We get what Qasim Rashid, Esq. was trying to do here, and that was basically claiming that Trump had somehow ‘gassed’ the people at the border. Forget that agents only used tear gas after the ‘asylum seekers’ had thrown rocks at them while hiding behind women and children; Trump is literally Hitler ya’ know.
Pretty sure tear gas is different than the gas Mussolini and Hitler used but hey, he had a point to make.
And that point was ‘Orange man BAD!’
Updated list of Nations that have used gas on civilians
•Italy, Mussolini (1934)
•Japan, Hirohito (1937-39)
•Germany, Hitler (1940-45)
•USA, Nixon (1961-71)
•Egypt, Nasser (1963-67)
•Iraq, Hussain (1978-91)
•Syria, Assad (2012-13)
•USA, Trump, (2018-??)This Must Stop? https://t.co/bcl2fa8oTE
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) November 26, 2018
Tear gas is a chemical weapon?
No sh*t.
Adding to above list, US Govt has used tear gas in:
•Ferguson
•Baltimore
•Standing Rock
•Philly
•And more…And yes—more examples like Germany, France, US, UK, & Austria using mustard & P gas during WW1
And Finally—Yes tear gas IS a chemical weaponhttps://t.co/HxzwqaSJip
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) November 26, 2018
EL OH EL. Using Politifact as your source … oh man.
"gas"
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) November 26, 2018
Hey, Politifact says so.
This is disingenuous, when you include tear gas or CS gas for crowd control the number of guilty countries skyrocket.
Using tear gas to control a crowd is MUCH different than dropping Zyklon B in a room full of Jews.— LeftDial (@LeftDial) November 26, 2018
Bingo.
That being said, Rashid won’t let a little thing like reality get in the way of his narrative. And hey, if we’re going to let that narrative go then we might as well include the other American leader who gassed people … you know, Obama.
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Obama, 2013
— Dear Diary, ◕_◕ (@lordnazh) November 26, 2018
Don’t forget to add USA Obama https://t.co/jCRGh5Wy7U
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) November 26, 2018
Freakin’ Obama, always doing things before Trump.
Harrumph.
Not defending this at all (I think firing tear gas on civilian asylum seekers is terrible) but you’re comparing qualitatively different things (lethal nerve vs tear gas). The list of police events using tear gas would be much longer. See Paris last week. https://t.co/K9xxsuNjkc
— (((Bryan Bridges-Limon))) (@bbridges72) November 26, 2018
Quiet you. There is no room for facts when someone is virtue signaling THIS hard.
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