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DonViejo

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Tue Mar 12, 2019, 09:03 AM Mar 2019

Trump Promotes Fox & Friends Segment With 'Jexodus' Activist Claiming Dem Party is Anti-Semitic


Trump Promotes Fox & Friends Segment With ‘Jexodus’ Activist Claiming Democratic Party is Anti-Semitic

by Aidan McLaughlin | Mar 12th, 2019, 8:47 am

President Donald Trump touted the Fox & Friends appearance of an activist calling for Jewish Americans to walk away from the Democratic party.

“Jexodus,” clearly inspired by Candace Owens‘s “Blexit” gimmick, was announced in the wake of controversial comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) that were condemned by members of her own party as anti-Semitic.

Elizabeth Pipko, a former Trump campaign staffer and a spokesperson for Jexodus, joined Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy in criticizing Democrats for passing a general anti-hate resolution instead of a specific resolution condemning anti-Semitism.

“They are the party of anti-Semitism,” Pipko said, echoing the president.

And the president was watching. He tweeted a fake quote from Pipko, which was really just a selective collection of her comments poorly transcribed and smashed together:




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Trump Promotes Fox & Friends Segment With 'Jexodus' Activist Claiming Dem Party is Anti-Semitic (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2019 OP
Yet another big lie C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #1
Like we should care what a 23 year old model thinks. Initech Mar 2019 #2
I wonder MurrayDelph Mar 2019 #3
Trump is wrong Gothmog Mar 2019 #4
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