The media are still in a tizzy over Donald Trump’s assertion that Obama was the “founder of ISIS,” and that’s all well and good. Trump’s remarks sounded pretty ridiculous, after all, despite his follow-up claim today that he was just being sarcastic (or something).
Here’s the thing, though: Why is there a media freakout frenzy over Trump’s connecting Obama to the formation of ISIS, but radio silence when the GOP is absurdly linked to ISIS?
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway’s pretty curious about that:
Do you guys remember how much the media freaked out over this (false!) claim of literal ties to ISIS? I forget. https://t.co/nCLtUOS2Cw
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 12, 2016
Here’s the claim Hemingway is referring to, made by Elizabeth Warren in the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack:
.@ChrisMurphyCT said it right: The @SenateGOP have decided to sell weapons to ISIS.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 20, 2016
Huh. But the Dems’ nonsense didn’t end there:
Josh Earnest practically endorsed that statement. Media still didn't mind. https://t.co/qn7riKFZbn pic.twitter.com/FD6TwKV6eH
— BT (@back_ttys) August 12, 2016
Gee.
Don’t recall any media meltdown when POTUS' office supported false claim of GOP’s literal ties to ISIS. Anyone else? https://t.co/kZ1r1dkWBc
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 12, 2016
Show of hands? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/764218422385192960
Funny, that. Almost as if there’s a double standard or something.
.@MZHemingway "[…] possible for suspected terrorists to buy guns" is far cry from "Obama founded ISIS & Hillary is the Cofounder"
— Charlie Schaez (@cSchaez) August 12, 2016
Is it, though?
The actual words were "The @SenateGOP have decided to sell weapons to ISIS.” So no. https://t.co/xomfVr20wY
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 12, 2016
Bingo.
When cons aren't speaking hyper-literally, we're speaking in coded dog whistles. Either way, we say what media wants to hear
— Holden (@Holden114) August 12, 2016
In this case, what’s fascinating is they actually went hard with both! https://t.co/hvIn0irc4P
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 12, 2016
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