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In reply to the discussion: Diane Rehm Apologizes to Bernie Sanders for false statement about Dual US/Israeli Citizenship. [View all]swilton
(5,069 posts)has no college degree. Celebratory status has a way of anointing people with more respect than they are due. This is one of the 'the man behind the curtain is the Wizard of Oz' moments. Of note, here is the Wikipedia already published coverage.
Rehm should be put out to pasture.
On the brighter side - this happened early enough in the campaign that Bernie can overcome it and the staff had better fasten their seatbelts.
From Wikipedia
In June 2015, Rehm interviewed 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate and United States Senator Bernie Sanders and said to Sanders, "Senator, you have dual citizenship with Israel."[11][12][13][14] Sanders stated that her statement was simply not true.[11][12][13][14] Rehm responded to Sanders denial by saying, "I understand from a list we have gotten that you were on that list."[11][12][13][14] Once again, Sanders stated that he is an American and only an American.[11][12][13][14] Sanders indicated that he was offended by the assumption.[12][13] Rehm's statements were criticized in The Federalist for being an anti-Semitic smear, when someone assumes that a Jewish person is a dual citizen with Israel, to chill speech and question the Jewish person's allegiance to America.[11] Sophia Tesfaye of Salon pointed out that Rehm apparently fell for an Antisemitic canard and did not successfully fact-check her information before she conducted her interview with Sanders.[13] In Times of Israel, Gedalyah Reback stated that the interview was controversial because Rehm seemed to have accused a Jewish presidential candidate of maintaining secret Israeli citizenship.[14]