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Ex-GOP lawmaker hits Kyle Kashuv's racist posts: 'These are the social media postings we see of a sh
Source: The Hill
Ex-GOP lawmaker hits Kyle Kashuv's racist posts: 'These are the social media postings we see of a shooter'
By Morgan Gstalter - 06/18/19 12:13 PM EDT
Former Republican Rep. David Jolly (Fla.) on Tuesday warned that the racist, anti-Semitic language which caused Harvard to rescind the admission of Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Kyle Kashuv is similar to rhetoric used by school shooters.
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle asked if Jolly thought the Ivy League school’s decision was political, given the fact that 18-year-old Kashuv is one of the few students who advocated for gun rights following the 2018 massacre at his Parkland, Fla., high school.
“I don’t,” Jolly replied. “I think this is the perfect story for our time. Within our culture, leaders are given greater permission to racist statements and people with racist feelings. They are given greater equity. It is important for Harvard to say, ‘Not in our community.’”
Jolly pointed to HuffPost’s report about comments Kashuv made prior to the shooting on a shared Google doc with classmates which repeatedly used the N-word and included the phrase “kill all the f---ing jews.”
The student also reportedly wrote that he would “f---ing make a CSOG map of Douglas and practice,” which the outlet noted was likely a reference to the shooting game “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.”
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By Morgan Gstalter - 06/18/19 12:13 PM EDT
Former Republican Rep. David Jolly (Fla.) on Tuesday warned that the racist, anti-Semitic language which caused Harvard to rescind the admission of Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Kyle Kashuv is similar to rhetoric used by school shooters.
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle asked if Jolly thought the Ivy League school’s decision was political, given the fact that 18-year-old Kashuv is one of the few students who advocated for gun rights following the 2018 massacre at his Parkland, Fla., high school.
“I don’t,” Jolly replied. “I think this is the perfect story for our time. Within our culture, leaders are given greater permission to racist statements and people with racist feelings. They are given greater equity. It is important for Harvard to say, ‘Not in our community.’”
Jolly pointed to HuffPost’s report about comments Kashuv made prior to the shooting on a shared Google doc with classmates which repeatedly used the N-word and included the phrase “kill all the f---ing jews.”
The student also reportedly wrote that he would “f---ing make a CSOG map of Douglas and practice,” which the outlet noted was likely a reference to the shooting game “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.”
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Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/449089-ex-gop-lawmaker-hits-kyle-kashuvs-racist-posts-these-are-the
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