Republican Strategist’s Assertion About Radical Islam Is Literally Jaw-Dropping
This is the same kind of stupidity that lets Republicans forget that 9/11 happened on George W. Bush’s watch, or that leads people to think that Donald Trump was some sort of Karnac for “predicting” 9/11. Republican strategist Katie Packer literally made Chris Hayes’ jaw drop when he asserted that Americans have a more heightened “realization” about radical Islam than they did following the attacks of 9/11:
Packer: Well, I don’t know that we were in the — that we had the same realization back then that we have today. certainly —
Hayes: After 9/11?!?!?
Packer: Well, you know, after 9/11 it was not necessarily a sense that this was a global thing that was happening on every street corner.
Hayes: Katie, after — you’re saying this is a — that we have a better realization of international jihad now than after 9/11?
Packer: Absolutely. A realization 15 years later after we’ve seen people get shot in movie theaters and on street corners —
Hayes: As opposed to 3,000 Americans murdered?
Packer: I’m not talking about the number. In everyday life. I’m talking about the instances we didn’t have people ten years ago flying planes into every cafe on every corner. Two weeks ago we had people just sitting enjoying coffee at a cafe in Paris and having guns pulled out on them. So it does bring it a little bit closer to home.
Whaaaa??? This is so staggeringly dumb on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin, but how about with the fact that…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
14 responses to Republican Strategist’s Assertion About Radical Islam Is Literally Jaw-Dropping
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rg9rts December 11th, 2015 at 12:47
And her vote counts as much a yours too
whatthe46 December 11th, 2015 at 13:15
what the what?
allison1050 December 11th, 2015 at 13:15
Is she really on someone’s payroll?
Suzanne McFly December 11th, 2015 at 13:52
9/11 wasn’t a big deal if your a republican.
whatthe46 December 11th, 2015 at 13:52
bingo. and they’ll tell ya we were safer then.
Suzanne McFly December 11th, 2015 at 14:26
How can someone wrap their head around that? It is like they are not speaking coherently, those words don’t make sense to me. “We were safer on 9/11”? It is criminal to say, believe, or think that and they should be arrested.
MyDogsAreSmarterThanYou December 12th, 2015 at 08:56
No, 9/11 was a godsend to them.
Suzanne McFly December 12th, 2015 at 09:39
I hope they don’t feel that way, that is too far.
Hirightnow December 11th, 2015 at 16:31
The Big Book of Jebus© tells her not to disparage Christian white men, but to know her place.
Warman1138 December 11th, 2015 at 18:45
The cold void of dumbness, IT BURNS! IT BURNS! Katie Packer, dumber than roadkill. ( Is that a car? ” KERTHUMP! ” )
Mensa Member December 11th, 2015 at 22:33
Republicans aren’t just your crazy uncle anymore.
Now they are also your crazy aunt.
bpollen December 12th, 2015 at 00:45
“…we didn’t have people ten years ago flying planes into every cafe on every corner…
Since we don’t have that now, nor have we ever had that, I guess I don’t get your point.
MyDogsAreSmarterThanYou December 12th, 2015 at 09:01
Let’s see, I seem to remember some crazy-assed white people shooting up movie theatres. No Muslims though.
StoneyCurtisll December 13th, 2015 at 08:32
If this lunatic is what a republican strategist is….
The GOP doesn’t stand a chance.
“after we have seen people shot in movie theaters” she said…(blaming Muslims)
Both movie theater shooting where done by white Christian males, James Holmes, 12 dead 70 wounded, and John Russell “Rusty” House, who shot 11 people killing 2.