New Zealand mosque shooting: Candace Owens reacts with 'laughing emoji' after terrorist named her his biggest influence
Controversial right-wing commentator Candace Owens got eviscerated on social media after she used a laughing emoji in response to a tweet that pointed out that she had been mentioned as an "influence" by the suspected terrorist who gunned down many at two New Zealand mosques.
Latest reports pegged the toll from the attack on two mosques in Christchurch at 49 with many seriously injured.
Reports identified the killer as Brenton Tarrant from New South Wales, Australia, and who in a 74-page manifesto among other things mentioned that Owens had helped "push me further and further into the belief of violence over meekness".
“The person who has influenced me above all is Candace Owens. Each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped me push further and further into the belief of violence over meekness,” Tarrant wrote.