First Journalist Fired for Fake News and Threats Directed at Catholic MAGA Kids

PJ Media

. . . "The bright spot on the horizon is that The Wrap is reporting that at least one of these terrible "journalists" has been fired:

Digital company INE Entertainment has fired a journalist who publicly wished for the death of several Covington Catholic High School students and their parents in a pair of tweets over the weekend. Aside from his job as a post-production supervisor at INE, Erik Abriss is a contributor to New York Media’s pop culture site Vulture. “We were surprised and upset to see the inflammatory and offensive rhetoric used on Erik Abriss’ Twitter account this weekend. He worked with the company in our post-production department and never as a writer,” the company said in a statement to TheWrap on Monday.

"Abriss was one of the hundreds of adults on Twitter calling for the deaths of children for the crime of wearing MAGA hats and smiling in public. Lashing out on Twitter, Abriss expressed his deep wish that the children and their parents would die.

" 'I don’t know what it says about me but I’ve truly lost the ability to articulate the hysterical rage, nausea, and heartache this makes me feel," typed Abriss. "I just want these people to die. Simple as that. Every single one of them. And their parents.”

Well, that's disturbing. But it gets worse." . . .

Mr. Abriss, please give us your thoughts on these, um, school children:

 

A battle the Trump administration should relish

PowerLine  "Yesterday, John noted that the escalating Democratic attacks on Catholicism are, in part, an attempt to prepare the battlefield for the day when Justice Ginsburg dies or is unable to continue on the Supreme Court. In that event, said John, President Trump will likely nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg, and Democrats will make Barrett’s religious faith the basis for attacking her nomination.

"To which I say, bring it on.

"Judge Barrett is the mother of seven children. Two of them were adopted from Haiti. Her youngest biological child has special needs. She is a remarkable and very sympathetic women.

"In addition, she is a first rate legal mind. Barrett graduated summa cum laude from the Notre Dame Law School, where she was executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. She then clerked for our friend Judge Laurence Silberman on the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court.

"As a law professor at Notre Dame, Barrett was twice named “distinguished professor of the year.”

"She continues to teach law as a sitting judge.

"Do the Democrats really want to got after someone this sympathetic and this distinguished because she believes in the tenets of the Catholic faith? The answer seems to be yes. After all, they did it when Barretts’ nomination to the court of appeals was before the Senate." . . .

Haters Won’t Stop With the Jews  . . . "Some have theorized that the Democrats’ escalating attacks on Catholicism are preparing the ground against the day when Ruth Ginsburg dies or is unable to continue on the Supreme Court. President Trump is almost certain to nominate Amy Barrett to replace her, and Democrats will make Barrett’s religious faith the basis for their inevitable smears. Their theme will be, explicitly or implicitly, that no practicing Catholic should be allowed to serve on the Court." . . .

Did Savannah Guthrie graduate from the CNN School of Journalism?

Tenured Prof. Don Lemon, visiting lecturer.

NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Nathan Phillips Spread Fake News About His Vietnam Claims
 Listen to her tone of condolence toward Phillips and of accusation toward young Sandmann.
. . . These lies continue, even after the full video proves they did nothing wrong. For the better part of an hour, the boys were taunted by a group of black nationalists hurling racist and homophobic slurs. The boys reacted with good humor and even sought a dialogue." . .
 Guthrie wanted the boys to apologize for wearing MAGA hats

If the Covington boys had been members of a media- and Democratic Party-favored group, such as DACA DREAMers, the confrontation against them by the Black Israelites and Nathan Phillips would be viewed as a hate crime.  But these are white, Catholic boys wearing MAGA hats attending a pro-life rally.  Their parents have been described by Hillary Clinton as deplorables and by Obama as bitter clingers to God and guns.  They are fair game.

Nathan Phillips Tried to Disrupt Catholic Mass by Chanting, Beating Drum

 

 NBC Tries To Smear Covington Catholic Again. There's Just One Big Problem. Well, Two.  . . . "The headline for the article, clearly meant to suggest the school is anti-gay, reads: “Gay valedictorian banned from speaking at Covington graduation ‘not surprised’ by D.C. controversy.” This headline actually makes the tweet look more accurate.

