‘Just nasty’: What exactly is WSJ trying to suggest with this piece on Dave Brat?

Posted at 12:08 pm on June 11, 2014 by Sarah D.

@trscoop That has got to be the single strangest piece I've read today. I like the WSJ, except when it becomes the WTF.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) June 11, 2014

Oy vey.

As Twitchy reported, lefties lamely tried to paint GOP Rep. Eric Cantor’s primary loss last night as evidence that the Tea Party is anti-Semitic. And for many conservatives, this Wall Street Journal piece by Reid Epstein isn’t much better:

Wow. RT @BenK84: Seriously, Read the first two sentences in this @wsj piece. It's disgusting. http://t.co/fL0BGj0HsY
— Heather (@hmfearny) June 11, 2014

Yikes. The WSJ is *pissed.* http://t.co/BF5QHS3SSM Those first two sentences…just nasty.
— Slublog (@Slublog) June 11, 2014

See for yourselves:

pic.twitter.com/lhiNTlTE3U
— Tyler McNally (@Tyler_McNally) June 11, 2014

Yeah? And?

Nice going @WSJ – You and @markos are on the same page with that stupid piece. "He wrote the word Hitler and he beat a Jew!" Nice.
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) June 11, 2014

That's some remarkable bullshit. RT @Tyler_McNally pic.twitter.com/JHGQmY3jN7
— Neal Dewing (@Neal_Dewing) June 11, 2014

Reid Epstein shat the @WSJ nest.
— Bobby Boucher (@MetricButtload) June 11, 2014

AYFKM, @reidepstein?
— ن Miké Ramoné ن (@ThePantau) June 11, 2014

Many can’t help but think Epstein is trying to stir up controversy where there really isn’t any.

"It could happen again." This is supposed to be a controversial statement? http://t.co/7bkU0Yp0gY
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) June 11, 2014

Only fools that don't understand history think that this Brat quote is remotely controversial: http://t.co/T0sL3DDzTY
— AG (@AG_Conservative) June 11, 2014

Another "Hitler" could rise again easily, which is why we've been vigilant against it for the past 70 years. Saying so isn't controversial.
— #The12thBrodigan (@brodigan) June 11, 2014

@JayCaruso The clear sense of his comments were anti-Hitler. If he's antisemitic, it is in no way to be found in the WSJ quotes. Weasley.
— Michael McDonald (@meadabawdy) June 11, 2014

@jimgeraghty There's a lot of reasons Eric Cantor might have lost, but anti-Semitism isn't one of them.
— Will McAvoy (@WillMcAvoyACN) June 11, 2014

@JohnEkdahl @freddoso Guys, I'm very Jewish, & I'm pretty sure my holocaust survivor grandmother would say pretty much the same thing.
— Get It Right (@DraftRyan2016) June 11, 2014

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