Today’s House hearing on Hate Crimes and White Nationalism included Republican witnesses who lied about history. Republicans don’t want to deal with white supremacists because they are a large part of the Trump cult.
The Republican guests in today’s House hearing on white nationalist terrorism were there to distract from the fact that white supremacists are a vital GOP voting bloc, and that their extremism is to be tolerated. Read @CharlesPPierce. https://t.co/8uJ68ynXPL
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 9, 2019
Oh man. Rep. Ted Lieu now playing a tape of Candace Owens, who is sitting right there, saying it would have been fine if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great. pic.twitter.com/BIIQGOeKPC
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) April 9, 2019
Serious question: Which Republican invited Candace Owens to speak as an expert at a hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism?
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 9, 2019
Her views on this issue are out of line with the public and the data. And what is her expertise in this area? https://t.co/5GAE2PasIH
"The political realignment that began as a result of the civil rights movement in the 1960s is well documented … In fact, when Ken Mehlman was RNC chairman, he effectively apologized for that political strategy at the 2005 NAACP national convention." https://t.co/MpA9YFbZYr
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 9, 2019
During House hearing today, @replouiegohmert and Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, promoted a conspiracy theory that the media somehow misreported Trump's comments about "very fine people" participating in a white supremacist rally in Virginia. pic.twitter.com/LksqnmFh8L
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2019
Tomorrow's House hearings on Hate Crimes and White Nationalism will feature, in addition to Candace Owens (??), avowed white supremacist @MortonAKlein7. This drawing features actual statements Mort has made.
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) April 8, 2019
Full list: https://t.co/kqKNHeQywR via @russelneiss pic.twitter.com/I1dETugWL4
Mort Klein is now telling Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, a man who is at this white supremacy on social media hearing because he lost two daughters and a son-in-law in a hate crime, about the "aspects of the Quran that promote murder" and that "we need to have Muslims step up."
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 9, 2019
Dr. Abu Salha’s daughters, Yusor and Razan, were killed in a hate crime. Razan wanted to be an architect; Yusor a dentist. They loved the beach.
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) April 9, 2019
Today Dr. Salha is sharing his story with @HouseJudiciary. I’m thankful for his bravery.
We must stop white nationalist violence. pic.twitter.com/ZgXLW1uNEY
Racist and anti-Semitic YouTube users overwhelmed the official YouTube livestream of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism https://t.co/h36kBRg9xi
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 9, 2019
House Judiciary Cmte. hearing Tuesday about the rise of white nationalism unleashed a wave of online hate speech, prompting YouTube to turn off chats on livestreams of the hearing. https://t.co/nVM3iHIzEu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 9, 2019
UPDATE: House lawmakers who held a hearing on white nationalism grilled Facebook and Google. At the same time, users posted racist screeds on YouTube. Meanwhile, GOP-invited witnesses called the hearing a political stunt. https://t.co/V6F7mNLaNo
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) April 9, 2019
YouTube today disabled comments on a livestream of a House Judiciary hearing on hate speech and white nationalism, citing the presence of "hateful" messageshttps://t.co/ordoaD76It
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2019
To be clear, Candace Owens, who claims the Southern Strategy never existed, was the BEST the GOP had for this House Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes. (Below is a great explanation of the Southern Strategy via @RanttMedia.) pic.twitter.com/8GsxalqNl9
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 9, 2019
Sad! 