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Public commenter urges end to using tragedy to spread hate, cites Michael Massaroli
Summary
A public commenter at the 2025 Confirmation Hearings Collection identified their father as Michael Massaroli and urged attendees to stop using a past tragedy to foment anti-Muslim and racially based hate, saying the speaker has seen such rhetoric for 25 years.
A public commenter, who identified their father as Michael Massaroli, used the meeting's public comment period to urge attendees to stop using a past tragedy to spread hatred against Muslim people and others who look different. The speaker said the tragedy should be honored rather than become a vehicle for division and thanked dignitaries and families who remained to hear remarks.
"I've had to grow up and spend the past 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers and sisters, to hate on people who don't look like them," the public commenter said. The commenter added that using the victims' memory to promote hate does not honor them and asked people to stop, noting that "every one of these names matters."
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