George W. Bush and his wife Laura have for the most part managed to stay above the fray since leaving the White House, and tonight’s tweet from the Bush Center was no exception. In case you missed it, CNN’s Erin Burnett managed to throw viewers for a loop by asking the former first lady if the U.S. needs to “accept” the anti-Semitic, anti-American views of Samira Ibrahim, who recently disappeared from the State Department’s “Women of Courage” page.
The answer to your insulting question to Laura Bush @ErinBurnett is NO! We don't honor anti-American/Semites #idiotreporter #trashjournalist
— Ziljm (@zilj62) March 13, 2013
Newsbusters has the video of the exchange, in which Burnett asks:
An Egyptian woman, her name’s Samira Ibrahim, and she’s done a lot of things, courageous things. She’s also been criticized for sending tweets that are anti-Semitic, anti-American. Does the U.S. need to accept that when we want to make change? You have to support people that do those things – financially in term of awards, in terms of all these things – because it pays off in the end? Is that a trade-off we have to make?
https://twitter.com/CAAmyO/status/311345952810225664
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/311590103694864384
Could you imagine Erin Burnett asking if we should just accept racism? http://t.co/jmp4GBc640
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) March 12, 2013
What would reaction be if she asked if it’s okay to overlook racism against blacks in the US? http://t.co/3ro8I0uKxK #racismagainstjewsisok
— Zion Square (@ZionSquare_com) March 12, 2013
What? What? What? Erin Burnett to Laura Bush: Should America Accept Anti-Semitism To Affect Change In Middle East?http://t.co/n0G0XFxjSJ
— Mcfly (@Sleepyjoe55) March 12, 2013
Even the bumblers at our State Department (after sufficient public outcry) refused to accept Ibrahim’s “courageous” stand against the “Zionist lobby.” Kudos to Mrs. Bush for handling the ridiculous question with class.
Related:
State Dept has removed Samira Ibrahim from its ‘Women of Courage’ list
Is State Dept buying Samira Ibrahim’s farcical ‘I was hacked’ excuse?
State Dept reverses decision to name Egyptian anti-Semite as a ‘Woman of Courage’
State Department’s anti-Semitic ‘Woman of Courage’ refuses to apologize to ‘Zionist lobby’; Updated
Weekly Standard: John Kerry to honor ‘Woman of Courage’ who praised terrorism against US and Israel
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