On Monday night, a bombing at a music venue in Manchester, England killed 22 people and injured dozens more.
In the wake of such tragedy, Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree took to Facebook to offer his condolences to the victims and their families, express solidarity with British police, and share sober reflections informed by a career in public safety. Just kidding. Murphree instead posted a fearful screed warning against lax border security and “a religious ideology that says you must convert or die.” Worked into a froth, he concludes:
You better wake up America. While you are distracted by the media and the crying of the left, Islamic Jihadist are among us and want to kill you. What will it take? This happening at a concert in Dallas or a school in Denton County? If we don’t do something quick this country will die of political correctness and the fear that someone’s feelings may be hurt. It may very well be to late for Europe.
Murphree has previously made waves on social media for condoning violence again transgender people in public restrooms. A chest-thumping Facebook missive from November, addressed to “ISIS and al Qaeda,” announces that Murphree “came into this world screaming and covered in someone else’s blood,” and has no problem going out the same way. In that post, Murphree, who stresses that he is not afraid as he paints a picture of masked jihadists “loading people into trucks and executing them one by one,” notes that he will “squeeze the life from you with my bare hands to stop you.”
Whether this tough guy routine has the effect of making North Texans feel safer seems to be a matter of opinion, judging from the comments on Murphree’s posts. Murphree is certainly entitled to his, although the thought of any law enforcement official dwelling so often on images of blood and carnage, wrought by himself or others, could give cooler heads pause.
Like another elected official that comes to mind, Murphree may, at the very least, benefit from spending less time on social media.
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