"Others, including Federalist contributor Chad Felix Greene (who also happens to be gay), quickly noted how misleading the story was, as the student was not banned for speaking because he was gay. “He submitted the speech too late and it was too political for the venue,” Greene wrote."

So, basically, NBC found a student from another school to trash Covington Catholic, and insinuated that somehow Covington is anti-gay.. . .

McConnell Defends Covington Kids, Shames Lying Media From Senate Floor
. . . "While many in the media did offer apologies to the students, many, including newly-elected Congresswoman Ilhan Omar continued the attacks on the children days after the media lies were debunked.
"Attorney Robert Barnes gave the left-wing media sycophants and celebrities 48 hours to retract their libelous statements against the Covington teens or face lawsuits." . . .
Mr. Barnes received death threats because of his efforts

The Media Wildly Mischaracterized That Video of Covington Catholic Students Confronting a Native American Veteran

I Failed the Covington Catholic Test

Remember who is whom in this societal struggle:

The Covington Catholic Students Deserve A Huge Apology From Everyone. I’ll Start

The Federalist Papers

The Covington Catholic school students should go on with the rest of their young lives knowing that many are sorry they contributed to their public impugning and regret it. By Glenn T. Stanton

" . . .The boys, not the instigators, were the assaulted, and the Native-American gentleman wasn’t the victim he and others made himself out to be. He seems to not have been a truth-teller either. There had been a great deal of nasty behavior going on for some time from a great many adults on the scene, and there doesn’t seem to be any evidence in the larger footage of the skirmish that the boys did much of anything ugly to anyone." . . .

"In fact, even though teens, it looks like they conducted themselves more kindly and restrained than the others involved. This brings me to my purpose here. I want to apologize for following the pitch-forked crowd. I made a conclusion about these boys that put them in the worst possible light.

 

"I thought (knew!) they were punks and said so publicly. I was as wrong as I could be about that, and I am deeply sorry. Sorry to anyone who saw that on my Facebook page. Sorry to anyone it swayed to think badly about the boys. Sorry to the boys themselves, their school, and their parents.
"Now, let me be clear. My Facebook audience is minuscule, so the number of folks who saw my comment was insignificant. I don’t apologize or excuse myself for how few I passed the false story to. I apologize for joining the horde, period.
"I will be writing a personal letter of apology to the boys, not to further flagellate myself, but to offer something to counter the mega-tons of vitriol that came crashing down upon them. "They should go on with the rest of their young lives knowing that many regret contributing to their public impugning.
"They need to know that the world is indeed fairer than this, and to have faith in people doing the right thing when the whole story is gathered. They should have such letters to read as encouragement months and years from now as they continue to struggle with what went down. This will follow them a great long while." . . .

The Left’s Tactic: Attack Christians

Noisy Room

. . . "Ah, but the GOP in the Senate passed an interesting resolution introduced by Senator Sasse. See the 2-page resolution here.
"Guess what….that resolution passed without opposition last Wednesday following his floor speech. This was a formal rebuke of Senator Hirono and Harris and rightly so. Remember this as lil’ Ms. Harris begins her presidential campaign. One last item…
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution forbids the imposition of a religious test for any office holder.
"Furthermore, let us not forget the 1st Amendment:

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference. It prohibits any laws that establish a national religion, impede the free exercise of religion, abridge the freedom of speech, infringe upon the freedom of the press, interfere with the right to peaceably assemble, or prohibit citizens from petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. It was adopted into the Bill of Rights in 1791. The Supreme Court interprets the extent of the protection afforded to these rights.

The Senate Oath of Office that Hirono, Harris and all Senators make when taking office: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

When did patriotism become racism?

In the sixties it was the hair; now it's the hat. Approved headgear, meaning NOT "Make America Great Again" caps, must be anti-American! Only those shown here are accepted and declared righteous.

NBC/ Savannah Guthrie approved.

Bob Weir "It's become axiomatic in our country that anyone who disagrees with a minority group member, or a left-wing radical, will be branded a racist.  You believe we need a wall on our southern border to stem the flow of dangerous drugs and human-trafficking?  You must be a racist!  You say Al Sharpton is a tax-evading demagogue?  You're a racist!  (The fact that he owes millions to the IRS doesn't matter.  He's black, hence you can't criticize

him without being charged with racism.)  In fact, it's become an egregious act of racism for anyone to support President Trump, the wall on the southern border, or any other issue that promotes American values.

