The Obama Bros are at it again today, this time attacking the New York Post’s Seth Mandel for using an exact quote from Tommy Vietor against him.
First up, this is the exchange that set Jon Favreau and Vietor off today (“Dancing Israelis” is a 9/11 conspiracy theory that Israelis celebrated as the towers came down):
tommy vietor is like five steps away from being like "did u know that every jew at the world trade center called out sick on 9/11???"
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) May 1, 2018
Waiting for Pod Save America's report on the dancing Israelis https://t.co/73RsjHN0wb
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 1, 2018
Vietor chimed in first, tweeting “Just casually accusing people of antisemitism because you disagree with their political views”:
Oh how hilarious. Just casually accusing people of antisemitism because you disagree with their political views. Way to capture the moral high ground.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 2, 2018
Actually, no. Mandel was responding to Vietor’s quote from yesterday saying, “the Israelis are cooking up intel”:
Lol first of all, I didn't. But second, this started with you saying the Israelis are cooking up intel to trick America into going to war, and you're acting wounded? What would you know about moral high ground?
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 2, 2018
Favreau jumped in as well, calling Mandel’s tweet “pretty sick stuff”:
This is a conservative columnist who fancies himself an intellectual accusing us of anti-Semitism because we pointed out that Bibi’s presentation was misleading.
Pretty sick stuff. https://t.co/bmvcxSkG4J
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 2, 2018
And:
Of course, it’s a tired and predictable crutch for the biggest hack neocons to use when they’re unable to make a coherent policy argument, of which there are plenty to make – for and against the deal.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 2, 2018
But, again, back to Vietor. “Cooking up intel” is “full alt-right Alex Jones”:
Van Driver bro said the Jews were "cooking up intel" with Trump and the neocons to start another war. That's not talking about a misleading presentation. That's going full alt-right Alex Jones. https://t.co/ohqPhpDrax
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 2, 2018
His exact words "Trump is now cooking up intel with the Israelis". https://t.co/L4cJ8mteB4
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 2, 2018
Favreau conveniently leaves this out:
Not mentioned: This was in reaction to one of his co-hosts pushing an insane conspiracy theory about how the leader of the Jewish state was "cooking up" intelligence to somehow con us into war.
P.s. Notice the responses with the dual loyalty attacks. https://t.co/afsDpPOp3B
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 2, 2018
Both of them should sit this one out, actually:
Considering you advocate regularly for a Holocaust-denying regime, perhaps you should sit this one out. https://t.co/IseNEVcN2F
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) May 2, 2018
And as for Mandel’s original “dancing Israelis” dig, Maybe Favreau can explain to his “Pod Saves America” fans that it never happened?
"But the dancing Israelis are real" is, believe it or not, filling up my mentions by ppl who are ostensibly defending Pod Save America
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 2, 2018
For example:
Oh good the Pod Save America bros are here to tell me how much they love the Jews pic.twitter.com/HGPfsXKSK3
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 2, 2018
And:
If you have something you need me to see consider DM'ing for the next hour or so while @jonfavs followers flood my mentions with this stuff pic.twitter.com/tQ5wjDE46o
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 2, 2018
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