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This is cringeworthy and very uncomfortable to watch. CNN all but admitted that the fact Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro being a Jew was a problem in the race to be Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate. Now that Kamala has selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz, there's some question about whether or not Shapiro turned down the slot because he couldn't stand Kamala (funny, if true).
So here's another CNN panel tap dancing around antisemitism while Jake Tapper tries desperately to steer them away from going there:
Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) ~ What a moment on CNN:
Abby Phillip wonders if picking Josh Shapiro would "antagonize those voters" who voted "uncommitted" in Minnesota over the Gaza war.
Jake Tapper tries to cut in and say that Shapiro's policy on Israel is the same as Walz, but "he is Jewish."
Audie Cornish says Shapiro is "the face of the crackdown of campus protests" and that he labeled them "anti-Semitic."
Tapper says "the ones that were antisemitic he criticized as being anti-Semitic."
Cornish says it still might be a "slap in the face" to the "activist wing of the party."
Video ~ http://x.com/i/status/1821017845691478325
Oof.
Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) ~ I don't understand: @jaketapper says that @JoshShapiroPA called antisemitic events ... antisemitic, and @AudieCornish's counter is that this was a slap in the face of the activist wing of the party. What? This wing of the party is against condemning anti-Semitic events?
That's what they're saying.
JWF (@JammieWF) ~ {Replying to @SteveKrak} Tens of people saw this.
Thank goodness for Tapper that no one watches CNN to see him unsuccessfully try to steer his colleagues away from telling the truth - a significant portion of the Democrat Party HATES Jews.
Heh.
3dogmom (@3dogmom2015) ~ {Replying to @SteveKrak} So basically Democrats are anti-Jewish. Jews are not welcome in the Democrat party.
Basically, yes.
Chance Gardener (@ChanceBGardener) ~ {Replying to @SteveKrak} “Activist wing” as a euphemism for anti-Semitic wing is really something.
The Orwellian twisting of language is really something, isn't it?
Augustina (@AugustinaJJD) ~ {Replying to @SteveKrak} No one was prepared to find out after Oct 7 how deeply the hatred of Jews runs in the Democrat party.
Well, the Democrat Party is the Party of the KKK, after all.
It really is breathtaking how deep that rot goes.
Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) ~ Tapper having to do his level best to wink and nod at his cohosts to stop being anti-Semites on-air is the current state of the press.
(((Not That Crown, Maybe))) (@CrownMaybe) ~ I'd feel terrible for Tapper but he picked out the sheets down to the thread count and now he's upset about the sleeping arrangements.
Tapper, who is Jewish, whored himself out to a bunch of anti-Semites. Go figure.
General Spalding (@robert_spalding) ~ How to say your party is racist without saying your party is racist.
That's what they're saying.
Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) ~ Just sit back and admire it.
Will Cain (@willcain) ~ Translation: “The problem was, for the activist, he’s Jewish.”
Nailed it.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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