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. »
