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Shirt Suggesting Lynching Of Journalists Spotted At MSP Trump Rally

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Photos of a T-shirt spotted at a rally for Donald Trump in Minnesota have gone viral on social media.

On Sunday afternoon, Trump landed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport where he held a rally for Minnesota GOP.

Just before 7 p.m., Washington Post writer Breanna Deppisch tweeted a picture of a person at the rally wearing a shirt that seemed to be promoted the lynching of journalists.

The T-Shirt read: "Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required."

The shirt was reportedly for sale on Zazzle, but has since been pulled.

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