Originally Posted by
Krugminator2
I googled three conservatives just now within a one minute time frame with the name Philando Castille to see what they said.
Ben Shapiro
Erick Erickson wrote an entire column on him
https://www.macon.com/opinion/opn-co...157551264.html
Jonah Goldberg
https://www.baltimoresun.com/la-oe-g...nap-story.html
Three Google searches not knowing what they said about Castille. Three in support. Three for three. The support for Castille on the right was as close to unanimous as you will ever get on these shootings.
Your Ben Shapiro tweet didn't come through. But this article shows he ultimately didn't support Castille.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/...s-not-helpful/
I can't read this article by Shapiro because it's behind a paywall, but the part I can read doesn't seem supportive either.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/alton...nt-ben-shapiro
The Blaze made a big deal that "even the black jurors" were in favor of acquital of Castile's killer.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/0...ing-cop-report
What likely happened is there was some initial support for Castille among some well know conservative talking heads that dried up after the "refer madness" argument came out.
I see no mention of marijuana in the Erick Erickson article you linked. It could have been that he wasn't bothered by that or it could have been that this article was written before that angle came out. I'm thinking it's the latter. I can't read the Jonah Goldberg article because of the paywall.
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