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Whiskeytide

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Mon Oct 29, 2018, 03:04 PM Oct 2018

Kellyanne Conway Blames Synagogue Shooting on 'Anti-Religious' 'Late-Night Comedians' [View all]

Source: Sean Burch,The Wrap

In a Monday morning appearance on Fox News, Kellyanne Conway suggested “anti-religious” late-night comedians fostered an environment for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting to take place.

“The anti-religiosity in this country that is somehow in vogue and funny to make fun of anybody of faith, to constantly be making fun of people that express religion — the late-night comedians, the unfunny people on TV shows — it’s always anti-religious,” Conway said, without naming particular hosts.

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Conway added: “This is no time to be driving God out of the public square.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kellyanne-conway-blames-synagogue-shooting-155354302.html



So ..... she's admitting people with a public platform can influence others to act? And that the content of public statements can trigger lunatics? Did trump approve this message???
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Kellyanne Con-way. sandensea Oct 2018 #1
Until the election, Trumpers will blame it on any convenient scapegoat they can invent bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #2
So politicians can't incite violence with their rhetoric, but comedians can with jokes? ck4829 Oct 2018 #3
Great point k-dub Oct 2018 #21
Why not just blame video games? knightmaar Oct 2018 #4
RAP MUSIC and single mothers on welfare did this! ck4829 Oct 2018 #5
I look forward to what Stephen Colbert has to say about that tonight. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #6
So it's Bill Maher, John Oliver and the like's fault... pioche4 Oct 2018 #7
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW STUPID THIS BIMBO IS! radicalliberal Oct 2018 #8
I do not believe she is that stupid rather she is relying on the Repugnant voter base to be cstanleytech Oct 2018 #24
You have a point! radicalliberal Oct 2018 #38
Her husband isn't that stupid. He's conservative, but not stupid, I wonder ... marble falls Oct 2018 #40
Kellyanne Conjob Red Pest Oct 2018 #9
She's blaming the wrong joker. She needs to finger the buffoon in the Oval office instead. marble falls Oct 2018 #10
She's simply towing the fundagelical line TwistOneUp Oct 2018 #11
Her Husband HATES Trump! DoctorJoJo Oct 2018 #12
George Conway's twitter page is one of my favorites DesertRat Oct 2018 #19
George Conway Peace06 Oct 2018 #37
This woman is frickin NUTS! Firestorm49 Oct 2018 #13
Quite a STRETCH! maddiemom Oct 2018 #14
Why are they so concerned about "god and the public square"? Initech Oct 2018 #15
The only late night comedian to blame BlueIdaho Oct 2018 #16
What Late Night Comedian is Anti-God erpowers Oct 2018 #17
ER, MyOwnPeace Oct 2018 #29
Like fingernails on a blackboard, KACs' voice & her assaults on truth & sanity are unbearable Hawk5 Oct 2018 #18
Colbert is gay texan Oct 2018 #20
Stephan Colbert is a devout Catholic. Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #25
Colbert and the two Jimmys, Fallon and Kimmel, LibDemAlways Oct 2018 #33
The shooter was a Christian; he was pro-his own religion and anti- others muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #22
Stupid, fucking TOOL. BigDemVoter Oct 2018 #23
You're not clear here... MyOwnPeace Oct 2018 #30
Adding atheists, secular humanists, ethical culturalists, and freethinkers to the no_hypocrisy Oct 2018 #26
WHAT!!!????? yardwork Oct 2018 #27
In a weird way... SimpleC Oct 2018 #28
Seth Myers is married to a Jew mainstreetonce Oct 2018 #31
Does that piece of SHIT even believe what undulates out of her stinking pie hole? BigDemVoter Oct 2018 #32
Does Kellyanne see her reflection in a mirror? Lil Stinker Oct 2018 #34
Conway Peace06 Oct 2018 #35
She is really BillyBobBrilliant Oct 2018 #36
Lying religious hypocrites are SO sensitive Goodmax Oct 2018 #39
while she's laughing all the way to the bank with her lies. /nt IcyPeas Oct 2018 #41
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