It hasn’t been CNN contributor Sally Kohn’s best day. First, she insinuated that conservatives who ignore the U.S.-Canada border are racist. When readers challenged her, she denied having said what she said, despite the fact that everyone knows perfectly well what she said.
Among those criticizing Kohn were Congressman Steven Smith from Georgia’s 15th congressional district, and his ace chief of staff, T.J. Mitch Johnson:
MT I @RepStevenSmith call upon @cnn to discipline @sallykohn for her #disgraceful remarks about patriotic Americans https://t.co/6XX9pTlffg
— CoS TJ Mitch Johnson (@TJMitchJohnson) July 19, 2014
@TJMitchJohnson @CNN @sallykohn Something this illogical usually comes from MSNBC. Maybe she's trying out for a job there.
— Rep. Steven Smith (R-GA) ?? (@RepStevenSmith) July 19, 2014
@TJMitchJohnson @Salon @eliasisquith I meant he. Got confused with the lesbian you're dealing with on the other thread.
— Rep. Steven Smith (R-GA) ?? (@RepStevenSmith) July 19, 2014
Kohn held up that last tweet as a perfect example of right-wing bigotry, far more offensive than anything she has ever tweeted:
.@RepStevenSmith @TJMitchJohnson and y'all think *I* should be one in trouble for my tweets… https://t.co/vLOZui7IQT
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) July 19, 2014
Problem is, Rep. Steven Smith isn’t an elected official, T.J. Mitch Johnson isn’t Smith’s chief of staff, and the 15th congressional district of Georgia does not exist.
Don’t feel too badly, Ms. Kohn. The phony Rep. Smith account has managed to fool quite a few people over the years, including “Daily Show” co-creator Lizz Winstead, liberal syndicated columnist David Sirota, CNN host Christiane Amanpour, Voxsplainer Ezra Klein, and Touré.
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