Eliminationist retweet by Donna Brazile: 'Prune the top 1%'

soopermexican | 8:30 AM on April 24, 2014

Being liberal means never having to live up to the standards you apply to your political opponents, which is why liberal commentator and political consultant Donna Brazile isn’t going to get one tenth the criticism a conservative would for retweeting the eliminationist rhetoric in this Photoshopped poster:

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While retweets do not necessarily equal endorsements, Brazile’s previous tweets suggest hostility toward the wealthy, sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street movement, and agreement with the sentiment in the “prune the top 1%” poster:

The top one percent earns more than the bottom fifty percent. Why not shared sacrifice and fairness before cutting kids from head start?

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) March 11, 2011

Sad moment for USA? The people united will fight back. RT @latimes New York police launch raid on Occupy Wall Street. http://t.co/wNaxVxev

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) November 15, 2011

@SaintRPh makers vs takers. I make it, you take it and then blame me for wanting some of it back. It's called poverty wages.

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) April 10, 2014

WHY THE ECONOMY SUCKS: Because American Companies And Their Owners Are Greedier Now Than At Any Time In History? http://t.co/wxvLjvqke7

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) March 2, 2014

following Sen debate on health care. Big fight on Exec Pay. God forbids if CEOs had to live with a salary cap. Focus on lower costs for all.

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) December 5, 2009

By the way, the message in the poster isn’t even original. Here’s an Occupy Wall Street protester with the same message nearly two years ago:

Of course, people in the “one percent” have been responsible for thousands of innovations that make Americans’ lives better, from air conditioning and the telephone to the iPhone, iTunes, Google, and Amazon.com. These innovators are among the people whom Brazile’s followers want to “prune.”