Mother Of Victim In Alleged 'Underreported' Terrorist Attack Blasts Trump
- 7 years ago
President Trump recently accused the media of underreporting terrorist attacks, and, soon after, the White House released a list of 78 incidents. Rosie Ayliffe, the mother of a victim in one of those cited, is speaking out against the president.
President Trump recently accused the media of underreporting terrorist attacks, and, soon after, the White House released a list of 78 incidents, reports the Washington Post.
Rosie Ayliffe, the mother of a victim in one of those cited, is speaking out against the president, blasting and correcting the inclusion of the August stabbing at a hostel in Queensland, Australia.
That incident, which was ruled by authorities as having no connection to terrorism, claimed the lives of her daughter, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, and a man named Tom Jackson, notes the BBC.
In an open letter published in The Guardian on Tuesday, Ayliffe writes, “I was not shocked by Donald Trump’s inclusion of my [daughter’s]…and her [friend’s] deaths in his list of under-reported terror attacks…However, I was affronted by the inclusion of their killings in Trump’s list, since it was at best a crass and callous error.”
She continues, “Our children’s deaths were ugly, brutal, and must have been utterly terrifying, and I find my mind attempting to recreate those events on a regular basis…If I can find the strength to do this, surely some White House minion with a list to compile could take the trouble to get the facts right: Mia and Tom’s deaths were not committed out of some misguided interpretation of the Qur’an.”
In a separate letter posted to Facebook, the mother notes, “This vilification of whole nation states and their people based on religion is a terrifying reminder of the horror that can ensue when we allow ourselves to be led by ignorant people into darkness and hatred."
President Trump recently accused the media of underreporting terrorist attacks, and, soon after, the White House released a list of 78 incidents, reports the Washington Post.
Rosie Ayliffe, the mother of a victim in one of those cited, is speaking out against the president, blasting and correcting the inclusion of the August stabbing at a hostel in Queensland, Australia.
That incident, which was ruled by authorities as having no connection to terrorism, claimed the lives of her daughter, Mia Ayliffe-Chung, and a man named Tom Jackson, notes the BBC.
In an open letter published in The Guardian on Tuesday, Ayliffe writes, “I was not shocked by Donald Trump’s inclusion of my [daughter’s]…and her [friend’s] deaths in his list of under-reported terror attacks…However, I was affronted by the inclusion of their killings in Trump’s list, since it was at best a crass and callous error.”
She continues, “Our children’s deaths were ugly, brutal, and must have been utterly terrifying, and I find my mind attempting to recreate those events on a regular basis…If I can find the strength to do this, surely some White House minion with a list to compile could take the trouble to get the facts right: Mia and Tom’s deaths were not committed out of some misguided interpretation of the Qur’an.”
In a separate letter posted to Facebook, the mother notes, “This vilification of whole nation states and their people based on religion is a terrifying reminder of the horror that can ensue when we allow ourselves to be led by ignorant people into darkness and hatred."