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No, A White House Intern Didn't Throw Up A White Power Sign In Photo Op With Trump
Townhall.com ^ | January 1, 2018 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 01/01/2018 1:59:14 PM PST by Kaslin

Oh, we’re back to this again. For a White House intern was captured throwing up what many on the Left say is a white power hand gesture in a recent photograph with the president. The picture included President Donald Trump and the fall intern class all had them giving a thumbs up for the photograph, except Jack Breuer, who was giving the ‘OK’ sign, which has been used by virtually everyone. Progressives claim the three fingers form a “W,” while the index finger curling to meet the thumb to form an “O” shape somehow forms a “P.” WP= White power in the land of social media leftism. Has it been used by the alt-right crew to troll the liberal media? Yes. Does it make it an actual white power gesture? No. Even the Anti-Defamation League said this was symbol meant nothing (via Newsweek):

Meet Jack Breuer.

He was a White House Intern.

He recently posed with the President of the United States.

Notice the hand gesture he's making...

That's the hand gesture for "White Power"

Yep... We have Nazi's in the White House. pic.twitter.com/3gZmWYMxM6— Brian Krassenstein?? (@krassenstein) December 29, 2017

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) claimed the gesture is not a hate symbol but a hoax started by the anonymous discussion board 4chan. In February, the group said 4chan users went on a mission to confuse social media by arguing that the OK symbol now stood as a sign of white supremacy.

"If someone presents you with a symbol and says it is the big new white supremacist symbol, you should be appropriately skeptical," Mark Pitcavage, a senior research fellow at the ADL's Center on Extremism, said in a May post.

Many Americans began using the symbol to impersonate Trump, who often made the gesture during his campaign speeches.

In some of our intern pictures, I emulated the OK sign the President sometimes makes. That was foolish. I should have listened more closely to the Commander-in-Chief and given the thumbs up. (1/2)— Jack Breuer (@jjbreue) December 29, 2017

I’m proud of my Jewish heritage and strongly reject the hateful views associated with racist white power organizations. I would never make common cause with them. (2/2)— Jack Breuer (@jjbreue) December 29, 2017

Now, with that being said, Breuer expressed regret for deviating from the rest of the group in the photo and causing undue drama. He said he was merely emulating the president, as he’s given the ‘OK’ gesture many times on the stump. It’s just something everyone does, but in the era of Trump Derangement Syndrome from the Left—the freak-outs over nothing are pervasive. Breuer has no ties to far right wing groups. He's also Jewish, so he's not a Nazi either. There’s nothing to see here; move along.  

NEW: White House intern Jack Breuer accused of flashing white nationalist hand gesture by @DailyMail tells me he was simply emulating @POTUS well known OK sign, has Jewish heritage, and has no association with far right groups https://t.co/FGpQfED18K pic.twitter.com/gqNOdOpGYf— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) December 29, 2017



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 4chan; dnctalkingpoints; fakenews; jackbreuer; liberalmedia; libmediabias; media; msm; polcorrectness; presidenttrump; racism; trump; trumpwhitehouse; whitenationalists
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To: JaguarXKE

Eddie Murphy’s a white supremacist?! He did once go about disguised as a white person on SNL. Was that really a disguise? And here we see him as Buckwheat, a racist stereotype from the racist Little Rascals show! Is David Chappelle a white supremacist, too? He did once join the Klan. Did he make the hand signal?


61 posted on 01/02/2018 3:01:32 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: SERKIT

Figures. His mother was white.


62 posted on 01/02/2018 3:04:49 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Yaelle

I know. I’m Jewish and even bank tellers in the banks I’m supposed to run are rude to me when they see my account balance. Where are my keys to the executive wash room?


63 posted on 01/02/2018 3:07:49 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: SERKIT

That’s the 0obomma “Choom Gang Salute”, using the joint-smoking thumb and index finger union.


64 posted on 01/02/2018 3:56:35 AM PST by spiderpig (does whatever a SpiderPig does)
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To: Kaslin

Alright I did not know this meant WHITE POWER. Going to start using it a lot more. Look quick, using it now....


65 posted on 01/02/2018 4:19:34 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: xkaydet65
Additionally if these all are secret code signs, code words, masonic type signs, dog whistles of racism to other racists, how is it that only progs seem to immediately understand their secret meanings.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Mormon+hand+signals&ie=&oe=

66 posted on 01/02/2018 4:25:55 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Mixed messages??

67 posted on 01/02/2018 4:27:52 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Have we ALL missed the Secret Hand Signal that Ol’ George is showing in that painting?


68 posted on 01/02/2018 4:28:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Bonemaker

From the BGTO Era...


69 posted on 01/02/2018 4:30:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: The Toll

GMTA!


70 posted on 01/02/2018 4:31:14 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Liz

That face needs a LOT more hair covering it!


71 posted on 01/02/2018 4:32:20 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Liz
Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with a staffer who allegedly used just one bag...



72 posted on 01/02/2018 4:38:15 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Repulsive, isn’t he?

I say give the girl who hit the sheets with him the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery under fire.


73 posted on 01/02/2018 4:38:31 AM PST by Liz (One side in this conflict has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesnt know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Eleutheria5

You idiots Leftists are just SO sad...


74 posted on 01/02/2018 4:40:27 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: All

"An' I swear to you, my colleagues, my penis has never seen the light of day.
Its safely tucked into my extra-small sized jock strap.”

75 posted on 01/02/2018 4:42:29 AM PST by Liz (One side in this conflict has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesnt know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Elsie

ROTFLOL.......priceless.


76 posted on 01/02/2018 4:44:30 AM PST by Liz (One side in this conflict has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesnt know which bathroom to use.)
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To: TChad
 
 
 
 

77 posted on 01/02/2018 4:45:30 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: JaguarXKE

Wookin pa nub..


78 posted on 01/02/2018 4:46:30 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Bikkuri
 
 

79 posted on 01/02/2018 4:50:15 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Liz
Green staffer finally speaks out...



80 posted on 01/02/2018 4:53:23 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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