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Connolly destroys Jim Jordan: ‘I didn’t vote to overturn an election and I will not be lectured by people who did’
February 24, 2021
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) slammed his Republican colleagues for "gaslighting" during Wednesday's House Oversight Committee hearing on the USPS, which featured testimony by embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Connolly spoke following U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jody Hice (R-GA). Hice defended DeJoy to the hilt, falsely attacking Democrats for what he said was their "nonsensical, insane, rabid rhetoric."
<p>"We've got to get away from the attacks and the unfounded allegations and I'm pleased to hear that you, as an admitted Democrat, understand that the allegations against Mr. DeJoy were unwarranted," Hice told a witness.</p><p>Hice also claimed that if DeJoy had tried to "alter" the election "he miserably failed." He also falsely claimed the postal service succeeded "with almost perfect delivery" of mail-in ballots.</p><p>That was the tenor of the hearing.</p><p>Later, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (D-OH) was the one to engage in gaslighting, and Congressman Connolly had had enough:</p><p>"All the gaslighting that we just heard does not change the facts," he said, scorching Jordan.</p><p>"I didn't vote to overturn an election. And I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship."</p><iframe src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newcivilrights&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1364628986769399818&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com%2F2021%2F02%2Fconnolly-destroys-jim-jordan-i-didnt-vote-to-overturn-an-election-and-i-will-not-be-lectured-by-people-who-did%2F&siteScreenName=newcivilrights&theme=light&widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&width=550px" style="margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 603px; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe><iframe src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newcivilrights&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=true&id=1364629890574737411&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com%2F2021%2F02%2Fconnolly-destroys-jim-jordan-i-didnt-vote-to-overturn-an-election-and-i-will-not-be-lectured-by-people-who-did%2F&siteScreenName=newcivilrights&theme=light&widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&width=550px" style="margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 530px; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe><p>Connolly later weighed in, re-tweeting the video and <a href="https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/1364629996124450819" target="_blank">saying</a>, "Sorry, you lose the right to complain about partisanship once you've fanned the flames of violent insurrection."</p>
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A US intelligence report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul will be out "soon," the White House said Wednesday.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that President Joe Biden was also "soon" due to speak with Saudi Arabia's King Salman.
<p>Psaki would not confirm a report in Axios that the Biden call with Salman would take place Wednesday and that the unclassified intelligence report would be published Thursday.</p><p>Khashoggi, a Saudi who wrote for The Washington Post and was a US resident, was killed and dismembered in 2018 inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.</p><p>The CIA has directly linked Saudi Arabia's de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the murder. He has accepted overall responsibility, as his country's leader, but denies a personal link.</p><p>Since taking over the presidency in January Biden has stressed he will "recalibrate" the US relationship with Saudi Arabia.</p><p>This will mean steering away from former president Donald Trump's reliance on Prince Mohammed and dealing directly with the king, the White House says.</p><p>© 2021 AFP</p>
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Anti-masker throws a racist tantrum after cashier refuses to ring him up – and it’s all caught on video
February 24, 2021
A video going viral on TikTok shows an anti-masker verbally abusing a cashier during a confrontation over mask wearing.
TikToker @izakthejoker explained that the incident began when a couple "came into the store refusing to wear masks and being racist to everyone to asked them to wear a mask. So what did I do? Refused to ring them up."
<p>In the video, the man verbally abuses the cashier, saying, "You're not gonna force me to wear a mask if I've got health issues," the man says. "It's called the Americans with Disability Act, you stupid f*ck."</p><p>At one point, the man calls the cashier a "stupid w*tback" after the woman he was with said, "He's f*cking Mexican. What do you expect?"</p><p>According to the cashier, the couple called his Black co-worker a "Black b*tch."</p><p>Watch the video below: </p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@izakthejoker/video/6932593758668066054" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="6932593758668066054" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@izakthejoker" target="_blank" title="@izakthejoker">@izakthejoker</a> TikTok took it down so I purposely misspelled a couple words. If this gets taken down again ima post the full thing on my ig w/pt.2 <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/custmerservice" target="_blank" title="custmerservice">##custmerservice</a><br/> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6932593778704403206" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Izakthejoker">♬ original sound - Izakthejoker</a> </section> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></div>
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