{"id":2484964,"date":"2025-09-10T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-governors-attempt-to-play-the-victim-in-iryna-zarutska-murder-backfires\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:21:06","slug":"north-carolina-governors-attempt-to-play-the-victim-in-iryna-zarutska-murder-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-governors-attempt-to-play-the-victim-in-iryna-zarutska-murder-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Governor&#8217;s Attempt to &#8216;Play the Victim&#8217; in Iryna Zarutska Murder Backfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-carolina-governors-attempt-to-play-the-victim-in-iryna-zarutska-murder-backfires%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2484964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and other Democrats for thier &#8220;soft-on-crime&#8221; policies following the August 22, 2025, murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail. The alleged killer,Decarlos Brown Jr., had a long criminal record with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-woman-attacked-last-year-by-man-with-rock-in-new-york-city-has-died\/\" title=\"Asian Woman Attacked Last Year By Man With Rock In New York City Has Died\">multiple prior arrests<\/a> and convictions, yet was still free. Conservatives and political opponents blame Cooper&#8217;s policies for enabling repeat offenders like Brown to remain on the streets,arguing that law enforcement did its job by arresting Brown multiple times but that politicians failed by repeatedly releasing him.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Cooper condemned the murder and emphasized the need for safety and law enforcement funding but avoided addressing the failure of policies that allowed the suspect&#8217;s prior freedom. His responses where viewed by critics, including Donald Trump Jr., Vice President J.D. Vance, and Republican Michael Whatley, as political posturing that deflects responsibility from the governor to others.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentators expressed deep outrage and a sense of radicalization fueled by the violent crime, framing the issue not only as a local tragedy but also as part of a broader civil rights and public safety crisis. The piece concludes with a call for stricter policies and a firm stance against political tolerance of criminals, signaling ongoing partisan conflict over crime and public safety in North Carolina and beyond.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Soft-on-crime Democrats like Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina do not seem to recognize that they have unleashed something uncontrollable.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the brutal Aug. 22 murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mainstream-media-finally-covers-unprovoked-murder-iryna-zarutska-adds-disgusting-spin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iryna Zarutska<\/a> aboard a light rail in Charlotte, allegedly by 34-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/public-execution-see-message-trump-tweeted-terrify-decarlos-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decarlos Brown Jr.<\/a> &mdash; a black man with 14 prior court cases on his record, including convictions for robbery with a dangerous weapon, breaking and entering, and larceny &mdash; has pushed many law-abiding citizens to the breaking point and filled us with determination to no longer live under liberals&rsquo; insane pro-criminal policies.<\/p>\n<p>But Cooper has not acknowledged citizens&rsquo; righteous rage. Instead, on Tuesday, he took to the social media platform X and, in the words of Donald Trump Jr., tried to &ldquo;play the victim.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cooper called Zarutska&rsquo;s murder a &ldquo;horrible tragedy&rdquo; and declared that &ldquo;we must do everything we can to keep people safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere in his platitudinous statement did Cooper admit that the felon Brown had no business riding North Carolina&rsquo;s trains.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the governor turned his X post into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-heaps-praise-on-ketanji-brown-jackson-after-justice-authors-third-majority-opinion\/\" title=\"Biden lauds Ketanji ... Jackson for third majority opinion.\">de facto campaign ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Only a cynical DC insider would think it&rsquo;s acceptable to use her death for political points, especially one who supported cutting funding to law enforcement in NC,&rdquo; referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/know-michael-whatley-reported-front-runner-rnc-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Whatley<\/a>, chairman of the Republican National Committee and Cooper&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunc.org\/politics\/2025-09-09\/whatley-us-senate-primary-criticism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presumptive opponent<\/a> in the 2026 North Carolina Senate race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The murder of Iryna Zarutska is a horrible tragedy and we must do everything we can to keep people safe.<\/p>\n<p>Only a cynical DC insider would think it&rsquo;s acceptable to use her death for political points, especially one who supported cutting funding to law enforcement in NC.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roy Cooper (@RoyCooperNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyCooperNC\/status\/1965546035515981935?\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Never mind the hilarity of a Democrat campaigning on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/5-years-later-dem-run-cities-reaping-sowed-defund-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funding law enforcement<\/a>. The entire straight-out-of-a-consultant&rsquo;s-mouth tone to Cooper&rsquo;s comments left a queasy feeling in one&rsquo;s stomach.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been Attorney General and Governor, dedicating my career to putting violent criminals behind bars and keeping them there,&rdquo; the governor insisted in a follow-up post. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time Michael Whatley and the GOP get serious in Washington about funding our law enforcement, and that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ll do as Senator.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;ve been Attorney General and Governor, dedicating my career to putting violent criminals behind bars and keeping them there.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s time Michael Whatley and the GOP get serious in Washington about funding our law enforcement, and that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ll do as Senator.