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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:05 AM Dec 2016

Nice guys (sic) "Does Michael Flynn Have an Anti-Semitism Problem on Twitter?"

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s pick to head the National Security Administration, has landed in the middle of a complex controversy including his son, a penchant for spreading fake news — and anti-Semitism on Twitter.

Flynn has come under attack for retweeting a fake news item that appeared to be related to the so-called #Pizzagate conspiracy theory in which far right wing activists spread false claims that a Washington D.C. pizzeria was somehow involved in a pedophilia ring with supposed ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton.

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Flynn retweeted a blatently anti-Semitic post over the summer, and then apologized, saying it was in error.

The tweet, from a user called Saint Bibiana, alleged that Jews were blaming the former Soviet Union for leaks that were published recently from internal Democratic National Committee emails.







http://forward.com/news/356158/does-michael-flynn-have-an-anti-semitism-problem-on-twitter/

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