Joe Scarborough tweets a quote from a 'huge anti-Semite' to encourage people to vote

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Joe Scarborough tweeted this quote from author Ronald Dahl to encourage people to vote today:

#VOTE pic.twitter.com/H7dW3vcoPk

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 3, 2020

CHASER. . .

Oh, is this important?

Ronald Dahl was a huge anti-Semite. https://t.co/4EH4xeCNHs

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 3, 2020

We assume Scarborough didn’t know about Dahl’s anti-Semitism, but it was a dumb thing to tweet anyway:

I'm not saying Joe knew that or was sending any messages! Pretending your vote can change the world is dumb enough on its own.

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 3, 2020

More on the beloved author’s anti-Semitism:

I loved his books. But he did say things like : “There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity”, he said. “I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 3, 2020

And:

“I am certainly anti-Israel, and I have become anti-Semitic.” (weird how those two things seem to be tethered so often)https://t.co/zQXsxRJ8gD

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) November 3, 2020

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