Jasmine Crockett’s history lesson; Mamdani’s war – Latest News
Diary of disturbing disinformation and harmful delusions
This fantasy:
“There’s also a racist history that exists as it relates to Argentina.” — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Tuesday
We say: Crockett’s mic-drop second got here after she first declared that “the vast majority of the world” was rooting for Spain in opposition to Argentina within the World Cup closing, then revealed the (imaginary) purpose why — utter nonsense, since Argentina solely started ending slavery after it received independence from . . . Spain.
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This puzzlement:
“I think sometimes there’s a fixation on a definition of something.”— Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Sunday
We say: Why are people so fussy in regards to the that means of phrases as of late?
Maybe as a result of the mayor retains utilizing phrases like “socialism,” “genocide,” “working class” and “the rich,” and it’d useful if he might clarify what he’s speaking about.
This calumny:
“Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF.” — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Tuesday
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We say: The defense-bill provision AOC talked about merely units up a US-Israeli tech collaboration that’s much less entangled than comparable applications now we have with Japan, Australia, India and Canada.
But as long as an antisemitic speaking level has legs, let it run, eh?
This conspiracy:
“There are also a lot of immigrants who are getting killed and we don’t even know about it.” — Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.)
We say: Moulton says ICE is murdering heaps of people all around the nation and Team Trump is masking it up. How does he know? He heard “very specific detailed stories on the ground in Minneapolis.”
Huh? A congressman has the assets to take a look at third-hand rumors earlier than he repeats tall tales on tv.
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
