Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, told Melania Trump “#BeInfected” after the White House announced the first lady would be in PSAs concerning the coronavirus.
“#BeInfected,” Wilson tweeted, mocking the first lady’s anti-bullying #BeBest campaign.
#BeInfected https://t.co/TZD35uaEvq
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 19, 2020
Wilson was slammed online for his criticism of the first lady. “This is the most insidious & hateful rhetoric of anyone who exists in political punditry,” Joe Concha, a media reporter for the Hill, said. “Rick Wilson is wishing Coronavirus on Melania Trump. It doesn’t matter if the wish is aimed at a First Lady, or a doctor, a teacher, a policewoman. It is despicable. He deserves no platform.”
This is the most insidious & hateful rhetoric of anyone who exists in political punditry. Rick Wilson is wishing Coronavirus on Melania Trump. It doesn’t matter if the wish is aimed at a First Lady, or a doctor, a teacher, a policewoman. It is despicable. He deserves no platform. https://t.co/uTr5RVZSTX
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 19, 2020
“Delete this, Americans are dying,” tweeted GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar.
Delete this, Americans are dying.
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) March 19, 2020
You are a sad little human being, @TheRickWilson.
What have you done to help in this crisis?
Just bloviating and getting everything wrong as always.
Delete your account. https://t.co/ApIVQRECvS
— Boris Epshteyn (@BorisEP) March 19, 2020
Not remotely surprised that the worst person on twitter is tweeting the worst thing on twitter
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) March 19, 2020
Amazing how people who hate Trump because he’s vulgar and uncivil are always the ones coming up with comments like this
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) March 19, 2020
In response to the backlash, Wilson tweeted, “ANYONE who thought I was wishing COVID on Melania is fuckwit. You know full well it was a riff on ‘BeBest’ and it’s utter failure in the face of her husband’s continued role as Global Troll in Chief and National Bully. That said, fap to your fake-ass outrage all you like.” He added, “None of your fake outrage will matter in a day or two. None.”
ANYONE who thought I was wishing COVID on Melania is fuckwit.
You know full well it was a riff on “BeBest” and it’s utter failure in the face of her husband’s continued role as Global Troll in Chief and National Bully.
That said, fap to your fake-ass outrage all you like.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 19, 2020
None of your fake outrage will matter in a day or two.
None.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 19, 2020
Wilson is an outspoken critic of President Trump. His Lincoln Project group was started by former Republicans who are attempting to keep Trump from winning a second term.
The former GOP strategist has come under criticism in the past for his description of Trump supporters as “tin-toothed rubes.”
