Eileen Filler-Corn
Posted on 09/23/2021 3:01:56 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
A Republican political candidate in Virginia is apologizing for mocking the nose of the state’s Jewish House speaker — but he says his comment was not meant to be anti-Semitic.
Eileen Filler-Corn, a Democrat, made history in 2020 when she became the first Jewish and first woman speaker of the oldest legislature in the United States, the Virginia House of Delegates.
Last week, the state’s House Democratic caucus tweeted praise of Filler-Corn for her work on education, attaching a picture of her addressing an online meeting. Hahns Copeland, a Republican who is running for a seat in the House, replied with a biting comment.
“I was surprised to see a pair of eyes and a mouth with that NOSE,” he wrote.
Copeland soon deleted the tweet, but not before Democrats screenshot it, and seized on the opportunity to denounce the candidate seeking to unseat a Democratic incumbent in the state’s 89th district. (The entire House is up for reelection this year.)
“This is wildly antisemitic and has no place in our politics especially a day after Yom Kippur,” said the 89th’s incumbent, Jay Jones, on Twitter. The district, which covers Norfolk on the coast, is heavily Democratic.
Copeland apologized in a tweet late Friday and said he had not intended to allude to offensive stereotypes about Jewish noses.
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CYRANO: Ah no! young blade! That was a trifle short! You might have said at least a hundred things By varying the tone. . .like this, suppose,. . . Aggressive: 'Sir, if I had such a nose I'd amputate it!' Friendly: 'When you sup It must annoy you, dipping in your cup; You need a drinking-bowl of special shape!' Descriptive: ''Tis a rock!. . .a peak!. . .a cape! -- A cape, forsooth! 'Tis a peninsular!' Curious: 'How serves that oblong capsular? For scissor-sheath? Or pot to hold your ink?' Gracious: 'You love the little birds, I think? I see you've managed with a fond research To find their tiny claws a roomy perch!' Truculent: 'When you smoke your pipe. . .suppose That the tobacco-smoke spouts from your nose-- Do not the neighbors, as the fumes rise higher, Cry terror-struck: "The chimney is afire"?' Considerate: 'Take care,. . .your head bowed low By such a weight. . .lest head o'er heels you go!' Tender: 'Pray get a small umbrella made, Lest its bright color in the sun should fade!' Pedantic: 'That beast Aristophanes Names Hippocamelelephantoles Must have possessed just such a solid lump Of flesh and bone, beneath his forehead's bump!' Cavalier: 'The last fashion, friend, that hook? To hang your hat on? 'Tis a useful crook!' Emphatic: 'No wind, O majestic nose, Can give THEE cold!--save when the mistral blows!' Dramatic: 'When it bleeds, what a Red Sea!' Admiring: 'Sign for a perfumery!' Lyric: 'Is this a conch?. . .a Triton you?' Simple: 'When is the monument on view?' Rustic: 'That thing a nose? Marry-come-up! 'Tis a dwarf pumpkin, or a prize turnip!' Military: 'Point against cavalry!' Practical: 'Put it in a lottery! Assuredly 'twould be the biggest prize!' Or. . .parodying Pyramus' sighs. . . 'Behold the nose that mars the harmony Of its master's phiz! blushing its treachery!' --Such, my dear sir, is what you might have said, Had you of wit or letters the least jot: But, O most lamentable man!--of wit You never had an atom, and of letters You have three letters only!--they spell Ass! And--had you had the necessary wit, To serve me all the pleasantries I quote Before this noble audience. . .e'en so, You would not have been let to utter one-- Nay, not the half or quarter of such jest! I take them from myself all in good part, But not from any other man that breathes!
Or he could have just said
"You anti-Semitic poopyhead! Waaaaah!"
Where in Virginia is this Hahns Copeland clown from?
Do people there have indoor plumbing? Paved roads?
Doofus said what!? Does Copeland think he is Donald Trump. Trump can say these things and ride it out. Copeland is probably done; let’s see if he has the character to overcome his mouth.
If she governs like a Jew, what’s wrong with calling it out?
Meanwhile, the republic continues to rot.
Hahns Copeland, a Republican who is running for a seat in the House, replied with a biting comment.
“I was surprised to see a pair of eyes and a mouth with that NOSE”
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A politician running for office is an idiot to go on social media and post his real thoughts.
I would never do that, except for here.
Although I do occasionally go to the cesspool known as Twitter to defend Don Jr. and his father. So much stupid, uninformed hatred over there.
But it gets tiring after 45 minutes. :)
It’s pretty childish to make fun of your political opponents appearance but it’s hardly anti Semitic. I know plenty of Jews with small noses.
What this country needs are some republicans with backbone who don't Immediately start
sniveling, apologizing, crawling and begging for forgiveness every time they make a true statement.
Doesnt matter if she’s Jewish or Italian or Irish or Hindu
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That comment was rude, hurtful, and ignorant.
I happen to be Italian with a side of acromegaly. My nose is awful. Kids remark all the time and I can’t go in public for 3 weeks before Halloween.
This jerk just lost his race and that’s a good thing.
“Hahns, that was a corny thing to say.”
Why in the hell can’t these GOP idiots understand the “media” will jump on them with both feet for this. Why is learning so damned difficult for them??
Filler-Corn-Hole
Beavis and Butthead
He should have made fun of that preposterous name while he was at it!
He has no chance of winning in that district.. it’s based in Norfolk and is 56% black.
>> My nose is awful. Kids remark all the time and I can’t go in public for 3 weeks before Halloween.
That’s a good line — not laughing... seriously.
Don’t turn your nose up, honey. It blocks the light.
If anyone is inclined to believe that Hahns Copeland, the guy with the German name {achtung, mein Fuhrer!}, didn’t really intend to be anti-semitic they still have to explain how he could have been so incredibly stupid as to insult a woman’s nose on public media.
Is her facial appearance relevant to the political issues of Virginia?
“If she governs like a Jew” -— What does that mean?
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