The US president\u2019s son has accused social media activists of hypocrisy<\/p>\n
Donald Trump Jr. has criticized social media users who display the Ukrainian flag in their online profiles but have remained silent about the recent killing of a young Ukrainian woman in North Carolina.
\nIrina Zarutskaya, who fled Ukraine after the escalation of the conflict in 2022, was fatally stabbed on August 22 while riding a Charlotte light rail train. Surveillance footage released by the authorities over the weekend shows her being ambushed and brutally attacked from behind.
\n\u201cStrangely, all the clowns with Ukraine flags in their bio are also all silent on this one,\u201d Trump Jr. wrote on X on Monday.<\/p>\n
Strangely, all the clowns with Ukraine flags \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 in their bio are also all silent on this one. https:\/\/t.co\/IxqKINziU8\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 8, 2025 <\/p>\n
His post came in response to conservative podcast host Liz Wheeler, who shared a screenshot of a New York Times search for the victim\u2019s name. The search showed no results related to the 23-year-old\u2019s murder, in contrast with thousands of articles the outlet published on George Floyd, whose 2020 death in police custody triggered nationwide unrest.<\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump also addressed the killing in a statement on Truth Social, calling the video \u201chorrific\u201d and blaming Democratic leaders for enabling repeat offenders to remain on the streets through policies such as cashless bail.
\n\u201cNow her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail,\u201d he wrote, also questioning why the mainstream media has been \u201csilent\u201d on the case.
\nBoth Trump and his son have framed the incident as an example of selective outrage and double standards in US politics and media coverage, particularly in cases involving victims who do not fit prevailing political narratives.<\/p>\n
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Police arrested Decarlos Brown, 34, a man with a long criminal history, and charged him with first-degree murder. He is being held at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center without bond, pending further psychiatric evaluation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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