ABC News’ Jon Karl has compared attending an indoor rally for President Donald Trump to “taking your family into Fallujah,” an opinion that is earning him plenty of criticism for being just a tad overdramatic.
“This is not like embedding with the Marines in Fallujah,” Karl told the National Journal about attending indoor Trump rallies during the Covid-19 pandemic. “It is like you are taking your family with you to Fallujah.”
Karl specifically criticized a recent event held by the president in Las Vegas, which had prompted plenty of accusations that he setting up dangerous conditions for his supporters and the press.
Karl has actually worked as a journalist in war zones, but that apparently has not changed his mind about comparing a political rally in the US to the Iraq War.
“I covered a Trump rally in Colorado Springs. I stood with members of the media while the crowd turned and booed during his bit about ‘Fake News.’ I then got back in the car and drove away without a scratch,” journalist Stephen Miller tweeted in reaction to Karl’s comparison.
“This is embarrassing,” Post Millennial writer Chad Relix Green added.
Former congressional candidate Ford O’Connell tweeted that the riots engulfing many US cities in recent months which many in the media had “turned a blind eye to” are “far more dangerous” than Trump’s campaign rallies.
That’s pathetic. https://t.co/8affITAJIj
The poor dear. However, having lost a family member in Fallujah, I highly doubt this.
The same people, the exact same people, have a conniption fit if Trump compares some of America’s cities to war zones like Afghanistan. But oh yes, a Trump rally is just like Fallujah, that’s not hyperbole, no sirree. https://t.co/6GQjjOfArS
lol did you actually compare a Trump rally to Fallujah?Thank you for your service.https://t.co/flvhtrPzQf
Others even took to posting pictures to remind Karl of the difference between the two.
I can see how it’s exactly the same. pic.twitter.com/mtVtT7eo5H
Karl is no stranger to criticizing Trump. He frequently slams him on Twitter, has published a book describing him as “norm-breaking, rule-busting, dangerously reckless,” and has clashed with the president at numerous press conferences.
Following the release of tapes by veteran journalist Bob Woodward in which Trump says he played down the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid causing public panic, Karl asked the president why he “lied to the American people.”
The president called it a “terrible question” and said Karl was a “disgrace” to his network.
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