After surviving the horrible shooting at The Capital Gazette ne
After surviving the horrible shooting at The Capital Gazette newspaper, a shaken reporter told CNN she “couldn’t give a f**k” about thoughts and prayers if “there’s nothing else.” Her comments were in response to President Trump and Melania Trump tweeting the Left’s most hated phrase in response to the shooting: “thoughts and prayers.”
Speaking with Anderson Cooper on Thursday night, Capital Gazette writer Selene San Felice recalled feeling “shaken” by the attack and the horror of having to crawl under her desk for survival. In response to “thoughts and prayers,” she called for something substantial.
“I’ve heard that President Trump sent his prayers. I’m not trying to make this political, right? But we need more than prayers. I appreciate the prayers. I was praying the entire time I was [hiding] under that desk. I want your prayers but I want something else,” San Felice said.
“I’m going to need more than a couple days of news coverage and some thoughts and prayers because our whole lives have been shattered,” she added. “Thanks for your prayers, but I couldn’t give a fuck about them if there’s nothing else.”
San Felice recalled her experience covering the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and how she shares in their pain.
“I remember being so upset hearing about the victims who were texting their families,” she said. “And there I was sitting under a desk texting my parents, telling them that I love them.”
