"Submoronic pratfall of a human": "The Wire" creator slams MTG over Baltimore bridge conspiracy

(Salon) "he Wire" creator David Simon has hit out at individuals promoting baseless conspiracy theories regarding the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, which occurred after a container ship collided with one of the bridge supports around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Simon took specific aim at conservative firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga., after she implied on X/Twitter that the tragedy could have been a terrorist attack.

"There should be a serious investigation into the horrifying tragedy of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland," Greene tweeted on Tuesday. "Is this an intentional attack or an accident?" Using the Republican's own words against her in a quote-tweet response, Simon asked, "Are you intentional or just an accident," adding, "You complete submoronic pratfall of a human being."

Simon also condemned right-wing attorney and former member of Florida's House of Representatives, Anthony Sabatini, for making an odd and unrelated claim that diversity, equity, and inclusion were at fault for the catastrophic collapse. "DEI did this," Sabatini wrote on X/Twitter. ................(more)

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