At this afternoon’s White House press briefing, ABC News’ Jon Karl asked Sarah Sanders about Donald Trump’s recent remarks characterizing Democrats as “an anti-Israel party … an anti-Jewish party.” Here was Sanders’ response:
"Does the president really believe Democrats hate Jews?"
Press Sec: "The president has been an unwavering & committed ally to Israel and the Jewish people and, frankly, the remarks that have been made by a number of Democrats [are] abhorrent and sad."
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 11, 2019
PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor tweeted about Sanders’ response — and added a special “note” to clarify things for her followers:
Q: Does Trump really believe Dems are anti-Jewish?
Sarah Sanders: The president has been a committed ally to Israel. He is disappointed in Dems' failure to call out remarks by their members.
Note: Dems called out Rep. Omar and passed legislation to condemn anti-Semitism.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 11, 2019
Note: That’s not what Dems did.
That note is quite a glossing over of what happened last week. https://t.co/XoACn1Gh31
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 11, 2019
That’s putting it mildly. Here’s an even more accurate and concise term for Alcindor’s “note”:
Nailed it.
They did no such thing. https://t.co/TFfoRKgnhH
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) March 11, 2019
That is not what they passed.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) March 11, 2019
They did not call out Omar. They passed a resolution to cover for her.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) March 11, 2019
They did not call out Omar and they condemned hate against everyone except white people and babies under 41 weeks.
— Deedo M (@Deedo_70) March 11, 2019
no, they didn't. And it was despicable.
— Phil (@earlp1231) March 11, 2019
Guess that’s something Democrats have in common with so many media Guardians of Truth.
Dems did not call her out. Except a few Jewish members. This is a lie.
— Mike McD (@MickGMick) March 11, 2019
They did no such thing. Your bias is showing
— Mark Doyle (@PowayDoyle) March 11, 2019
This coverage is just shameless.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) March 11, 2019
Note, the Democrats did not call out @IlhanMN, Pelosi made excuses for her only 48 hours ago, and they did not pass a resolution against antisemitism, they passed a resolution against ”hate” to protect @IlhanMN.
Tweets like this are why people don't trust the media. https://t.co/XiQgDqpfTn
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) March 11, 2019
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