It’s ridiculous that a presidential candidate could say something like this.
As we reported this morning, NBA star Dwyane Wade‘s cousin Nykea Aldridge was shot and killed in Chicago on Friday afternoon — and now, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is inserting himself into the tragedy in the WORST way.
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After Trump learned of the news about Wade’s cousin, he tweeted the following horribly offensive message on Saturday morning (below):
Dwyane Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2016
Uhh… what?!
Just like he did after the nightclub shootings in Orlando, The Donald is trying to make an unimaginable tragedy into something about himself?! The nerve on this guy…
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In turn, Twitter users absolutely destroyed Trump for his awful insensitivity, and everybody from celebrities to the common folk were eager to jump on the GOP candidate over his terrible remarks:
@realDonaldTrump An absolute disgrace
— Michelle Williams (@RealMichelleW) August 27, 2016
That’s an honest question, @realDonaldTrump: what is wrong with you? You say Clinton just sees black people as votes. What did you just do?
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 27, 2016
I wonder if @realDonaldTrump has even the slightest conception of the horrible thing he’s done today.
— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) August 27, 2016
@realDonaldTrump SO DISRESPECTFUL!!! No condolences! Using that woman’s death as your own political gain. @angela_rye @Bakari_Sellers
— Rochelle Ritchie (@RochelleRitchie) August 27, 2016
@realDonaldTrump You are disgusting.
— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) August 27, 2016
Unreal!
This all comes too after he deleted his initial tweet about the murder after misspelling Wade’s first name. So, The Donald had a moment to reflect on whether he should re-post the content, thought about it, and still re-posted it anyways.
What human garbage.
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Then, HOURS later, The Donald tweeted this (below):
My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge. They are in my thoughts and prayers.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2016
But Twitter users were not having any of it (below):
@realDonaldTrump Too little too late, asshole.
— Krister Johnson (@KristerJohnson) August 27, 2016
@realDonaldTrump were those thoughts there before or after you used his horrific loss as a grotesque excuse to talk about yourself?
— Adam Mordecai (@advodude) August 27, 2016
*exploits death*
*offers condolences 3 hours later*@realDonaldTrump
— Ashton (((Elijah))) (@ashtonpittman) August 27, 2016
@realDonaldTrump Too late, fuckwit.
— HarleyPeyton (@HarleyPeyton) August 27, 2016
Just another week in which Donald Trump said a highly offensive, horribly out-of-touch thing…
R.I.P. to Ms. Aldridge, and condolences to Wade and the rest of the family, the only people who really deserve our attention in this entire situation.
[Image via JLN Photography/WENN.]