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roy Cooper (@RoyCooperNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyCooperNC\/status\/1965546037474722202?\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In response, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/great-vindication-trump-jr-thanks-dems-helping-new-company-go-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Jr.<\/a> called it &ldquo;sickening to watch Roy Cooper play the victim here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s mad because people are telling the truth about how his soft on crime policies that allowed a 14 time repeat violent offender free on the streets led to this murder. We&rsquo;re done with politicians who coddle criminals!&rdquo; the president&rsquo;s son added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s sickening to watch Roy Cooper play the victim here. He&rsquo;s mad because people are telling the truth about how his soft on crime policies that allowed a 14 time repeat violent offender free on the streets led to this murder.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re done with politicians who coddle criminals! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NyLHPsZOkh\">https:\/\/t.co\/NyLHPsZOkh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1965765892819890576?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jd-vance-comes-rfk-jr-s-defense-senate-democrats-turn-hearing-spectacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> blasted Cooper for disingenuously citing law-enforcement funding as an issue in Zarutska&rsquo;s murder.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Law enforcement arrested this thug 14 times,&rdquo; Vance wrote. &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t law enforcement that failed. It was weak politicians like you who kept letting him out of prison.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Law enforcement arrested this thug 14 times. It wasn&rsquo;t law enforcement that failed. It was weak politicians like you who kept letting him out of prison. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbVPis2O78\">https:\/\/t.co\/AbVPis2O78<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance\/status\/1965607283641254269?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whatley echoed the vice president&rsquo;s criticism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Law enforcement did their job and arrested this thug 14 times,&rdquo; Whatley wrote. &ldquo;YOU repeatedly FAILED to do yours.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Law enforcement did their job and arrested this thug 14 times &ndash; YOU repeatedly FAILED to do yours. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BaqULHtVyo\">https:\/\/t.co\/BaqULHtVyo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChairmanWhatley\/status\/1965594694081208494?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conservative attorney Will Chamberlain also placed the blame squarely on Cooper in a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/1965557119350178141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are the man who launched a racial equity task force that pushed against cash bail and habitual felon status,&rdquo; he wrote. &ldquo;Iryna Zarutska&rsquo;s death is the direct result of your policy failures as Governor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Above all, Cooper does not appear to understand what Zarutska&rsquo;s murder in one of his cities has done to many conservatives, especially men.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, conservative commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-king-accidentally-admits-defeat-gun-debate-conservative-pundit-matt-walsh-just-one-rebuttal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Walsh<\/a> posted a close-up surveillance photo of Zarutska looking up at Brown with terror in her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >image provokes deep visceral rage<\/a> in every father who sees it,&rdquo; Walsh wrote. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t even fully articulate it. It&rsquo;s primal. We want scalps. We want heads on pikes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This image provokes deep visceral rage in every father who sees it. I can&rsquo;t even fully articulate it. It&rsquo;s primal. We want scalps. We want heads on pikes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1PfyQyb9Ma\">pic.twitter.com\/1PfyQyb9Ma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1965598632188793234?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-matt-walsh-reveals-key-unspoken-truth-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsh<\/a> predicted that a larger version of that same image &ldquo;will define the new civil rights movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This image will define the new civil rights movement. We have a right to use public accommodations without being butchered in our seats. We have a right to safe communities where violent animals are rounded up and caged. This is not just a local crime. It&rsquo;s a civil rights issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VuADE6thr\">pic.twitter.com\/3VuADE6thr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1965467546574082395?\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think you understand the level of radicalization this has caused within me,&rdquo; former nuclear scientist Matt Van Swol wrote. &ldquo;I will never be the same person after watching this video. We do not have to live this way&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don&rsquo;t think you understand the level of radicalization this has caused within me.<\/p>\n<p>I will never be the same person after watching this video.<\/p>\n<p>We do not have to live this way&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3jT3gxMZgt\">pic.twitter.com\/3jT3gxMZgt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matt_vanswol\/status\/1965574956391231909?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, our refusal henceforth to tolerate Democrats&rsquo; coddling of criminals will not bring Iryna Zarutska back. It will, however, save other innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper and his fellow Democrats had best get that through their thick skulls. As President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-releases-powerful-video-iryna-zarutska-murder-vicious-just-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> said on Tuesday, we will no longer play nice.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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