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CNN Anchor Worried About Pro-Hamas Optics After Tragic Murder of Israeli Embassy Staffers
Town Hall ^ | 22 May 2025 | Rebecca Downs

Posted on 05/23/2025 5:33:08 AM PDT by Rummyfan

On Wednesday night, two young staffers from the Israeli Embassy who were set to become engaged, were murdered. The suspect in custody, Elias Rodriguez, was heard yelling "Free Palestine" and also had a keffiyeh. Out of such a tragedy, that this is not good look for the pro-Hamas crowd was what was on the mind of CNN anchor Sarah Sidner. If such priorities weren't horrific enough, she expressed concerns while speaking with Jonathan Epstein, who witnessed the shooting.

When describing what he witnessed, Epstein shared that he heard "a man yell, 'Free Palestine,'" who he thought "was a random protester" who "was protesting an event for the sake of it. He also said he "had no idea he was the shooter." Epstein described lots of yelling from the suspect, especially when the police came. "He whipped out a keffiyeh--actually, a Jordanian keffiyeh, ironically--and then was cuffed," Epstein discussed.

At one point in the conversation, as Sidner spoke about how Epstein "looked the shooter in the eye," asking what he "saw in him," Epstein spoke of how he himself went to Columbia University for graduate school, which has been a hotbed of pro-Hamas activity, along with its sister school, Barnard College. As Epstein was sharing his own experiences with antisemitism, which other people have also described, Sidner actually tried to argue with him.

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For anyone who hasn't been paying attention, very very clear lines have been drawn.
1 posted on 05/23/2025 5:33:08 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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Where, exactly, did you think this was going?

The cause is to globalize the intifada. And they’re doing exactly that.

📍Washington D.C.


2 posted on 05/23/2025 5:37:48 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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The Media is doing their very best to ignore this and make it go away..................


3 posted on 05/23/2025 5:37:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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Death penalty:

FBI: “Pro-Palestinian” DC Shooter Continued Firing Into Victims As They Were On Ground

4 posted on 05/23/2025 5:39:43 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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5 posted on 05/23/2025 5:43:08 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2 (The young Israeli couple. RIP and prayers.)
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Above is the young Israeli couple murdered. RIP young ones.


6 posted on 05/23/2025 5:44:08 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2 (The young Israeli couple. RIP and prayers.)
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7 posted on 05/23/2025 5:45:24 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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If we had a “Judicial” system that was worth more than a bucket of spit this murderer would be hanged until dead by next weekend. I


8 posted on 05/23/2025 5:45:25 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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Anyone supporting fake Palestinians is an idiot to begin with or is being paid to do so with no clue what the cause is.


9 posted on 05/23/2025 5:46:30 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Ugh.

Mark Levin read out the police report on his radio show last night. The minute details of what that monster did to them are absolutely harrowing.


10 posted on 05/23/2025 5:49:08 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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I 100% agree. There is no middle ground on that.


11 posted on 05/23/2025 5:49:10 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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That’s the Liberty Bell, isn’t it? They did that to the Liberty Bell?


12 posted on 05/23/2025 5:53:44 AM PDT by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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You have people that yesterday didn’t know where Gaza is on a map protesting for some cause today.

Idiots.

Israel isn’t without it’s flaws and faults, it is led by people. But it is a nation with a Basic Law (sort of like a Constitution), they have elections (democracy), and they are culturally Judeo European (certain philosophical ideas prevail in society). They are bound by treaties and conventions to certain standards of conduct. They have a free press which is actually very critical of their own government.

Funny how many of the same people that wave a Ukraine flag (hopefully they know what side goes up), where you don’t have elections, don’t have a rule of law, don’t have a free press, where a coke head was installed by the US (someone we can control); are the same people running around with Palestinian flags.

With a good media campaign, you can convince the American public to believe just about anything.


13 posted on 05/23/2025 5:58:49 AM PDT by Red6
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Muh "mUsLiMs fEaR fOr tHEiR sAfEtY"


14 posted on 05/23/2025 6:10:38 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople ( "Never thot I'd live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones"-Johnny Rotten)
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Anyone who has pro-hamas optics is Satanically deceived.


15 posted on 05/23/2025 6:14:24 AM PDT by metmom ( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.")
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So, will Maryland’s RAT Senator of the Year, little Chrissy Van Haulin going to be rounding up Fatso Mciver, and Crazy Bobby Garcia, (RAT-Peru) to go join Rodriquez the Israeli killer for Margaritas this weekend?


16 posted on 05/23/2025 6:16:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Where can Americans go to seek justice now that the RATS own the judiciary?)
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To: rlmorel

No, that’s Union Station in DC.


17 posted on 05/23/2025 6:16:57 AM PDT by thefactor
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Columbia and other universities appear to be the best locations for the ovens. Check with the administration and ask point blank if they will allow ovens to be built on the commons.


18 posted on 05/23/2025 6:17:40 AM PDT by healy61
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I believe it is a replica of the Liberty Bell and it is outside Union Station in DC.


19 posted on 05/23/2025 6:18:24 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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Yeah the actual Liberty Bell is in Philadelphia in a pavilion across from Independence Hall. It’s somewhat more well guarded than that one which appears to be out in the open.


20 posted on 05/23/2025 6:35:45 AM PDT by xp38
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