Critics harshly criticized CNN after anchor John King stated that there were "risks" associated with putting Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro forward as the Democratic vice presidential nominee because "he's Jewish."
“He’s certainly under consideration,” King, not formerly known to be an anti-Semite, said on CNN Sunday night. Of course, he was speaking about the possible running mate for Kamala Harris if she runs to be the first black, cackling, word salad tossing, female President of the United States.
“He’s a first-term governor, he’s Jewish, there could be some risks in putting him on the ticket, but certainly some of our voters here in Pennsylvania said, ‘Hey, we like Gov. Shapiro, give him a look,'” he added, covering up his racist faux pas.
King had announced plans to convert to Judaism in 2008 and was briefly married to Commie News Network host, Dana Bash, who is Jewish. Did he convert? I don't know, but what I do know is how stupid a remark like that is for someone on tv who is watched by hundreds of people.
The popular X account StopAntisemitism underscored the hateful comment by pointing out how different the response would be if another ethnic minority were singled out: “Replace ‘Jewish’ with ‘Muslim’ or ‘Black…'”
"Mohammed is a first-term governor, he's Muslim, there could be some risks putting him on the ticket," feels a bit wrong, eh?
“CNN POV: Being almost any minority group in politics is historic and a milestone. Being Jewish in politics is ‘risky and controversial,'” wrote Jaboc Helberg, a senior adviser at Palantir.
Great point.
“It says a lot about the state of American politics, and perhaps especially in progressive circles, that one of the ‘cons’ of #KamalaHarris selecting Gov. Josh Shapiro as her VP, is that he is Jewish and the pushback this might receive,” added International Legal Forum CEO Arsen Ostrovsky.
Oh, and Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff is also, you know, a Jew.
One thing we do know for certain is that whoever Kamala Hahaharris chooses as a running mate, is going to suck.
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