Fox New’s Jeanine Pirro is under fire over comments she made suggesting that because Rep. Ilhan Omar wears a hijab, she can’t be loyal to America and the U.S. Constitution:
Fox host Jeanine Pirro says that Ilhan Omar's hijab may mean that she's against the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/yxGRVoYkQm
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) March 10, 2019
And:
She came back to it pic.twitter.com/eSHX2Bz98X
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) March 10, 2019
Hufsa Kamal, who is a producer of Fox News’ “Special Report,” called out her colleague and asked Pirro to “stop spreading this false narrative”:
Producer for Fox's @SpecialReport tweeting at Jeanine Pirro: https://t.co/7sitYLD3WQ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 10, 2019
And the criticism of Pirro was not only from the Left:
For the record, I've seen a ton of conservative critics of Ilhan Omar saying Pirro is way over the line here https://t.co/LqwYkIuS2D
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) March 10, 2019
Some examples:
By Jeanine Pirro bringing this up, she’s detracting from the real issues with Omar. The hijab is not the issue, her anti-Semitism is. Besides, has Pirro even been to Israel or met Orthodox Jews? Many female Orthodox Jews cover their hair. Let’s go back to the real issues. https://t.co/KrbAm3rzd7
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) March 10, 2019
This is frankly no better than Omar’s anti Semitism. https://t.co/9faQ99tGaX
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) March 10, 2019
The idea that Muslims can’t be loyal to the Constitution is the same thing people used to say about Catholics.
Ilhan Omar has claimed she is only being criticized over anti-Semitism because she’s Muslim — that’s not true, but Judge Jeanine just showed it’s not 100% false either. https://t.co/VsvzE8Yoib
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) March 10, 2019
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It would be nice if partisan hacks would recognize that dual loyalty attacks are deeply racist and destructive for both Muslims and Jews, instead of picking and choosing when to care about them based on when it's politically useful. https://t.co/ngw3xgqNi8
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 10, 2019
Condemning the free exercise of religion means you're against the Constitution. https://t.co/rrZMCBrokp
— Patrick Nonwhite (@NonWhiteHat) March 10, 2019
This ain’t it, Judge. https://t.co/VsvzE8Yoib
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) March 10, 2019
Update: Response from Fox News and Jeanine Pirro:
Statements from Fox News and @JudgeJeanine re her commentary about @IlhanMN that was widely condemned as Islamaphobic. pic.twitter.com/yTEJZ0Zmfg
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 11, 2019
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