Wow, we're really doing this again. Earlier this week we told you how a guest on Chris Hayes' MSNBC show smeared incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, calling him a "known white supremacist." The Associated Press reported Friday that an unnamed fellow service member had flagged Hegseth as a possible "Insider Threat" because of the tattoo of the Jerusalem cross on his chest.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible "Insider Threat" by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists.…
— Tara Copp (@TaraCopp) November 15, 2024
Didn't we learn our lesson when former fact-checker Talia Lavin smeared a disabled ICE employee by falsely claiming he had a Nazi tattoo? She was then hired by Media Matters to research right-wing extremist groups.
Matt Stokes, who has bylines at The Bulwark, wants proof the Jerusalem cross is a normal symbol of one's faith upbringing.
I will give five dollars to any standard evangelical over the age of 40 who can prove the Jerusalem cross was a normal symbol of their faith upbringing. https://t.co/A8qOD0p5KF
— Matt Stokes (@stokesmatthew81) November 16, 2024
Our own Amy Curtis, who reported on the smears against Hegseth, noted that she had a Jerusalem cross hanging in her home.
Give me my $5. My dad was a Presbyterian minister. I was born in 1958. I am now a devout Evangelical. We had this on our shelves. pic.twitter.com/fGozyiXBh8
— Scott Somerville (@ReviveDueling) November 16, 2024
My church LITERALLY uses it. Always has. Pay up. pic.twitter.com/GnkKl2fKOO
— Mary 🥧 Thankful Ginger 🦃 (@mchastain81) November 16, 2024
It's a very common symbol within Christianity and has for many centuries pic.twitter.com/B5lC6O5954
— Christopher Calvin Reid (@ReidFirm) November 16, 2024
Father Mike Schmitz has one. Please send him $5. pic.twitter.com/2sKAFL11qj
— Haz (@Michael_Haz) November 16, 2024
This necklace belonged to my mother who was born in the 1950s. I’m 45 years old. Please donate my $5 to a charity that educates people on Christian history. pic.twitter.com/QjeHJPD8bI
— Appalachian Chestnut (@AppyOrtho) November 16, 2024
Every communion. Pay me. pic.twitter.com/dRuEVzHj0r
— Joestradamuss (@Joestradamuss) November 16, 2024
My three favorite Bibles have these crosses. pic.twitter.com/WristrLIz1
— Raygun (@Group935_E115) November 16, 2024
Catholic. Dad wore one on a chain as do I. Deus Vult
— Terry Schiavo (@Poopfart91) November 16, 2024
Catholic Mass celebratwd by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, and the Cantor.
— Gary Durst (@GaryD68) November 16, 2024
Donate the money. pic.twitter.com/rTIXsvMSIK
It’s pretty ubiquitous. My favorite Bible publisher uses it on every Bible. pic.twitter.com/22EqDTPYML
— J.W. Echols (@Jwechols) November 16, 2024
I'm 42 and my girlfriend (now 45) and later wife wore one of these necklaces our entire relationship. I believe her parents bought it for her on their trip to (cough) Jerusalem in 1996. pic.twitter.com/9OSd0MuJpK
— Jamie Henry (@JamieHe63096490) November 16, 2024
Here's the Vatican newsletter. I grew up Catholic, and that symbol was everywhere. pic.twitter.com/bNyZkU1QHx
— Noodles Now (@Noodles_Now) November 16, 2024
I’m not a “standard evangelical,” whatever the fnck that is, but here’s the Jerusalem Bible, available on Amazon for $19.95. pic.twitter.com/wEmg9ROiCh
— Marcus Redd (@guyincodel) November 16, 2024
This is the dumbest challenge I've ever seen, 😆
— Glenn Jones (@idotf) November 16, 2024
To Be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism - J.I. Packer (Approved Edition) https://t.co/ODu8OiRaYm pic.twitter.com/0mKF2jIQ3G
I’m 40, this was and still is the cross my grade school uses pic.twitter.com/auJERdc5PW
— lrburbs (@LRBurbs) November 16, 2024
Five dollars please. https://t.co/KBgFfhtWHH
— Mr. Peabody 🎗️ (@mrpeabody) November 16, 2024
This didn't work did it Matt.
— Small Gov Lizard (@smallgovlizard) November 16, 2024
I'll pay you six dollars to quit acting like a pathetic little crybaby.
— 👣ℙ𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕠'𝕤 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖🇺🇲 (@OfAthenry) November 16, 2024
Here's a good idea:
Turn it around. Show me where the Jerusalem Cross was used by white supremacists or shut the fuck up, Matt.
— 3gunGorilla (@GomesBolt) November 16, 2024
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