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The problem with mealy-mouthed comments about ‘Easter worshippers,’ ‘very fine people on both sides,’ and ‘some people did something’

By Tiana Lowe Doescher
Published April 22, 2019 1:36pm ET
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The problem with mealy-mouthed comments about ‘Easter worshippers,’ ‘very fine people on both sides,’ and ‘some people did something’
Sri Lankan Navy soldiers stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine a day after the series of blasts, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 22, 2019. Easter Sunday bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites that killed hundreds of people was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. | (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

A jihadist group murdered nearly 300 Christians in Sri Lanka in a coordinated terrorist attack across multiple churches and hotels on Easter Sunday. The attack was unequivocally abhorrent, and ought to have been easy enough to condemn outright. But apparently some odd talking points circulated among Democratic messengers, and something strange occurred.

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