‘Make them taste their own blood’: Sheriff David Clarke sends graphic tweet slamming press amid reports of FBI probe
Former Milwaukee county sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. unloaded on the media after they reported on a recently unsealed FBI affidavit alleging that he used his position as sheriff to unlawfully detain a fellow flight passenger because he felt slighted by the man
By Sonam Sheth
Former Milwaukee county sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. tweeted out a graphic post on Saturday unleashing on a frequent target: the news media.
The tweet was one of many that Clarke sent bashing the press after an FBI affidavit that was unsealed on Thursday alleged that he used his official position as sheriff to detain a fellow passenger on an airplane.
“BREAKING NEWS! When LYING LIB MEDIA makes up FAKE NEWS to smear me, the ANTIDOTE is go right at them,” Clarke wrote. “Punch them in the nose & MAKE THEM TASTE THEIR OWN BLOOD. Nothing gets a bully like LYING LIB MEDIA’S attention better than to give them a taste of their own blood #neverbackdown.”
He also attached a doctored photo to the tweet depicting President Donald Trump’s face superimposed on that of a wrestler, who was holding another wrestler labeled “CNN,” while a smiling and triumphant Clarke was shown kicking “CNN” in the face. The photo was reminiscent of a doctored video Trump shared of him body slamming CNN in July.
Twitter investigated Clarke’s Saturday tweet after multiple users flagged it and found no violation of the site’s rules, according to a screenshot Clarke posted of an email he received from Twitter.
He later tweeted that there was “nothing like getting under the skin of lefties like I did today,” and added that his critics should “bring a hard hat, some aspirin and your veggie wrap because it’s going to be a long day and I’m going to smack you around until you crawl back to your mom’s basement.”