Jason Johnson clearly knows nothing about the PLO or Hamas, which are rivals, not the benign face and genuine face of the same movement, as Johnson assumes. But Johnson is so avid to smear Trump and his supporters as terrorists that any analogy will do, no matter how faulty. Incidentally, Johnson would likely never speak this negatively of the PLO or Hamas except when he needs them to smear the Republicans, who are actually just the opposite of terrorists: weak, stupid, complacent country-clubbers.
“MSNBC’s Jason Johnson: The GOP is a Front For a ‘Terrorist Movement’ Like the ‘PLO to Hamas,’” by Jackson Richman, Mediaite, January 13, 2022:
MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson blasted the Republican Party on Thursday, comparing it to terrorist organizations.
“I’m working hard to never say ‘Republican Party’ again because it’s not a party,” said Johnson during Deadline: White House on MSNBC. “They’re Sinn Féin to the IRA. They’re the PLO to Hamas.”
“They are a dime store front for a terrorist movement,” Johnson continued.
The Sinn Fein is a party that historically was associated with the Irish Republican Army, or IRA, which conducted terrorist bombings during the 20th century while fighting for Irish independence from the rest of the United Kingdom.
The Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO, was historically behind many notorious attacks of terrorism — including the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics….
mortimer says
While the PLO, the Sinn Fein and Hamas have frequently claimed credit for terrorist attacks in the past, the Republican Party has not claimed credit for a single terrorist action.
Mr. Jason Johnson can disagree with a political agenda, but he doesn’t have a right to invent disparaging facts out of thin air. That is called ‘CALUMNY’.
Calumny is two sins in one: 1) lying and 2) destroying a person’s good name and reputation.
There is no ‘terrorist wing’ in the American Republican Party which was formed by anti-slavery abolitionists to end the evils of slavery. The Republican Party ended slavery and have ever since fought for human rights.
Jason Johnson lives in an altered, psychological state.
Wellington says
Quite simply, this man is a complete ignoramus. The Republican Party was the third anti-slavery party formed in American history (the first two were the Liberty Party and the Free-Soil Party) but unlike the first two efforts to rid America of the iniquity which is slavery, the Republican Party “stuck” and was successful long term.
It was the Republican Party that opposed secession, opposed slavery, led the American Civil War effort to keep the USA whole, opposed the “black codes” during Reconstruction, opposed the KKK through the Force Acts during the Grant Administration, opposed Jim Crow—an entirely Democratic creation, and, too, a greater percentage of Republicans voted for the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Bill than did Democrats. Other civil rights acts, like the first one of 1866 and the one under President Eisenhower in 1957, were also put forth by Republicans as were the three Reconstruction Amendments, the 13th, 14th and 15th which, respectively, ended slavery, granted full citizenship to blacks, and voting rights to blacks. Also, it was a Republican led Supreme Court which issued the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision which reversed the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which perniciously officialized the “separate but equal” status in American education.
The wonder of it all is that any black American would want to be a Democrat. It is one of the great mysteries (and follies) in all of American history. The most informed black Americans are overwhelmingly registered Republican. For good reason. Though don’t count on this doofus, one Jason Johnson, realizing any of this. Ah, ignorance of history is arguably the greatest ignorance of all.
mortimer says
Excellent summary of the GOP’s human rights achievements.
john smith says
seconded
mortimer says
The Dems trick unstudied blacks like Jason Johnson to stay on their plantation. Martin Luther King was a Republican because he knew the party’s history.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
An excellent summary, my compliments.
The only thing the Democrats have in their bag of tricks – with cities that they control – is to give “free stuff” to Blacks which gives them a twofer:
1. Keeps Blacks “in their place” on the “plantation” – the worst parts of the city.
2. Buys those Black votes by keeping the gravy train running.
Compare and contrast with Dr. Ben Carson’s opportunity zones.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ben-carson-biden-administration-dont-snuff-out-opportunity-zones
Duane Mo tez says
I wonder how many Tylenol this Jack-Of takes a day….. That much Stupid in One Small Space has got to be PAINFUL
PRCS says
Jason Johnson and Hiz’ballah’s Hassan Nasrallah: two sides of the same coin, One “sees” everything through the prism of race, the other through religion. One is a racist, the other a religious zealot. Each, and those who think as they do, is an idiot.
Hateful idiots.
Emilie Green says
AA was never known for producing anything of value. But this guy really takes the cake.
James Lincoln says
Takes all the guesswork out of how MSNBC has gotten such a bad name.