NYC budget worker posted ‘too bad he was missing’ after Trump shooting suspended

An employee in Mayor Eric Adams’ budget office was suspended from his six-figure job for posting on social media, “Too bad he was missing,” following the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Tyler Barbieri, an analyst at the Office of Management of Budget since at least 2018 with an annual salary of $112,604, has been suspended for two weeks without pay because of the idiotic comment on his Instagram page – and critics are calling for him to be terminated.

“This is absolutely disgusting,” replied the X-account “End Wokeness.”

Eric Pistey responded in the thread: “Must be fired immediately for advocating political violence against a presidential candidate who happens to be a former president.”

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

Barbieri, 37, deleted the post and his LinkedIn account was deleted on Sunday.

Adams’ office said it took immediate action against Barbieri on Sunday after learning of the pervert’s post in which he appeared to wish death on Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee.

“We are aware that a mid-level employee made an inappropriate social media post about Saturday’s tragic event in Pennsylvania. Tolerating gun and political violence, even in jest, is unacceptable and contrary to our values,” an Adams spokesman 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 that the post was inaccurate.”

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

The budget analyst declined telephone requests for comment.

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

“He should be fired,” said Staten Island Republican Party Chairman and State Representative Michael Tannousis.

“At a time when a private citizen was attempting to assassinate President Trump, this worker, who draws a taxpayer salary, should have shown better judgment.”

The staff of a Mississippi congressman was fired for writing on Facebook after the failed assassination attempt on Trump that the shooter should “take some shooting lessons so he doesn’t miss next time.”

Other city employees did not fare so well.

City Hall staffer Christopher Baugh was fired in October 2022 after he was secretly recorded criticizing Adams’ handling of the flood of migrants streaming into the Big Apple and denouncing police officers for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Adams held a press conference on Sunday with religious 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” rather than with “bullets.”

Thomas Matthew Crooks purchased 50 rounds of ammunition at a local gun store just hours before opening fire on Trump. At Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, he grazed Trump’s ear, killing a heroic volunteer firefighter in the crowd and seriously wounding two others.

Crooks was on the roof of a factory about 120 meters from Trump’s rally when he allegedly fired eight shots. Secret Service snipers responded immediately and killed the 20-year-old.

He was found with an AR-style semi-automatic assault rifle purchased by his father and wearing a T-shirt from the popular YouTube channel “Demolition Ranch.”