Woman’s March co-organizer and selfie-buddy with the members of The Squad, Linda Sarsour, has had it with CNN’s Jake Tapper, who called out Miftah, the group that was sponsoring Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s planned trip to “Palestine” and was named by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu specifically as one of the reasons the two were banned:
In addition, the organization that is funding their trip is Miftah, which is an avid supporter of BDS, and among whose members are those who have expressed support for terrorism against Israel.
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) August 15, 2019
But let’s back up a second to what triggered Sarsour, and we’ll start with Twitchy favorite @AG_Conservative.
I’ve privately asked several members of mainstream press (& others) over last week why their organizations refuse to cover bigotry and extremism from Omar/Tlaib.
Sample of answers:
“Not worth the trouble”
“Our readers don’t care”
“It will be twisted as an attack on Muslims”
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 19, 2019
They all concede that it’s wrong. They concede that a Republican with white nationalist leanings would be treated differently. Doesn’t matter.
Their organizations are too scared of the far-left and don’t feel like it’s worth the fight. Can’t explain how infuriating that is.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 19, 2019
Those are real quotes. And they are a good summary of things I’ve heard from over a dozen people. Some direct members of the media and others (left and right) who have had similar conversations with people in the press.
This just can’t be treated as acceptable.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 19, 2019
And National Review’s David French, who wrote a piece on Mitfah exposing the organization, was retweeted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, which exposed him and his “clear bigotry against Palestinians.”
Well, retweet me and get a petition from Linda Sarsour 🙂https://t.co/gh6xU7PzHx
— David French (@DavidAFrench) August 19, 2019
Sarsour has included a screenshot of Tapper’s retweet on her Facebook page, which reads in part:
I am sick of Jake Tapper’s shit and the silence of liberals on his clear bigotry against Palestinians. He’s not on our team.
He’s retweeting blatant LIES AGAIN. He often amplifies conservative, right-wing Zionist, staunch pro-Israel propaganda.
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Rashida and Ilhan are a thorn in his side because they expose that he’s no champion of “the resistance”. Just because he critiques Trump every once in a while doesn’t give him a pass for the rest of the nonsense he spews.
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Marc Lamont Hill got FIRED for far less than the nonsense Jake Tapper has spewed as he launched attacks on women of color in the past too. Don’t be silent. We know white men rarely held accountable but we won’t stop trying. Our people deserve that.
Uh oh, Jake.
No surprise. After all, Sarsour had the chutzpah to call Jake Tapper a member of the alt-right just a few months ago.
As for Sarsour, may a thousand fleas infest her hijab.
— (((Screenstarr))) (@screenstarr) August 13, 2019
I cannot believe that people take this woman seriously when she’s called Jake Tapper alt right once before and is now assuring us that he’s a white supremacist. It drives me insane
— Jake Tapper Stan Account ? (@AspiringNeolib) August 19, 2019
I… I’m getting the feeling the “Visit to Palestine“ stunt backfired badly, they overplayed their hand just as badly, and they’re lashing out in every direction to see what they can hit because they need a distraction to try to keep playing the victim role. Call it a hunch.
— MO_BeerGeek (@MO_BeerGeek) August 19, 2019
Yep.
Sarsour says she and a few others are going to deliver their petition on Aug. 22, so look out.
Related:
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hold joint presser to spew more twisted lies — and the media are letting them get away with it https://t.co/cBQlmVHnmS
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 19, 2019
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