CNN's Jake Tapper Spars With Terrorist Advocate Linda Sarsour After She Calls Him Alt-Right

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A battle has erupted between CNN"s Jake Tapper and left-wing Muslim activist Linda Sarsour, after Tapper called out the Women"s March group co-chaired by Sarsour after tweeting their support for convicted cop-killing domestic terrorist Assata Shakur, who has been ducking American justice in Cuba since 1984.

Shakur - aunt of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, is a member of the far-left Black Liberation Army (BLA) and was convicted of the 1977 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foster during a shootout on the NJ Turnpike. Shakur escaped prison in 1979, and after five years on the run fled to Cuba where she currently lives under political asylum.

In light of Women"s March tweet in support of Shakur, Tapper responded:

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

In response, Sarsour tweeted that the very liberal Tapper had joined "the ranks of the alt-right to target me online."

.@jaketapper joins the ranks of the alt-right to target me online. Welcome to the party.

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 18, 2017

Sarsour then slipped into the well worn reactionary identity politics of those with no argument - suggesting that Tapper was perhaps referring to her being a Palestinian, pro-immigrant Muslim.

.@jaketapper please share my "ugly" sentiments? Unapologetically Muslim? Unapologetically Palestinian? Pro-immigrant? Pro-justice? Shame.

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 18, 2017

Nope! Tapper responded by calling Sarsour out for attacking actual feminist - Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim turned atheist and a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM).

Your comment about @Ayaan for one.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2017

Ali (@Ayaan) - a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and founder of a women"s rights organization, has been a vocal critic of Islam.

A must read article: https://t.co/IICLPmy006

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan) May 17, 2017

Jake Tapper"s tweet referring to Sarsour"s comments on Ali was in reference to a 2011 tweet in which Sarsour said Ali and was "asking 4 an a$$ whippin,"

Kurt Eichenwald Seizes the Moment

After Sarsour"s alt-right comment Newsweek writer Kurt Eichenwald could no longer bite his tongue - letting Sarsour know that her attack on Tapper was a bad idea...

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

Other reactions

Real feminists don"t advocate destroying their opponent"s vaginas while defending regimes that regularly mutilate women"s clitorises.

— Maer Roshan (@MaerRoshan) July 19, 2017

Terrorists Love Terrorists https://t.co/d8nRtTb93f

— ACT for America (@ACTforAmerica) July 18, 2017

I just agreed with @jaketapper ???? pic.twitter.com/WmAKHGpIzn

— Mary Elaine (@PalmBreezy) July 19, 2017

I"m just happy that at least somebody in the media with an influential platform has sounded off on this. Thank you, Jake Tapper.

— Doubting Thomas (@OutrageDenied) July 18, 2017

@womensmarch She Not only shot and killed cops; she robbed a progressive poor church in Brooklyn

— Michael Powell (@powellnyt) July 19, 2017

#LindaSarsour pic.twitter.com/UZQ8ODOuL9

— Eric Allen Bell (@EricAllenBell) July 18, 2017

So liberated...

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HBO's Bill Maher Bets 100 Rubles That Trump "Will Be Out By Christmas"

HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher believes the Trump Presidency will be over before 2017 is.

During Friday night"s episode, he even goaded a guest – conservative political commentator and former Trump campaign official Boris Epshteyn – into making a “gentleman’s bet” of 100 rubles, a little less than $2, that the president "will be out by Christmas.”

“It looks like he’s trying to get impeached,” Maher argued.

You got to hand it to Epshteyn: He handled the difficult task of defending Trump to a liberal-leaning audience with remarkable poise, reminding Maher of one simple fact: There’s no evidence that Trump interfered in FBI Director James Comey’s probe of Flynn. And that prior to deciding to change his mind and testify that Trump pressured him, as CNN reported, Comey even testified to that fact.

Epshteyn also reminded the audience about Hillary Clinton’s own brush with obstruction: when President Bill Clinton boarded Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s plane for an impromptu catch-up back in June, just before the release of the Benghazi findings, while the FBI investigation into his wife was still open.

“I believe he’ll be in office for eight years,” Epshteyn said.

