“Self-absorbed jerks are treating the East Village gas explosion site like a tourist attraction, shooting grinning selfies even as rescuers search for life in the ruins where two bodies might still be buried,” wrote the Post.
One person quoted in the Post condemned the selfies in front of the tragedy.
“Take a look at these people. Remember their faces,” wrote Diane DiDonato of Brooklyn on Facebook. “They don’t deserve those smiles. People are dying behind them.”
The Post article focused on a number of people in the photo, including Christina Freundlich, whose LinkedIn profile then listed her as a communications director for the Iowa Democratic Party.
Today, she is the spokesperson for Governor Dan McKee’s campaign.
After the blistering feature in the Post, she later apologized, telling the paper she was “deeply sorry for my carelessness and distasteful post.”
Aggressive in Criticism of Foulkes
Freundlich has been aggressive in criticizing gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes.
In one of a number of instances, she blasted Foulkes' ties to former Harvard President Larry Summers, who had close ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
"Helena Foulkes must immediately return the thousands in campaign contributions she received from Larry Summers and explain why she maintains a relationship with someone so closely associated with Jeffrey Epstein," said Christina Freundlich, McKee campaign spokesperson, on November 21.
"Her own words – that she and Summers are 'still close to this day' – continue a disturbing pattern of her ties to the elite who rig the system to enable heinous crimes. This isn't complicated: our state deserves leaders who understand basic decency and take responsibility for their choices," she added.
Hang Up
GoLocal reached out to Freundlich about the Post article — which is now a decade old, to ask about what lessons she has learned.
She did not respond to repeated outreach despite historically being responsive.
Then, GoLocal reached out to McKee’s inner circle, specifically long-time advisor Michael Trainor.
GoLocal asked Trainor if Freundlich had notified the campaign about the issue.
Trainor said, “No.”
And when asked if the campaign had comment, Trainor said, “No, we are not going to have any comment.”
Trainor then hung up on the phone.
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