Racist trolls defend George Zimmerman after ‘Pharma Bro’ offers to buy gun as 'reminder' of racism

"Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli inserted himself into the George Zimmerman hubbub after making an offer on Twitter to buy the gun used to kill Trayvon Martin and "put it in a museum as a disgusting reminder of racism in the US."

Shkreli, who is only slightly more popular than the Florida man who gunned down the black teen, then found himself on the receiving end of a large helping of abuse from conservatives who had previously defended his free market stance on selling drugs for what the market will bear.

On Wednesday, Zimmerman announced that he would be auctioning off the gun he used to shoot Martin in 2012. The auction was shut down but another began Friday morning with trolls running up the bid to $65 million.

Responding on Twitter one person wrote to the former pharma CEO saying: "A Hispanic man shot a black teen who was assaulting him. What racism?"

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