After being ridiculed on social media for attending a private party with Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kevin McCarthy, billionaire Rick Caruso had some words for his critics.
In a surprisingly long statement posted on social media, Caruso argued, “We need less angry rhetoric and more problem-solving; otherwise, we're never going to be able to fix what ails us as a city, state, and nation.”
He then went on to defend his decision to speak at All-In Summit, an annual multi-day conference that is popular among the “Silicon Valley for Trump” crowd, as well as attend a private event at Damian that Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kevin McCarthy also appeared at.
But while defending his actions, Caruso made an embarrassing error.
He claimed that Gabby Giffords, the retired American politician turned gun-control advocate who was shot, along with 18 others, at a political event in Tuscon in 2011, was also in attendance at the event at Damian with Carlson and others that night.
"This past week, I joined the All-In Conference and was then invited to join a dinner group with around 100 people representing voices across the political spectrum, from Democrats like me and Gabby Giffords to Republicans and independents," Caruso wrote.