Posted on 10/18/2018 5:18:36 PM PDT by SJackson
The responsive laughter makes my skin crawl,” Clinton said on Twitter.
Chelsea Clinton called Louis Farrakhan’s antisemitism “dangerous” and said laughter in response to it “made my skin crawl.” Clinton, the daughter of former president Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, was reacting on Twitter to a Farrakhan tweet in which the leader of the Nation of Islam said “I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-termite.”
“Comparing Jews to termites is anti-Semitic, wrong and dangerous,” Clinton tweeted Wednesday, quoting Farrakhan. Twitter, meantime, said it would not suspend Farrakhan from the site. A BuzzFeed reporter quoted a spokesperson for the company as saying that “Louis Farrakhan’s tweet comparing Jews to termites is not in violation of the company’s policies. The policy on dehumanizing language has not yet been implemented.”
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Farrakhan’s tweet posted Tuesday was attached to video of a speech he gave Monday marking the 23rd anniversary of the Million Man March, his 1995 rally advocating empowerment for black men.
“To the members of the Jewish community that don’t like me, thank you very much for putting my name all over the planet because of your fear of what we represent I can go anywhere in the world – I’m not mad at you because you’re so stupid,” he said at the speech in Detroit. “So when they talk about Farrakhan, call me a hater – you know what they do – call me an antisemite, stop it! I’m anti-termite!”
The audience laughed in response.
“The responsive laughter makes my skin crawl,” Clinton said on Twitter. “For everyone who rightly condemned President Trump’s rhetoric when he spoke about immigrants ‘infesting our country,’ this rhetoric should be equally unacceptable to you.”
The reference to Trump appeared to be an appeal to leftists who have been outspoken in denouncing US President Donald Trump’s bigotry while remaining silent about Farrakhan. Most prominent among these have been leaders of the Women’s March, including Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez.
Farrakhan has a long history of antisemitism, and Clinton’s parents absorbed some criticism in August for appearing with Farrakhan on a stage at music great Aretha Franklin’s funeral.
Chelsea Clinton took flak on social media for the appearance. At the time, she responded by saying her parents could not control whom Franklin wanted to attend her funeral, that she denounced antisemitism and that “I’m not my parents.” Clinton’s husband, Marc Mezvinsky, is Jewish.
Easily deniable in any future political campaign...
Yes. Though neither the DNC nor her parents would look to her for guidance on this issue, they're suffering lockjaw. Chelsea is out front of both of them. And yes, they party may well be in trouble.
yassir..lol
“Sistah Souljah” all over again for the Clintons.
Fhharrachen looks like he has been dipped in plastic, and sprayed with some kinda bryl cream, and left to harden..
weekend at fhharrachen,,
Many in that audience probably voted for her father.
remember when the media praised the Million Man March on DC?
remember when the media celebrated 20th anniversary of that antisemitic hate rally in DC?
needed a burka...
She’s running!
For her ridiculous and egotistical political career push (which we must stop) she is risking offending the violent black Muslims (as Malcolm X did) but *they* are risking elimination in mysterious Clinton death list style like so many before.
Which is more dangerous? And who will be around later to talk about it. And what will be left of them? Too many chainsaw film references, sorry. Especially with that Saudi stuff in the news.
Chelsea should be crewing out Obama’s anti-Semitic ass. Remember the photos of him and Calypso Louie?
We do!
Put some cheese out in a giant dnap ttsp to trap this rat.
She is a Clinton. You can tell she never says what she really thinks.
My guess is she is an anti-Semote inside to
Yep
She is one ugly ass kid.
She’s just an insurance policy, in case Calypso Louie gets really unpopular.
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