Leftist hacks at a Nationwide Public Radio affiliate spewed wild hyperbole at a GOP congresswoman by arbitrarily connecting her to the “nudist activist” who attacked Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) tweeted Oct. 28 following the assault on Paul Pelosi that she wished for “a full restoration” for him “from this totally horrific violent assault” in his dwelling. Pelosi was reportedly taken to a hospital the place he underwent surgical procedure to restore a cranium fracture following the incident. Stefanik stated the suspect, recognized as David DePape, “must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation.”
North Nation Public Radio reporter Zach Hirsch quote-tweeted Stefanik simply over two hours later: “some context right here is required.” Right here was the extent of Hirsch’s so-called “context” on Stefanik’s condolences: Stefanik, in accordance with Hirsh’s asinine argument, bears oblique duty for the assault as a result of she verbally opposes Speaker Pelosi and her insurance policies. Widespread sense be damned.
Wishing a full restoration for Paul from this totally horrific violent assault.
This prison must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation. Grateful to regulation enforcement for his or her necessary work.
— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) October 28, 2022
NCPR Information Director David Sommerstein promoted Hirsch’s nutty logic by being extra direct: “ [Stefanik] denounces violent political acts. However her day-to-day rhetoric could contribute to it.” This isn’t journalism. It’s fallacious, leftist tabloid nonsense funded partially by each U.S. and New York State taxpayers. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ (R) Fast Response Director Christina Pushaw ripped Sommerstein’s propaganda on Twitter: “So by this logic @davidncpr who was chargeable for the congressional baseball sport shooter who said that he was attempting to kill republicans and nearly killed Scalise?”
.@EliseStefanik @RepStefanik denounces violent political acts. However her day-to-day rhetoric could contribute to it. An necessary thread from @zdhirsch who’s reported on Stefanik all 12 months for @ncpr 👇 https://t.co/jODAJ2RTa9
— David Sommerstein (@davidncpr) October 29, 2022
“Stefanik usually blasts Nancy Pelosi with more and more harsh and private assaults,” railed Hirsch in a babbling tweet thread selling his “context.”
He continued: “To be clear, there isn’t a proof that Stefanik immediately impressed this every other act of violence. The purpose is that political rhetoric has real-world penalties.”
After pontificating in regards to the risks of “political rhetoric,” Hirsch then did a 180-degree flip and smeared Stefanik by evaluating her place on unlawful immigration to the self-proclaimed white supremacist mass shooter suspect in Buffalo, New York: Payton Gendron.
Stefanik usually blasts Nancy Pelosi with more and more harsh and private assaults. “There’s a cause Nancy Pelosi is essentially the most disliked elected official in America,” Stefanik stated final 12 months, earlier than accusing Pelosi of a false, broadly debunked conspiracy concept –
— Zach Hirsch (@zdhirsch) October 28, 2022
Hirsch harrumphed that Stefanik’s marketing campaign posted adverts final 12 months “accusing Democrats of planning an rebel by supposedly granting amnesty to immigrants who will ‘overthrow our present voters.’”
In fact, Hirsch conveniently disregarded the “context” that Stefanik was speaking particularly about unlawful immigration in these adverts, not immigration writ-large: “‘[Democrats’] plan to grant amnesty to 11 MILLION unlawful immigrants will overthrow our present voters and create a everlasting liberal majority in Washington,’” Stefanik’s advert stated.
However Hirsch, blowing previous any evident fallacy roadblocks, tried to malign Stefanik’s logical stance towards unlawful immigration by claiming it “carefully resembled the white supremacist alternative concept.”
Uh, what?
Hirsch’s logic continued its downward spiral:
Within the spring, a white gunman opened hearth in a Buffalo grocery store, killing 10 Black folks. Previous to the capturing, he seems to have written about that very same concept. Stefanik denounced the violence, however then doubled down on the language in her marketing campaign adverts.
Newsflash Hirsch: Being towards unlawful immigration as a result of it’s unlawful has nothing to do with the “nice alternative concept” or the reported white supremacist views of an alleged mass assassin.
Within the spring, a white gunman opened hearth in a Buffalo grocery store, killing 10 Black folks. Previous to the capturing, he seems to have written about that very same concept. Stefanik denounced the violence, however then doubled down on the language in her marketing campaign adverts.
— Zach Hirsch (@zdhirsch) October 28, 2022
Stefanik marketing campaign Senior Adviser Alex DeGrasse tore into NCPR for pushing harmful propaganda in feedback shared to the Media Analysis Middle:
Taxpayer funded NCPR – with no shred of proof – disgracefully claims that Congresswoman Stefanik is chargeable for the assault on Paul Pelosi simply because she opposes Pelosi’s insurance policies. They refuse to cowl the violent leftist rhetoric which led to an assassination try on a Supreme Court docket Justice. That is deranged and harmful, they need to and will probably be defunded.
Conservatives are beneath assault. Contact your consultant in Congress and the New York State Meeting and demand they #DefundNCPR.