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Again, save your political cheap shots until after tragedy has passed

By Becket Adams
Published September 2, 2017 3:06am ET
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Again, save your political cheap shots until after tragedy has passed
In the wake of deadly tragedies, wait until after all of the corpses have been collected before taking political cheap shots. Fields are submerged by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Friday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) | Charlie Riedel

It’s crazy that this needs to be reiterated, but that’s where we are today: In the wake of deadly tragedies, wait until after all of the corpses have been collected before taking political cheap shots.

It’s just a matter of good taste and decency.

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