Calls victims of Garland terror attack "dumb" for holding cartoon contest

Following a terror attack on a "Draw Muhammad" contest in Garland, Texas, Trump tweeted that while he supports free speech, "why taunt, over and over again, in order to provoke possible death to audience. DUMB!" He later doubled down on Fox News and in other interviews, calling organizer Pamela Geller a "terrible messenger" and criticizing the event as "stupid" and "taunting." The comments, blaming the victims of an attempted mass shooting for exercising free speech, drew criticism from conservatives like Megyn Kelly.

"Nobody would fight harder for free speech than me but why taunt, over and over again, in order to provoke possible death to audience. DUMB!" — Tweet reacting to the attack on the Garland, Texas cartoon contest, May 5, 2015