As Twitchy told you yesterday, AntiFa protesters swarmed TPUSA’s Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens outside a Philadelphia restaurant, throwing water on Kirk and screaming “F*ck white supremacy,” among other things.
But liberal political commentator Chris Hahn is “very dubious” as to the authenticity of the protest and is “suspicious” that Kirk and Owens planned the whole thing. And Newsweek is on it:
Chris Hahn wonders whether Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens planned a run-in with Antifa protesters https://t.co/FNm1KAATwg pic.twitter.com/P76SgEIKT7
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 7, 2018
Most people might like to see some evidence first, but not Newsweek. One guy’s suspicions are good enough for them!
There is literally no evidence cited for this assertion. Some liberal guy just said it, and Newsweek is like "yeah, how about that?" pic.twitter.com/jwguGmS7qj
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 7, 2018
Definitely worth an article, that’s for sure.
you have to admit Charlie's skirt was quite short
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) August 7, 2018
I heard this from numerous people yesterday…must have been a common message on liberal boards.
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) August 7, 2018
That would certainly explain why Newsweek felt confident enough to run with it.
It's sort of dumb too, because the assertion is not that Antifa were crisis actors or something, but that they were tipped off.
And? Even if that were true, why does that excuse their actions?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) August 7, 2018
It doesn’t. But Newsweek doesn’t seem to be too concerned about that.
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