As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Benjamin Netanyahu has barred Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering Israel. Just a reminder as to what Trump said before the decision was announced:
It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 15, 2019
Now check out how some of our best and brightest Guardians of Truth have been spinning it:
Omar and Tlaib — the first two Muslim women in Congress — were slated to arrive in Israel weekend, but President Trump had lobbied Israeli leaders to bar them from entering the country https://t.co/lhrKpoIKIO
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2019
#BREAKING Trump: letting US Muslim lawmakers into Israel would 'show great weakness' pic.twitter.com/TYrr334Qfh
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 15, 2019
Trump says Israel should stop two Muslim members of the U.S. Congress from visiting https://t.co/wJIUKwrwUo
— Bloomberg (@business) August 15, 2019
Israel bars entry to two Muslim members of the U.S. Congress https://t.co/qwnKNbUvfj
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) August 15, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just blocked two Muslim Democratic members of Congress — both of whom are prominent women of color and highly critical of his country — from visiting Israel next week. https://t.co/N0LgXVKJrs
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 15, 2019
Notice how these firefighters have chosen to focus on Tlaib and Omar’s race and religion rather than the fact that they have a long history of open hostility to Jews and Israel? That’s not a careless oversight on their part. It’s actually quite deliberate.
And it seems to be paying off:
Netanyahu imposes ban of black and brown Muslim members of Congress after urging from Trump. Good luck defending that on world stage: https://t.co/lHplKhLH0j
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) August 15, 2019
Israel denied entry to two Muslim AMERICAN Congresswomen, one of whom is PALESTINIAN for their political views- who is surprised???
When they show you who they are, believe them.
Unacceptable any which way you think about it. Let’s see who speaks up. Justice is not selective.
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) August 15, 2019
Trump & Netanyahu are afraid to have @reprashida & @ilhan witness first-hand the brutality & dehumanization Israel’s occupation inflicts on the Palestinian people. This bigoted president is working to extend his Muslim travel ban to Members of Congress. https://t.co/hEwL6jmoao
— Rep. Betty McCollum (@BettyMcCollum04) August 15, 2019
Trump is such a bigot that banning Muslims from coming to America wasn’t enough for him, so now he’s pushing Netanyahu to ban two Muslim Congresswomen from Israel.
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) August 15, 2019
Congratulations, media, on yet another successful false narrative.
It is rhetoric like yours that adds fuel to the ambers! I’d like you to point out where in @realDonaldTrump’s tweet do you see the word MUSLIM! pic.twitter.com/Ksg5wuKIyD
— Christina Ibbotson (@ChrisIbby) August 15, 2019
Hold on @AFP! Trump never referred to their religion, which in any case, has nothing to do with the reported decision to ban their entry (more to do with their open hostility & support for BDS).
You tweet is false, reckless and unprofessional.
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 15, 2019
You liars, Trump said nothing about them being “Muslim,” he said “they hate Israel & all Jewish people” — which is true. They are both well documented anti-Semites. https://t.co/JpgZN1FbZl
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 15, 2019
This headline is bullshit.
Trump’s tweet did not mention religion, nor has it anything to do with it.
2 million Muslims live and vote in Israel. https://t.co/bLxp3z7D6K
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) August 15, 2019
Two women who have very vocally advocated for and identify with terrorist organizations founded solely on the genocide of the Jewish people. https://t.co/7BoARi1aM2
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) August 15, 2019
You know damned well it doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that they are “women of color”.
— Eleanor (@EleanorRoth8) August 15, 2019
Millions of women of color live in Israel, millions of Muslims live, work, and vote in Israel, has nothing to do with color, has nothing to do with religion, does have to do with the filthy antisemitic support for the antisemitic BDS movement. https://t.co/nsqKgQkwh9
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) August 15, 2019
The word Muslim was never mentioned. Another grievous error of the national media
— Ferris Bueller (@ScottNFoster65) August 15, 2019
Parting evergreen question:
Do you ever publish stories that aren’t dishonest garbage? Just curious.
— Mark “BBQ addict” C ?? (@UntraceableMC) August 15, 2019
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