"When did it become a racist act to wear a hat that reads, "Make America Great Again"?  Keep in mind: it doesn't matter how many patriotic blacks wear MAGA hats, or how many go public with their support of President Trump.  As far as the left is concerned, those blacks are "Uncle Toms," or traitors to the left-wing strategy of undermining the values of our country.

"Those who engage in such ludicrous accusations undoubtedly feel that it's their trump card (no pun) to use whenever they're losing an argument." . . .

 

. . .  "A real problem with the abundance of spurious racist allegations is that legitimate claims may soon be viewed as simply more mendacious attempts to win disputes with non-whites.  I think it's a truism that all decent people will come to the defense of those being victimized by bigots.  But what happens when the line between actual and feigned bigotry becomes blurred?  It's been my experience that most educated, successful, self-respecting minorities didn't get where they are by using their skin pigmentation to extort their way up the ladder of success.  Sadly, we don't hear nearly as much from them as we do from the race-baiters who continue to see it as the only way to be relevant."

 

CNN’s Angela Rye Compares MAGA Hat To KKK Hood: I’m ‘So Triggered’ By The ‘Hatred’ It Represents…

Democrat to Pelosi: ‘Get in the Damn Room’ with Trump, Negotiate on Border Wall

Breitbart  (Video)   Democrats are livid about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s continued refusal, on their behalf, to engage in any negotiations with President Donald Trump over his planned wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), a freshman from Michigan, is publicly urging Pelosi to drop the games and “get in the damn room” with Trump and negotiate on the wall.

“ 'We all have a fire under us to get something done,” Slotkin said, per a local news report. “ 'We’re trying to still figure out the dynamic between all of us, and the leadership is still trying to figure out how to manage this very, very energetic and outspoken class.” . . . 

Covington Catholic Is the Terrible Sequel to the Kavanaugh Case

National Review

Conservative parents look at liberal hate and think, “They could do that to my son.”

 

"Conservative parents look at liberal hate and think, “They could do that to my son.”Over the last 72 hours, I’ve been asking myself a simple question: What would happen if a group of Black Israelites had spent an hour taunting my son’s high-school football team? How would they have reacted if a Native American elder had walked into their midst – apparently not saying anything intelligible to them, but rather banging a drum and chanting inches from one kid’s face. Would they have thought that was an effort at “peacemaking,” or just more taunting? What would they have said if some of the people walking with that elder had yelled insults at them?

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" I ask those questions, but I’m pretty sure I know the answer. The boys wouldn’t have reacted all that differently from the kids at Covington Catholic. They would have sung different songs, they would have chanted different chants, and maybe one or two of the kids would have lofted an obscene gesture in the direction of the Black Israelites. In other words, they would have been kids, and barring some sort of overt criminal act, the blame for any tension that followed should rest with the adults who behaved so aggressively and strangely (and, let’s face it, walking through a group of boys chanting and banging a drum is not exactly normal behavior). If a kid responds poorly to a challenging situation, you reprimand him. You teach him.

"But this is America in 2019, and it’s full of rage and hate. And parents of young men know that hostile people would instead want to destroy your child’s life. They would want to destroy your own livelihood. They would wish violence on him and you. They would try to destroy your school, and they would mock your faith. And then, even when their rage is proven to be unfounded, they would spend days hunting through your background and your school’s history to try to find some reason to hate you anyway." . . .

Kathy Griffin Tweets, Deletes Photo Of Covington Students Holding Up 'New Nazi Sign'

Esoteric Jeff

Daily Wire

"Three pointers are racist!!!"

 

"In yet another since-deleted tweet by a left-wing media personality unfairly targeting Covington Catholic high schoolers, comedian Kathy Griffin posted a photo from one of the school's basketball games that she claimed shows the boys "throwing up the new nazi sign."

" 'Covington’s finest throwing up the new nazi sign," read the post, which included a picture of Covington Catholic High School basketball players holding up what anybody who's ever watched a game would recognize as a "three-point" symbol. Here's a screenshot of the since-deleted post provided by Twitchy:" . . .



