Rhetoric

NewsBusters.org ^ | October 16, 2016 | Nicholas Fondacaro

[Kaslin]

Horrible news broke Sunday afternoon as details emerged of the vicious firebombing of the Orange County GOP Head Quarters in North Carolina. Nobody was killed in the attack, which is being described as a “political terrorism,” although the office itself was lost. According to authorities “Nazi Republicans get out of town or else” was spray-painted on a building close to the attack, but that didn’t stop CNN’s Brian Stelter from concluding Donald Trump’s “over heated the rhetoric” was what caused the attack.

During a segment on CNN’s Newsroom, the panel Stelter was on was discussing the recent series of death threats being received by an Arizona newspaper. “So the Arizona Republic getting so many death threats over an endorsement is an example of how over heated the rhetoric is,” Stelter then pivoted, “Another example out of North Carolina today, the firebombing of a local GOP office.”

CNN’s Stelter Blames Firebombing of NC Republican Office on Trump

We have no idea who has done this. We don’t know if it’s a Republican, a Democrat, a movement. No idea. Could be some core of extremists, some sort of radical,” Stelter rambled on. But according to a report by The Hill, two hours before Stelter was on air, authorities found the graffiti labeling local Republicans as Nazis. That’s not really a term Republicans like to call each other oddly enough, it’s usually a term flung by the left.

“But that kind of action is unacceptable,” Stelter stated before setting his sights on Trump. “And we need to have the temperature come down on all sides right now,” he opined, “Unfortunately, Donald Trump is the lead in terms of raising the temperature at this moment in time.”

Stelter was silent in April, 2015 after his CNN colleague Marc Lamont Hill praised the Baltimore riots as an “uprising” against “police terrorism.” Yet, he was quick to jump to the conclusion that Trump’s rhetoric causes such events. 

Transcript below: 

CNN
Newsroom
October 16, 2016
5:11:38 PM Eastern

POPPY HARLOW: Brian, the biggest newspaper in Arizona that came out-- has always endorsed Republicans came out this year a few weeks ago endorse Hillary Clinton. And now what is happening to them and their staff now is unbelievable.

BRIAN STELTER: Yes, a number of death threats. This morning, the paper responded to that, explaining what they are doing about it, what they're saying about it. You know, virtually every major newspaper that endorsed a candidate so far has endorsed Clinton. Especially in red states, which is the surprising part of this. We haven't seen this kind of one-sided, sort of, endorsement situation in an election season like this before.

So the Arizona Republic getting so many death threats over an endorsement is an example of how over heated the rhetoric is. Another example out of North Carolina today, the firebombing of a local GOP office.

HARLOW: Yeah.

STELTER: We have no idea who has done this. We don’t know if it’s a Republican, a Democrat, a movement. No idea. Could be some core of extremists, some sort of radical. Hopefully we'll get more information soon. But that kind of action is unacceptable. And we need to have the temperature come down on all sides right now. Unfortunately, Donald Trump is the lead in terms of raising the temperature at this moment in time.

[nickedknack]

Blame the victim...typical Alinsky tactic.

[TigersEye]

IOWs. ‘Liberals are violent because they’re afraid that Republicans might be violent.’

[Trumpisourlastchance]

And if the Jews hadn’t opposed Hitler, maybe he wouldn’t have killed 6 million of them.

[nickedknack]

Shiny headed Leftist stooge pussy

[Balding_Eagle]

They sound just like some of the other candidates who blamed Trump for the riots when Trump tried to hold a rally in Chicago last spring.

[gaijin]

Only SUPER SLUTTY girls get raped..!

We ALL know they want it..!

They have WAYS..! Those crafty sluts KNOW what they’re doing..!

They’re BEGUILING..!

Stop being so SLUTTY, you dummy rape “victims”...!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I hear they even have a video of Trump throwing the molotov into the center . . . but to be honest, it looks a look like Alec Baldwin.

[marktwain]

It is a full out press by the “progressive” media to drag their candidate over the line.

It may work; On the other hand it may not, and we can win.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Like blaming a rape victim for wearing a short skirt..typical liberal stupidity..blaming the victim..so its OUR fault that a leftist loon firebombed a Republican office..I wonder if they would have said the same thing had a Democrat office been firebombed

[gaijin]

SEE..?! Like THIS...!

Swishing around...you KNOW what she's looking for..!

What a trashy slut TROLLING around for some pipe, ya know..?

Look out for her, guys..!

[Dilbert San Diego]

STELTER: We have no idea who has done this. We don’t know if it’s a Republican, a Democrat, a movement. No idea.

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How many of you think a Republican would bomb his own party’s office??? Really???? He’s speculating it could be a Republican who did this?????

[Covenantor]

Her flying monkey minions are already out on social media repeating the party line... and getting clobbere

;>)

[gaijin]

Fooling those boys..!!!

TRICKING THEM into doing things..! She's bending them to her WILL..!

Oh man, we gotta stop these BAD GIRLS..!

[W.]

Stelter can just keep blowing it out his ass, it fills the room with the odor of lies and conjecture.

Kind of an early warning system.

[BenLurkin]

Okay, CNN.

But when the shoe is on the other foot don’t expect me to lose any sleep when one of your reporters sitting in the CNN news van gets a Molotov cocktail tossed onto her lap.

[gaijin]

Oh man..!

Treacherous USN totally fooling those ching-chongs into running up a military ops tab, huh..?

Now THAT is really crafty..!

How many bullets did this battleship extract from those Japanese planes, huh...?

A WHOLE LOT..!!

[Kaslin]

liberal logic. What do you expect from a left-wing lunatic

[euram]

I remember shortly after the 2008 election, an 0bama office in Denver, which was still open, was vandalized, and IIRC, was firebombed as well. It turned out to be a person who had worked at the office as a volunteer during the election. He did it, attempting to blame it on sore loser republicans.

I’d guess that about 95 percent or more of election related violence or vandalism is done by democrats. They have donors with deep pockets who are more than willing to pay for such actions, and cover court costs, contribute to the persons family, etc.

[bigbob]

Yeah, that or the person who tossed the firebomb...