Ann Coulter, author of “Adios America”, who describes herself as “an eleven-time New York Times bestselling author, gun-clinger and right-wing polemicist” has been accused of antisemitism following a string of tweets during yesterday’s Republican presidential candidate debate.
Accusing the candidates of pandering to “f—ing Jews” Coulter tweeted:
Cruz, Huckabee Rubio all mentioned ISRAEL in their response to: "What will AMERICA look like after you are president."
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015
How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015
Maybe it's to suck up to the Evangelicals.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015
The tweets elicited an outcry:
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/644351202654834688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/lilenchiladas/status/644379096378687488
@AnnCoulter Wow really? Don't you think you could have phrased this without sounding so anti semitic? #classless
— Right For Life (@RightForLife) September 17, 2015
@AnnCoulter What kind of jackassery, anti-Semitic Tweet is this? Totally gratuitous. Despicable.
— Quin Hillyer (@QuinHillyer) September 17, 2015
Coulter responded to critics on Twitter:
It's not about Jewish people; it's about Republican panderers. https://t.co/OmOL2B9K0E
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015
It has to be read w/ prior tweet. Only 140 characters so sometimes they continue. Not @ Jews; about GOP pandering. https://t.co/WdnG1Y2QMp
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015