Rep. AOC spots a white supremacist tattoo in an ad by gun manufacturer Daniel Defense

We’ve seen people make accusations based on tattoos before … it cost former fact-checker Talia Lavin her job when she misidentified a tattoo on a disabled veteran’s arm and suggested that he was a Nazi. Now Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is out to show that gun manufacturers are affiliated with white supremacists by point out the tattoo on the QAnon Shaman’s chest.

On Wednesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing with gun manufacturers called, “Examining the Practices and Profits of Gun Manufacturers.” As ABC News reported, AR-15 sales, and thus revenue, are way up, partly to do with manufacturers appealing to “manhood” (according to the House committee’s investigation).

On Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez asked the CEO of Daniel Defense if he recognized the tattoo of a man featured in one of their advertisements (although the picture’s cropped so it doesn’t look like an ad at all). That tattoo, the expert claims, is being adopted by white supremacist groups.

Actress @AOC (D-Broadway) spends 6 minutes arguing gun manufacturers target "white supremacist" movements b/c of a tattoo she saw in an ad pic.twitter.com/c8x2YXpp3L

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 27, 2022

Unfortunately her acting skills could still use some sharpening. Notice how whenever she pretends to ask the gun manufacturers a question and they start to answer, she immediately cuts them off? Her portrayal of a talented debater is completely unbelievable.

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 27, 2022

Not to get twisted up too much here, but we have been told by these same "experts" that the letter Z is a white supremacist symbol. So…is this symbol as "obvious" an example as that?

— Andy Walker (@CTFlyMonkey) July 27, 2022

We’ve been assured that the “OK” hand signal is also a white supremacist signal, but only if it’s a conservative doing it. See?

Here's a link to some Daniel Defense videos that are out there. There's a ton of them. I went through their website too. If someone found a SINGLE pic of a guy w/a valknut tatoo, it's a pretty big stretch to tie the company to white supremacy. https://t.co/2VaQXJO52N

— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) July 27, 2022

Well I never knew I was a White Supremacist. 🙄🤣 pic.twitter.com/6I2wzSj4Uj

— SR☠️ (@traddadOH) July 27, 2022

Ignorant @RepAOC @AOC should have studied more out of bars. Origin of a Valknut tattoo goes back to Germanic citizens. These people used this symbol of Valknut to give tribute to people who had passed away, specifically those who had passed away in a full-fledged war or battle.

— NATURAL UNMOLESTED AMERICAN T-ROY (@TROYHEBERT18) July 27, 2022

Even the ADL says not to assume that the tattoo is racist pic.twitter.com/Mcl6wRS3sV

— бобра☢️ (@BasedBeaver) July 27, 2022

Valknut is not a hate symbol. The entire discussion is silly.

— chris (@ChrisMoore86_) July 27, 2022

One of the most un-dignifying things in life is to watch a clearly unintelligent/uninformed person attempt to outsmart people of even average intelligence or knowledge. She just brings to mind an 7yr old lecturing their mother on the correct way to prepare taxes.

— jeebus (@jeebus2122) July 27, 2022

Alexandria “You didn’t give me the soundbite I wanted so I’m going to reclaim my time” Cortez

— Teddy Hosevelt (@TeddyHosevelt) July 27, 2022

I condemn false marketing and advertising. pic.twitter.com/Bezj0vRHzr

— RnVa. (@R48279368) July 27, 2022

When everything is associated with white supremacy… nothing is white supremacy.
This is the equivalent of the OK sign.

— Doog woof (@G_DeeBLT) July 27, 2022

What a clown show.

Related:

ABC News: AR-15 style guns are being sold ‘as a sign of manhood’ as shootings rise https://t.co/pYEE9OS8bB

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 27, 2022