‘You literally caused the Iraq War’: Internet rips Judith Miller for blaming war deaths on Chelsea Manning
Fox News contributor Judith Miller raised eyebrows Tuesday after criticizing President Barack Obama’s decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence.
The Obama administration announced it would commute Manning’s 35-year sentence, meaning the former U.S. Army soldier will only serve five more months in jail. Manning was convicted in July 2013 under the espionage act after leaking classified military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.
Miller, the self-proclaimed “First Amendment activist” whose reporting on nonexistent weapons of mass destruction for the New York Times served to legitimize the Bush Administration’s push for the Iraq War, railed against President Obama’s commutation.
Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning. How many people died because of manning’ leak? https://t.co/WrijBtp4fo
— Judith Miller (@JMfreespeech) January 17, 2017
Miller, of course, is the same person who cited unnamed Bush administration officials, as well as disgraced Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, in her 2002 reporting on Iraq’s (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction stockpile. Senior Bush administration officials, including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Donald Rumsfeld, all cited Miller’s New York Times reporting to rally public support for the war.
Considering Miller’s inaccurate reporting on weapons of mass destruction played such a pivotal role in selling the Iraq War to the American people, internet users were quick to point out her blatant hypocrisy:
aren’t you judith miller? https://t.co/WlO8uaa2HK — Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) January 17, 2017
Take a moment to think about the fact this was tweeted by Judith Miller.
Judith. Miller. pic.twitter.com/JjlFnFUpFN
— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech you literally caused the iraq war to happen under false pretenses, bye.
— Myles Tanzer (@mylestanzer) January 17, 2017
It’s not that Judith Miller thinks it’s BAD to publish things that get people killed. It’s that she’s competitive. https://t.co/zkYkjAXmJJ — Jon Schwarz (@tinyrevolution) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech Talk about the pot telling the kettle lies in order to start the iraqi war — Sir Jeffington IV (@JeffCerulli) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech pic.twitter.com/rm1eG6Pdt8 — Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) January 17, 2017
[raises hand] I have a related question https://t.co/y4pNeIrWpq — Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) January 17, 2017
Less than the number who died because of your Iraq war reporting. https://t.co/oBnMMqQuAe — Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 17, 2017
Judith Miller’s inability to recognize the fact or breadth of her own body count is one of the great rationalizations of history https://t.co/ccQ0lcFTvO — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 17, 2017
How many people died because of ‘leaks’ to Judith Miller. Someone needs a prosthetic self-awareness https://t.co/Uw4M5r55gx — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech Do you realize you’re THAT Judith Miller?
— Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords) January 17, 2017
@JMfreespeech Your lies contributed to the deaths of more than 170,000 people. You are a weapon of mass destruction. — Pete Forester (@pete_forester) January 17, 2017
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Cop says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot following Trump’s racist targeting of The Squad
Following racist attacks on members of The Squad by President Donald Trump and his supporters, a police officer in Louisiana reportedly said that one of the congresswomen of color should be shot.
Trump has been lashing out at the four first-term congresswomen, who include Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
"A Gretna police officer posted a comment on his Facebook page this past week calling U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a 'vile idiot' who 'needs a round, and I don't mean the kind she used to serve,'" NOLA reported Saturday.
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Despite the White House no longer holding daily press briefings, Phillips praised the "access" she receives from the administration.
"No matter what your politics are, I have to say that I appreciate the access ?Trump? gives us on a regular basis and the ability to ask any question," she said.
She tagged Stephanie Grisham in her tweet, who is Trump's latest press secretary. She also tagged her husband, John Roberts, who does not work in the White House, but works for Fox News.
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The real problem wasn’t the racism — it was the Trump taking ‘the Lord’s name in vain’ twice: supporter
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One Trump supporter in West Virginia also criticized the speech, but not for the racist targeting of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
State Senator Paul Hardesty, a Democrat, wrote to the White House to complain about Trump's use of the word "goddamn."
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