‘So misguided’: CNN analyst Kirsten Powers says Steinle’s killing a ‘tragic accident’ exploited by Trump to stir up bigotry

Joe NewbyDecember 1, 2017

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Responding to the verdict in the Kate Steinle murder case, CNN analyst Kirsten Powers said on Twitter the “tragic shooting” was portrayed by President Trump as a “vicious intentional murder” in order “to stir up bigotry against Mexicans.”

“Jury found that the shooting was an accident. Nonetheless Trump repeatedly portrayed this as a vicious intentional murder (versus a tragic accident) in an effort to stir up bigotry against Mexicans,” she tweeted.

https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/936396915440316416

Naturally, this didn’t sit too well with many on the social media site. One person, for example, said Powers is “so misguided.”

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

Yes

You are so misguided

— Mimi Musella (@memersmusella) December 1, 2017

Breitbart responded:

Guilty or not, the “accident” that Powers describes involved several intentional acts of lawbreaking by Zarate. He entered the country illegally; he committed a drug crime that caused him to be incarcerated (after which he would have been deported if not for San Francisco’s “sanctuary city” policy); and he took a pistol that he allegedly “found” but which actually belonged to a federal Bureau of Land Management agent whose car had been burglarized.

As for stirring up “bigotry,” Trump made clear throughout his presidential campaign that he was opposed to illegal aliens, not Mexicans as such. He even visited the president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, during the campaign.

Others weighed in as well. One person told Powers that it was no accident Jose Garcia Zarate was in the city, despite having been deported five times.

https://twitter.com/lmyersloz/status/936413790861656064

Accident or not, had he been deported as ordered, she would likely be alive today.

— Randall Adams, Stable Genius (@randalladams) December 1, 2017

Another person wondered how Powers would react if it has her daughter who was killed by an illegal alien:

https://twitter.com/LdyNJ1/status/936407649578635264

Another Twitter user asked Powers if she supports the city releasing the shooter from jail instead of handing him over to federal authorities for deportation.

Are you defending San Francisco releasing the shooter from jail instead of holding him for federal authorities? Steinle would be alive today had San Fran cooperated with federal authorities. Do you deny that?

— Susan Moore (@Moorewealthal) December 1, 2017

Others added:

This is like finding a drunk driver innocent of killing someone because the car just went over the line accidently. Total injustice. I can bet a zillion dollars that most all Americans feel this is an injustice and this verdict will NOT help those fighting for illegal rights.

— ?MySharona? (@MeSharona1) December 1, 2017

https://twitter.com/sherillcalhoun1/status/936405924771651584

It was no accident, and you're no better than those hack lawyers using this as a political statement against Trump..a beautiful young AMERICAN WOMAN is dead at the hands of an ILLEGAL criminal that shouldn't have been here anyway!!! You're horrible.

— ?? Jenni ?? (@jennmac415) December 1, 2017

https://twitter.com/IronButtAllan/status/936427918846291975

I'm pro legal immigration and I'm even for expanding legal status where it makes sense (like DACA recipients), BUT… I have no freaking clue how you don't get so much as an involuntary manslaughter charge out of this case. Pure San Francisco values insanity.

— Jeff Heid (@jheid607) December 1, 2017

https://twitter.com/jimv245/status/936430160936660993

Powers, by the way, isn’t the only one to use the verdict to attack Trump.

According to a post at sfgate.com:

After Thursday’s verdict, [Attorney General Jeff] Sessions released a statement saying that San Francisco’s decision to “protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle.”

[Lead attorney Matt] Gonzalez punched back, reminding Trump, Sessions and Vice President Mike Pence of the ongoing investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. The men, he said, “may soon avail themselves of the presumption of innocence and beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard.”

Others suggested Powers just helped Trump win in 2020:

@KirstenPowers officially kicks off Trumps re-election campaign.

— David (@ReallyFouts) December 1, 2017

https://twitter.com/OldSkull65/status/936428528769355776

And at least one person suggested Powers has blood on her hands:

https://twitter.com/FredAskare/status/936407789295030272

Zarate, by the way, is a seven-time felon who has been deported multiple times. Although he was found guilty of a weapons charge, federal authorities are looking to deport him again.

And, sfgate.com said, “San Francisco remains committed to its sanctuary status, and Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a bill to create a statewide sanctuary policy.”

Which means there may very well be more “tragic accidents” take place in the Golden State.

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