At the Netroots convention in Philadelphia, Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel quoted Rep. Aryanna Pressley as saying the following about the Congressional Black Caucus, which has recently been in a spat with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and her “squad” and as you can see it’s now deleted:
Pressley seeming to hit back at the criticism from the CBC et al: "We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice. We don’t need any more black voices that don’t want to be a black voice."
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 13, 2019
Uh oh, the infighting among the Dems just keeps escalating.
It's lit! https://t.co/qMQveH1HGJ
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) July 13, 2019
But wait!
This is completely false. I was speaking to the collective impact of lifting up one's lived experience, *whatever* that is, whatever your life walk. I was encouraging *everyone* to lean-in on & not run away fr lifting their unique lived experiences when in the corridors of power https://t.co/DqRb29XdZ5
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) July 13, 2019
I respect, govern, fellowship & lead with @TheBlackCaucus colleagues daily & @RepBarbaraLee was in the audience! In my riff, I cited #women #queer #disabled #black #brown et al I was empowering those in attendance that their voices matter & belong everywhere.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) July 13, 2019
Hey, are politicians supposed to do that?
I think she's attacking the free press. https://t.co/hrr1rZ2jIL
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) July 13, 2019
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Those “rules” must be for Trump & Republicans only.
He's quoting you. https://t.co/4EKzYZRsxr
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 13, 2019
I mean, say what you want about Weigel but he usually is pretty accurate with quotes and on location reporting so would be shocked if that's not what she actually said.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 13, 2019
Also, LOL at this denial/"clarification" that only confirms what anyone with basic reading comprehension skills would have taken away from the (accurate) quote. https://t.co/L2jXx8Lcgd
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) July 13, 2019
"So by 'completely false' you mean 'actually correct,' I see."
— Esoteric Jeff (@EsotericCD) July 13, 2019
It’s weird how two different members of the Squad have seemed to *very clearly* accuse fellow Dems of racism/racial sellouts the past few days only to claim later that they meant nothing of the sort
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 13, 2019
The feigned indignation over a failure of reporters to contextual a direct quote to death is tiresome. https://t.co/Hy3Stw40uk
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) July 13, 2019
BUT WAIT, there’s more. Weigel stuck by his reporting in spite of Pressley’s criticism. Just kidding. He tweeted to Pressley that he was “not going to second guess” her and but later deleted the tweet:
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1150082829096771584
There it is:
"Got it." https://t.co/MlUn1YxsH9
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) July 13, 2019
Please don't hit me again. Please.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 13, 2019
You know, for some reason we’re not sure a Republican criticizing a journo’s quote would have ended with the reporter saying “got it.”
"I'm not going to second guess it" pic.twitter.com/DVs0AqUoYk
— Allan (@AllanRicharz) July 13, 2019
But the quote is accurate, correct?
— Raw toast? (@talkinboutwhaaa) July 13, 2019
Actually, this one is better: pic.twitter.com/tcplktp17E
— Allan (@AllanRicharz) July 13, 2019
That was quick Dave. Real firefighter you are.
— Person from place (@WindyCitybro) July 13, 2019
I remember hearing all the lectures about how right wing media outlets would acquiesce to Trump
— Objective Journalist (@dim_objective) July 13, 2019
The video shows the reported quote from Pressley was accurate, though Pressley said she wasn’t referring to the CBC:
The video is here, skip to 1:31:30. https://t.co/8ncklXniXH
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 13, 2019
Pressley has said she was not referring to the CBC. By "CBC et al," I was referring to members like Greg Meeks who have been attacking Justice Dems (like Pressley) for being divisive. (Sidebar: CBC endorsed Pressley's white opponent in 2018.) https://t.co/65R0RYRIkP
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 13, 2019
Will AOC make her opinion on all this known?
AOC’s ready to weigh in on all of this but not until she’s sworn in on camera
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) July 13, 2019
Totally believable.
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