-By Warner Todd Huston
On July 14, close Obama adviser David Axelrod quickly resorted to Twitter to use the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial as a call for stricter gun control.
In one Tweet, Axelrod issued the inflammatory claim that George Zimmerman “stalked” Trayvon Martin. The presidential confidant also claimed that Martin was “minding his own business” when he was shot. This is undermined by evidence of the beating that Zimmerman suffered at the hands of Martin.
In a second Tweet, Axelrod criticized Zimmerman for having a gun that night, as if blaming the gun itself for the incident.
…the undeniable fact is that none of this would have happened if an emboldened George Zimmerman were not carrying a gun that night. 2/2
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 14, 2013
One reply to Axelrod’s Tweet was a logical retort to the politico’s obvious anti-gun point: “Right, and what would have happened was that Trayvon would have continued to bash George’s head until George was dead.,” Tweeted Political Splash.
Another Twitter user warned that Axelrod was creating another “crises” that is too good to waste.
LISTEN CLOSELY to .@davidaxelrod. He's beginning a new campaign to use Trayvon "crisis" as justification for gun confiscation. #NoJustice
— theFinancialSkinny (@FinancialSkinny) July 14, 2013
Many others also criticized Axelrod’s move to turn the Zimmerman trial to his political advantage.
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, RightPundits.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, Wizbang.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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