Democratic lawmakers and commentators are criticizing President Donald Trump for a social media post in which he celebrated the death of Robert Mueller. Mueller, the former FBI director and special counsel responsible for the 2016 Russian election interference investigation, was described in the post as “disgusting” and “insane.”
Mueller passed away Friday night at the age of 81, as confirmed by a statement his family shared with the Associated Press on Saturday. The cause of death remains undisclosed, though two individuals familiar with the circumstances told MS NOW that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Following the family’s request for privacy, President Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
The post sparked outrage among Democratic politicians and media figures, who condemned its insensitivity and lamented Trump’s disregard for traditional presidential decorum.
“I expect every Republican who was outraged at people for celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death to immediately condemn Trump for saying, ‘I’m glad he’s dead’ about Robert Mueller,” commented Harry Sisson, a liberal political influencer on X. “This is disgusting.”
While some Trump supporters defended him by claiming Mueller propagated “the most destructive lies of the 21st Century” and was “a piece of garbage” for his alleged “persecution” of Trump, other conservatives criticized the post.
“This is the kind of stuff Trump does that makes people not just oppose him but hate him,” noted Brit Hume, a senior political analyst at Fox News. “There was no need to say anything.”
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Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) praised Mueller as “a true public servant” in a social media post, stating: “Yet the President of the United States disgustingly celebrates Mueller’s death simply because he exposed Trump’s efforts to steal the 2016 election.”
Mehdi Hasan, a former MSNBC host, argued that too many journalists report on Trump’s post without critique, noting, “Very few acknowledgments of how insane and inappropriate it is for the president to respond like this.”
He added, “Imagine their response if it was [former President Joe] Biden.”
Below are more responses to Trump’s Mueller post:
