In 2016 , Loesch labelled the mainstream media as " the rat bastards of the Earth . They are the boil on the backside of American politics ... I 'm happy frankly to see them curb stomped . " When the videos resurfaced after a mass shooting at the '' Capital Gazette '' newsroom in Annapolis , Maryland in 2018 , Loesch said she had meant she wanted some news stories to be curb-stomped and was not encouraging violence against journalists
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