Trump Campaign Senior Adviser Posts Fake Bombing Video To Slam Omar
Source: TpM
May 6, 2019 8:29 am
A senior adviser to President Trumps 2020 campaign posted a video of a 2015 Ukrainian missile firing, misidentifying it as rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza, in an attempt to attack Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has been critical of U.S. support of Israel.
In the tweet, Pierson claims that 650 rockets were fired into Israel, four people were killed and 28 wounded before she called on Omar to respond to this violence.
Will she condemn it? she tweeted.
After a weekend of violence that the area has not seen since 2014, Israel and the Palestinians reached a tentative ceasefire agreement early Monday morning. At least 22 Palestinians and four Israelis were killed.
Republicans and Democrats alike have been critical of Omar a supporter of the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement for her stance on the U.S.s support of Israel. Omar called on Israel to end its occupation of the Gaza strip and an end to the cycle of violence early Monday just before the ceasefire was announced...........................
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50 Shades Of Blue
(10,112 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)But I thought it was a dog collar. Either way, yeah. She's a Kellyanne Conway wannabe.
Can you imagine aspiring to that?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)BruceWane
(345 posts)Notice she tweets about "4 people killed"........... apparently, for her, Palestinians don't qualify as "people". Says all you need to know about republican "compassion", as well as "pro-life".
certainot
(9,090 posts)assholes, and on any democrat who stands out for the investigations
it's a constant stimulus and validation for cons like pierson, as well as trump
the most effective offensive move democrats could do to take trump and the GOP down faster is to stop ignoring talk radio, the only real advantage trump has. that's where the next war/attack will be sold, the next national emergency will be spun, and with talk of africans coming across the southern border and with someone attacking ebola clinics in africa (russian paid?) it looks like they're planning another ebola scare for the 2020 election.
thinking americans cannot continue to ignore talk radio
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)That's what I fear. They have a monopoly, especially in middle America. I can imagine them urging citizens to rise up and take their country back from the evil liberal Democrats that must have stolen the election.
certainot
(9,090 posts)that threat will force the ad industry to have to ask advertisers if they really want to support trump and global warming denial
if americans want to get this shit out of the white house and force republicans to drop him all they have to do is stop ignoring and reduce kremlin talk radio from 1500 to 200 stations. that will be the most effective offense dems can do.
its nice to have msnbc and to some extent cnn on our side but talk radio buzz dominates and has for 30 years and the left has no clue
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)The right wing propagandists know exactly who to target with their bullshit.
Their target audience is not made up of high quality Americans.
certainot
(9,090 posts)free easy alternatives for information while driving and working especially. that's why republican pols have been obstructing widespread broadband.
it's not just racist idiots. that's the problem. it's not just idiots who think hillary clinton is the most corrupt politician in the world. it dominates 40+ states and the left, dems keep mistakenly thinking a 20-1 monopoly is part of the free speech spectrum. fox is, with msnbc and cnn a click away, talk radio is not.
keithbvadu2
(37,066 posts)Also arrested for shoplifting
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)but not charged.
Seems like she's still at it.
mjvpi
(1,433 posts)I get really frustrated when having this conversation. I am in no way trying to be antisemitic in saying this. In my opinion, when 26 human beings die, this is an act of mankind. Extended generational hatred is of man, not of God. This is true for both sides of the conflict.So looking at the situation between Israel and Palestine, I see one highly militarized geopolitical group fighting another geopolitical group that is not in the same league as far as military hardware. Every time that there is a conflict, one side suffers 5 times the casualties. And the winner keeps taking the losers land. Period. Im leaving any sense of God out of this. I am a Humanist. In Humanistic terms, there is a stark disparity between the two sides. I hope that I have made this clear. I am tired of being accused of antisemitism when I talk about the physical facts of what is happening in this conflict.