You can watch the rest of the exchange below:

Though Maher has been an outspoken critic of Trump, he has, on occassion, displayed some level of sense. 

A few months back he hosted conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on his show to discuss liberals’ newfound penchant for suppressing free speech. And before that, he called the University of California at Berkeley “the cradle for F-ing babies” after the university rescinded an invitation for her to speak. A few months ago, when Hillary Clinton was trying to position herself as a leader of "the resistence" - and possibly for another run in 2020 - Mahar joked that she should just "stay in the woods."

"You had your shot. You fucked up."

Bill Maher Lashes Out At Cal Berkeley's "F**king Babies"

It appears even the most liberal of Democrats are turning on their own as the virtue-signalling vacillations grow ever more mind-bending.

After University of California at Berkeley officials decision to rescind an invitation for conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter to speak on campus, only to restore the invitation for a later date...

HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher exclaimed on his show Friday night that...

"Berkeley, you know, used to be the cradle of free speech, and now it"s just the cradle for f—king babies."

As The Hill reports, Coulter"s speech set for this Thursday was canceled due to anxiety by school officials that protests could spin out of control the same way they did in February when alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak. Riots resulted in more than $100,000 in damage to the campus and the speech was cancelled due to security concerns.

But after scathing criticism, the school reversed its decision on Coulter on Thursday, and will host the speech on May 2.

“I feel like this is the liberals’ version of book burning, and it’s got to stop," Maher said before taking aim at former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean for his tweet stating hate speech isn"t protected by the First Amendment.

Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment. https://t.co/DOct3xcLoY

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) April 21, 2017

“Yes it is!” Maher insisted.

“Threats are not protected by the First Amendment,” the host added.

“It doesn"t mean "just shut up and agree with me.’”

Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp, a panelist on Maher’s show Friday, doubled down on Maher’s criticism.

“It’s a shame,” she said. “Liberals are creating a fantasy land on college campuses that does not exist in the real world.”

Maher and Coulter are longtime friends. She has appeared on "Real Time" on multiple occasions over the years. “I obviously don’t believe in his politics, but I like him. He’s a true and loyal friend. He always has been,” Coulter told Sean Hannity last year.

Ironically, as The Hill notes, Maher was UC-Berkeley"s 2014 fall commencement speaker, but students at the time started a petition to have him removed over a disagreement on the atheist comedian"s views on religion and Islamic terror.

Bill Maher Lashes Out At Cal Berkeley's "F**king Babies"

It appears even the most liberal of Democrats are turning on their own as the virtue-signalling vacillations grow ever more mind-bending.

After University of California at Berkeley officials decision to rescind an invitation for conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter to speak on campus, only to restore the invitation for a later date...

HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher exclaimed on his show Friday night that...

"Berkeley, you know, used to be the cradle of free speech, and now it"s just the cradle for f—king babies."

As The Hill reports, Coulter"s speech set for this Thursday was canceled due to anxiety by school officials that protests could spin out of control the same way they did in February when alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak. Riots resulted in more than $100,000 in damage to the campus and the speech was cancelled due to security concerns.

But after scathing criticism, the school reversed its decision on Coulter on Thursday, and will host the speech on May 2.

“I feel like this is the liberals’ version of book burning, and it’s got to stop," Maher said before taking aim at former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean for his tweet stating hate speech isn"t protected by the First Amendment.

Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment. https://t.co/DOct3xcLoY

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) April 21, 2017

“Yes it is!” Maher insisted.

“Threats are not protected by the First Amendment,” the host added.

“It doesn"t mean "just shut up and agree with me.’”

Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp, a panelist on Maher’s show Friday, doubled down on Maher’s criticism.

“It’s a shame,” she said. “Liberals are creating a fantasy land on college campuses that does not exist in the real world.”

Maher and Coulter are longtime friends. She has appeared on "Real Time" on multiple occasions over the years. “I obviously don’t believe in his politics, but I like him. He’s a true and loyal friend. He always has been,” Coulter told Sean Hannity last year.

Ironically, as The Hill notes, Maher was UC-Berkeley"s 2014 fall commencement speaker, but students at the time started a petition to have him removed over a disagreement on the atheist comedian"s views on religion and Islamic terror.