From the BBC:
A Malian migrant, hailed as a hero after mounting a daring rescue to save a small boy dangling from a balcony in Paris, is to be made a French citizen.
Mamoudou Gassama won widespread praise after climbing the outside of the building to save the four-year-old.
“I did it because it was a child,” French newspaper Le Parisien quoted Gassama as saying.
Most people praised this courageous and kind man for risking his safety to save the life of a child he did not know.
But. We now know how conservatives in the Trump era react to such a story.
Here are a few sample responses from commenters on FoxNews.com.
I'd hate to think this was some kind of stunt and the child was put in danger to push some left wing communist agenda.
This a FAKE news story.
Fake news.
This just incentivizes fake rescue attempts by illegals. SEND HIM BACK.
Just more FAKE NEWS by the Left to “inspire” their Duped minions!
He didn't get citizenship for rescuing a kid He got citizenship for playing the part of the hero in a staged "rescue".
Looks staged to me! Should be in Hollywood!
OBVIOUSLY Staged! And how interesting that all the comments pointing that out are being deletednot only here, but around the web.
Wake up sheeple!This was a stunt designed to distract from all the refugees committing crime, draining the French economy, and setting up ever growing no go zones.
Totally staged.
Not a hero, just an actor.
Fake setup. Somebody was holding the baby and could have pulled him up at any time.
These are just a small sampling from hundreds and hundreds of similar comments. Some other commenters at Fox thanked the man for his bravery. But on the whole conservatism has become an inhumane ideology, disconnected from reality. This is the same script we heard about the brave Parkland survivors, assailing them as “crisis actors” and so on.
Trump and his Republican supporters encourage the racists and the haters to create their own false reality, rallying to the cry of “Fake News”. This is the result.