Idiot Who Yelled ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ in Baltimore Theatre Says He’s ‘Embarrassed’ and ‘Ashamed’ – WATCH

Idiot Who Yelled ‘Heil Hitler, Heil Trump’ in Baltimore Theatre Says He’s ‘Embarrassed’ and ‘Ashamed’ – WATCH

Tony Derlunas, the fool who yelled “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump” in a Baltimore theatre during intermission at a performance of Fiddler on the Roof this week now says he’s “ashamed” and “embarrassed” and is apologizing.

Rich Scherr, a sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun, posted a video of the audience reacting to the outburst to his Facebook page.

The Baltimore Sun reported: ‘Immediately after that, “People started running,” Scherr said. “I’ll be honest, I was waiting to hear a gunshot. I thought, ‘Here we go.’ ” The man was escorted out a few minutes later and the show continued. But Scherr, 49, said it was hard to focus on the play after that. “My heart was just racing. I didn’t even really pay attention to the second act.” “Fiddler” tells the story of a Jewish family as it faces persecution in tsarist Russia. It’s based on “Tevye the Dairyman,” a fictional story originally written in Yiddish. The play opened Tuesday and runs through Sunday in Baltimore.’

While Derlunas’s rant was seen as pro-Trump, he tells local media that he’s actually anti-Trump.

Said Derlunas, who wouldn’t show his face, to WBAL: “I just want everybody to know I am sincerely sorry. I’m so embarrassed and ashamed and disgusted with myself. I didn’t think at the time about my frustrations with President Trump and I was trying to compare Trump to Hitler because he plays into the fears of people and it just came out wrong…I opened my mouth and it was so wrong, and I know that now. In the moment, it was just my frustration. I don’t know what I was thinking. I am so ashamed. My heart goes out to all those that I ruined their night, to everybody that was affected by my stupidity.”

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Police Step Up Patrols After Social Media Threat to Philadelphia Gay Bars

Police Step Up Patrols After Social Media Threat to Philadelphia Gay Bars



Police stepped up patrols around Philadelphia gay bars on Friday night after a social media post threatened a possible shooting.

CBS Philly reports: “A recent online post made reference to a possible shooting at Woody’s or Voyeur. Police say they’re taking the post seriously. However, they say they do not believe there is an immediate threat.”

Woody’s released a statement on Facebook: “In such uncertain times, you wouldn’t think a threat would come from a member of our community, but now the unthinkable has happened. A hollow threat was made by a former customer & it’s spreading through social media. The owners & management of Woody’s have a long working relationship with the Philadelphia police in making the safety of our customers and staff top priority. Philly PD has investigated & Homeland Security has assured us that the threat made is non-credible and unfounded.”

A similar statement was posted on Voyeur’s Facebook page.

Coincidentally, the threats come a week after at least two Boston gay bars received threatening phone calls around the same time on consecutive nights. The content of those threats was not disclosed. dbar in Dorchester received a threatening call on Friday night, and Alley Bar in downtown Boston received a similar call on Saturday.

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