Obama adviser Ben Rhodes woke up Thursday to a wave of social media condemnation after a wee-hours tweet joking about the “obits” for top Republican leaders. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who was seriously wounded in the shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice in suburban Washington in June, chided Rhodes. Rhodes was a top foreign policy adviser under then-President Barack Obama, and was often said to have achieved a “mind meld” with the former president. His tweet regarding the photo touched off a characteristically coarse – at times vile – thread of social media responses for all involved. While Rhodes was mocked for his tweet, Strong was also attacked for hers.

Source: Fox News December 21, 2017 15:14 UTC