Anti-Israel and anti-Donald Trump activist Linda Sarsour earned the collective scorn of Twitter on Tuesday after she accused CNN host Jake Tapper of being a member of the "alt-right."
It all began when Tapper called on Sarsour and the Women's March to renounce their support of Assata Shakur, a convicted cop murderer on the FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorist" list.
Shakur is a cop-killer fugitive in Cuba. This, ugly sentiments from @lsarsour & @dykemarchchi ...Any progressives out there condemning this? https://t.co/rXnHLgE2hR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2017
Sarsour—who has her own history of defending terrorists—did not take kindly to Tapper's denunciation. In a tweet, she accused Tapper of being a member of the alt-right.
.@jaketapper please share my "ugly" sentiments? Unapologetically Muslim? Unapologetically Palestinian? Pro-immigrant? Pro-justice? Shame.
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 18, 2017
.@jaketapper joins the ranks of the alt-right to target me online. Welcome to the party.
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 18, 2017
There are ample reasons to believe Tapper is not a secret fan of the alt-right. For one, he challenged Trump to denounce David Duke and other white supremacists during the election. For another, Tapper himself is Jewish.
Liberals and conservatives alike mocked Sarsour for the claim.
I've paid little attention to controversies involving you. But if ur calling @jaketapper alt-right? Not a big credibility boost for u.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) July 19, 2017
Stop your support for Shakur. Our movement suffers because you are idolozing this person. Apologize and lets move on.
— Camron Jahanshahi (@cjahanshahi1) July 18, 2017
Yes, @jaketapper is a member of the alt-right. Strong contribution to reasonable, fact-based discourse here: https://t.co/1r2zbV6Gsp
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) July 19, 2017
Very sad for you to put @jaketapper ,who is Jewish, in same tweet as a group of folks who are anti-semitic. Simply because he criticized you https://t.co/Oy4YHg8DIx
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 19, 2017
. @lsarsour says Tapper is "alt-right" because he called out her shaming of a FGM survivor (here: https://t.co/UnjZEW26HM ). LOL. https://t.co/1mfCMGZgZm
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 18, 2017
An objectively stupid tweet. If Tapper is the "alt-right," the term is meaningless. Serious people on the left can't be this dumb. https://t.co/W9ynspmgX8
— Sean Illing (@seanilling) July 19, 2017
Like I've said before, one does not need to misrepresent Linda Sarsour's words to discredit her disquieting views. She does that herself. https://t.co/A7yZjUvNqg
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) July 19, 2017