As we told you last night, Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour accused CNN’s Jake Tapper of joining “the ranks of the alt-right” after Tapper dared to ask if libs would “step up and denounce the Women’s March for glorifying convicted terrorist Assata Shakur”:
Beyond parody: Jake Tapper slotted in among other ‘alt-right’ members of Linda Sarsour’s enemies list https://t.co/MlFoH6OOfv
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 19, 2017
Now, you’d think people who get paychecks from CNN might, you know, stick up for their colleague and defend him from such an attack. But rather than call out Sansour for her vile tweet, CNN contributor Sally Kohn tweeted this instead:
#IStandWithLinda today & always!
Her every word is being picked apart and contorted.
I know @lsarsour to be a defender of justice FOR ALL!— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) July 19, 2017
Is Tapper taking “alt-right” out of context? What about these past statements? Out of context, too?
*except Jews, Zionists, and Muslim reformers. Those people can go to hell. https://t.co/syEMWRKVbI
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 19, 2017
Except women who disagree with her and thus should have "their vaginas taken away." Yes, what an honorable vigilante. https://t.co/iP7UZeBkM4
— Allie Stuckey (@conservmillen) July 19, 2017
You mean words like jihad and sharia? https://t.co/j4TyWgoL01
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) July 19, 2017
And your judgment on these sorts of things counts for so much among so few. https://t.co/cP7tkwMPid
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 19, 2017
Not to mention that we’re quoting her exact words:
Apparently, a screenshot now qualifies as "contortion." https://t.co/syEMWRKVbI
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 19, 2017
As for the Tapper/Sansour battle, it heated up again this morning responding to this 2012 tweet from Sansour:
Underwear bomber was the #CIA all along. Why did I already know that?! Shame on us – scaring the American people.
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) May 9, 2012
Folks can act like this is normal if they want — it's a free country, unlike Saudi Arabia. But don't expect journos to pretend it's sane. https://t.co/Fwqe6VghYb
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 19, 2017
Over to you, Sally: Which word did Tapper take out of context?
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