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NYC budget worker who posted ‘too bad he missed’ after Trump shooting is suspended from six-figure gig

By Carl Campanile,

2024-07-15

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A worker in Mayor Eric Adams’ budget office was suspended from his six-figure gig for posting “too bad he missed” on social media after the failed assassination of former President Donald Trump .

Tyler Barbieri, a $112,604-a-year analyst with the Office of Management of Budget since at least 2018, was suspended for two weeks without pay over the demented comment on his Instagram page — and critics are calling for him to be given a pink slip.

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Tyler Barbieri, an employee in Mayor Adams’ budget office, was suspended for posting “too bad he missed” on Instagram following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

“This is absolutely sickening,” the X account “End Wokeness” responded.

Eric Pistey responded in the thread, “Needs to be fired immediately for advocating for political violence against a Presidential nominee who happens to be a former President.”

“He needs to be unemployed immediately,” Trump backer Mike Ray said.

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Barbieri, 37, deleted the post, and his LinkedIn account had been removed on Sunday.

Adams’ office said it took swift action against Barbieri on Sunday after hearing of the sicko’s post apparently wishing death on Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

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Barbieri has worked as an analyst with the Office of Management of Budget since at least 2018. LinkedIn
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Trump was shot in the right ear while giving a speech in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images
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Trump raises his fist to the crowd as he gets rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents. Photo by REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images

“We are aware that a mid-level employee made an inappropriate social media post about the tragic event that took place on Saturday in Pennsylvania. Condoning gun and political violence, even in jest, is unacceptable and inconsistent with our values,” a spokesperson for Adams said.

“This employee does not speak for the city, and that is why we proactively disciplined him … The employee has since apologized for his post and acknowledged the post was wrong.”

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Barbieri apologized both by phone and in writing to his bosses at OMB, a City Hall source said.

The budget analyst declined phone requests for comment.

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The gunman was identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, 0f Bethel Park. Photo by HANDOUT/AFP via Getty Images

Still, some outraged critics said Barbieri deserved a harsher penalty from the city.

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Officers standing over Crooks’ body on the rooftop. Obtained by NY Post

“He should be fired,” said Staten Island Republican Party chairman and state Assemblyman Michael Tannousis.

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“At a time when an individual attempted to assassinate President Trump, this worker who enjoys a taxpayer salary should have demonstrated better judgement.”

A staffer for a Mississippi congressman was fired for saying on Facebook after the failed assassination of Trump that the gunman should get “some shooting lessons so you don’t miss next time.”

Other city employees have not fared as well.

City Hall staffer Christopher Baugh was fired in October 2022 after he was secretly recorded slamming Adams‘ handling of the flood of migrants entering the Big Apple and bashing cops for refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19.

Adams held a press conference Sunday with faith leaders including the Rev. Al Sharpton to denounce hate speech and political violence and urge everyone to tone down the rhetoric and settle differences at the “ballot box” instead of with “bullets.”

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Adams denounced the assassination attempt and all “political violence” at a press conference with the Rev. Al Sharpton and other faith leaders. James Keivom

Thomas Matthew Crooks bought 50 rounds of ammunition at a local gun store hours before opening fire at Trump –- grazing him in the ear, killing a hero volunteer firefighter in the crowd and gravely wounding two others during Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Crooks was on the roof of a manufacturing plant about 130 yards from Trump’s rally when he squeezed off a suspected eight rounds. Secret Service snipers responded quickly, killing the 20-year-old.

He was found with an AR-style semi-automatic assault rifle that his father had bought and was wearing a shirt for a popular gun YouTube channel, Demolition Ranch.

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