Just for context, here’s the tweet by Rep. Dan Crenshaw that gave progressives across the nation the vapors and compelled Rep. Ilhan Omar to accuse him of “dangerous incitement,” given all the death threats that she faces:
First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 as “some people who did something”.
Unbelievable. https://t.co/IKtoZWWmIT
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) April 9, 2019
And we’ve said this before, but just as an aside: CAIR was not founded after 9/11 as Omar claimed in her address (to CAIR), but in 1994, when the big complaint was the depiction of Arab and Muslim terrorists in the movie “True Lies” — hassle star Tom Arnold if you have a problem with that.
But as @neontaster noted, the talking points have gone out, and any mention of Omar describing 9/11 the way she did is Islamophobic and incitement to violence. She must not be criticized.
Former New Republic senior editor and honorary Obama bro Brian Beutler is in high dudgeon and will not allow Crenshaw to shirk his responsibility in inciting violence against Omar.
Just so we are clear on basic notions of reality:
When someone calls out a public official for things they said, it is not endangering their life or inciting violence.
Claiming otherwise is just an attempt to silence your critics.
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) April 13, 2019
Just so we are clear on basic notions of reality:
You promoted a smear meant to incite racist hatred of your Muslim colleague by taking her words out of context and now want to shirk responsibility for the consequences.
You're a disgrace, and won't be allowed to shirk anything. https://t.co/eBNHuH9jnz
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) April 13, 2019
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Narrator: Her words sound exactly as bad in context.
The failure of most Democrats to defend Omar is pathetic, and even some who've stepped up have stopped short at criticizing the nature of Republican attacks, without noting that they are premised on an appalling deception. Republicans are lying! Tell people the truth!
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) April 13, 2019
Wow, we all know that Americans wouldn’t stand for an attack premised on an appalling deception — well, for a couple of years, maybe.
Just so we’re clear on basic notions of reality:
You’re promoting a fallacy meant to shut up a group of people calling out an anti-Semite embraced by the Democrat Party. https://t.co/9vWRMaaulU
— Mr. Will (@RoscoenOtis) April 13, 2019
Just so we are clear on basic notions of reality. Democrats know there is no logical way to defend Ilhan Omar's many, MANY offensive, anti-Semitic, and anti-American statements, so they're making up the "inciting violence" line to distract from them. https://t.co/M6QEyvJsyD
— Brent Skilton (@brent_skilton) April 13, 2019
Just so we’re clear on basic notions of reality, Dan is a hero and an honest man. You, on the other hand, are a coward and a liar. https://t.co/POD3Ie4q55
— Muddy Schmuck (@TheMuddySchmuck) April 13, 2019
A nobody loser liberal whose sole accomplishment is doing a podcast calls a decorated, wounded vet & American hero a "disgrace."
I'm sure you're not hurting @DanCrenshawTX's feelings more than the IED that @IlhanMN's buddies built to kill Americans. https://t.co/bEieymXes5
— Frank Moreno (@FrankMo96909290) April 13, 2019
Crenshaw lost an eye on tour in a country we're essentially only occupying at this point so we can still say "girls can go to school in Afghanistan." https://t.co/RGByk3GK1h
— Gwambert (@Gwambert) April 13, 2019
By quoting her words? Do you hear how stupid you sound, especially saying this stupid shit while attacking someone who lost his eye fighting terrorists overseas. https://t.co/Se6QYevHTj
— Joe (@JoeC1776) April 13, 2019
Context of exactly what she said. Take that, war hero! https://t.co/TjncoPHpIR
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) April 13, 2019
He quoted her own words. If citing her own speech is a smear, then the problem isn’t the re-quote. It’s the speaker- and you own that abomination.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) April 13, 2019
Basic reality:
He served his country on the battlefield and now serves in Congress. He's an intelligent thoughtful person.
You offer bad faith arguments on Twitter to rile up your base and support anti-semitism.
— Brony Bartokomous (@RoberoGorbachev) April 13, 2019
Take a day off Beutler. https://t.co/n0MTvdZeNV
— DJSmith (@davidjacksmith) April 13, 2019
Bro, you sound really angry, probably do an emergency podcast. Will make you feel better
— AV (@verma_30) April 13, 2019
Muslim is not a race. Also, what she said is not being taken out of context. "Some people did some thing" in reference to 9/11. She's downplaying the terrorist attacks. An act that we claimed we would never forget. Shame that you can't acknowledge that.
— Richard King (@rtking10) April 13, 2019
Leftists are just running with the ‘out of context’ bullshit and the media will allow it. https://t.co/5VGN1opbxq
— Raymond (@goducks321) April 13, 2019
Watching dems bend to whims of their rabid media on this Omar stuff is glorious. Like they’re sprinting toward that cliff edge, now https://t.co/gCrDcyLsaK
— Adam Trahan (@AdamTrahan) April 13, 2019
More “incitement” nonsense. https://t.co/O5EII8ahYI
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) April 13, 2019
Are you inciting violence against a congressman by twisting what he did?
— commonsense (@commonsense258) April 13, 2019
Wow… Brian is out here calling for the assassination of Dan… this is an incitement to violence, Brian… what the fuck is actually wrong with you? https://t.co/HHngG5zBmx
— Mujahed Kobbe (@MujahedKobbe) April 13, 2019
Unethical piece of shit got his marching orders. Look at him cry crocodile tears. Isn't he virtuous!? https://t.co/6J3Lei9C0h
— MintArcher – (Adorable) (@ArcherMint) April 13, 2019
My favorite is when Obama Bros get all high dudgeon. https://t.co/N7O7uINniD
— Mo Mo (@molratty) April 13, 2019
How many “incitements to violence” are we up to today?
— neontaster (@neontaster) April 13, 2019
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WOW: Neontaster’s thread on media & lefty spin for Rep. Ilhan Omar proves ‘how tight the messaging is’ https://t.co/lOGN5b1Ybe
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 13, 2019
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