Thanks for highlighting them for us, Kathy.

 

Break Ground, Not Promises

You know those caravans marching north toward our border? They’re not giving speeches about how they’re coming north. They’re not tweeting about how they’re coming north. They’re not giving Oval Office addresses about how they’re coming north.  They’re coming north

Ann Coulter  "Several months into the Trump administration, I started running a daily “Border Wall Construction Update” on Twitter, announcing how many miles of the wall had been completed that day and how many miles since the inauguration. It was always the same numbers: 0 and 0, respectively.
"I was immediately attacked by people in the Trump base. You’re being unfair, he hasn’t had enough time, there’s a legislative process, he’s doing the best he can.
"As days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months and months turned to years, and not 1 inch of the wall was built, the “3-D chess” crowd dwindled.
"Sometimes Trump would concede he hadn’t built any part of the wall. Sometimes he would fib and claim it was being built. There’s no way to sugarcoat it: That was a lie.
"Drug dealers, drunk drivers, criminals, welfare dependents and low-wage workers driving down American wages continued to flow across our border.
"We are now past the midway point of Trump’s first term, maybe his only term. If Trump couldn’t come up with a legislative fix when he controlled both houses of Congress, he’s sure not going to now that he’s lost the House.
"We are headed for another failed Republican presidency.
"President George H.W. Bush promised, “Read my lips, no new taxes” — then raised taxes.
"President George W. Bush promised that America would not be “the world’s policeman” — then turned the United States into the world’s policeman.
"Whether these promises weren’t kept out of bad faith, incompetence or changed minds is of no consequence. That will be a minor footnote for future historians to debate. All that matters is that it didn’t happen. That’s why Trump got elected." . . .

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refuses to Condemn Anti-Semitism Within Women's March

Ian Macfarlane

Townhall  "On Saturday, January 19, 2018 New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attended the Women's March in Washington, DC despite the group's association with anti-Semitism. The Democratic National Committee and numerous colleagues recently disavowed and dropped partnership with the Women's March due to bigoted comments amongst its national leaders. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was asked about this yesterday and shifted the blame of anti-Semitism to President Donald Trump and his current administration while refusing to answer the question. 

"As Townhall's Lauretta Brown previously reported, "The Democratic National Committee...joined a long list of Democratic groups disassociating themselves from the Woman’s March Tuesday following the repeated failures from the organization’s leadership to disavow ties with anti-Semitic leader Louis Farrakhan." 

"The move was prompted after Women's March co-chair Tamika Mallory called noted bigot Farrakhan the "GOAT" or "greatest of all time." On ABC's  "The View" Mallory then refused to condemn his numerous hateful statements such as saying he was "anti-termite" when referring to his feelings towards the Jewish people. 

"Other reports said that from the very beginning of the Women's March, a movement claimed to be founded as fighting for the rights and empowerment of all women, Mallory and co-chair Carmen Perez “asserted that Jewish people bore a special collective responsibility as exploiters of black and brown people—and even, according to a close secondhand source, claimed that Jews were proven to have been leaders of the American slave trade.' ” . . .

Nathan Phillips Led Protest Attempting To Crash Mass After Covington Catholic Confrontation

Daily Wire

"Soon after Native American activist Nathan Phillips confronted high school boys from Covington Catholic in front of the Lincoln Memorial, he reportedly led a protest of about 20 fellow Native activists, unsuccessfully attempting to crash the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception's Saturday evening Mass.

"Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported Tuesday:

While chanting and playing ceremonial drums, a group of Native American rights activists reportedly led by Nathan Phillips attempted Jan. 19 to enter Washington, D.C.’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during a Saturday evening Mass.
The group of 20 demonstrators was stopped by shrine security as it tried to enter the church during its 5:15 pm Vigil Mass, according to a shrine security guard on duty during the Mass.

"Over the weekend, the Kentucky teens were smeared by the media for allegedly harassing Phillips based off a selectively edited video clip. However, after the full video context came out, it was clear that the boys were the ones harassed by another activist group and approached by Mr. Phillips. Mainstream media outlets were forced to walk back their initial one-sided reporting after rumors of lawsuits from the boys' families floated around online." . . .