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Alternative Facts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The inventor of \u201calternative facts\u201d has reached a new low.  She was attempting to defend President Trump\u2019s tweets telling four new members of Congress to \u201c\u2026go back where they came from;\u201d answering questions on the White House lawn.  This White House no longer gives formal press conferences, nor does it use the White House briefing room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sequence began with a question from reporter Andrew Feinberg, who works for Breakfast Media, <\/em>an Internet news site.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feinberg:  “If the president was not telling these four congresswomen to return to their supposed countries of origin, to which countries was he referring?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway: “What’s your ethnicity?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feinberg:  “Why is that relevant?” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway:  “Because I’m asking a question. My ancestors are from Ireland and Italy,” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conway later stated: <\/em>“<\/em>a lot of us are sick and tired of this country, of America coming last to people who swore an oath of office.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feinberg has been a White House reporter since 2015. He has been \u201cpermanently credentialed\u201d since March of 2017.  He is known for his aggressive questioning style, and has tangled with Conway before. Feinberg was the reporter who questioned Conway about her possible Hatch Act violations by supporting Roy Moore for Senate while in government employ and during employment hours.  Kelly Ann responded, \u201clet me know when the jail sentence starts.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Kelly Ann knows Feinberg.  And she knows he is Jewish.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was she looking for some point to make:  maybe we Irish, Italians and Jews belong in America; but Somalians, Hispanics, Palestinians and Blacks should \u201cgo back?\u201d  Or something like:  \u201cyou\u2019re Jewish, we love Israel and they don\u2019t, you should support us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or dangerously, \u201cyou\u2019re Jewish, you should \u2018go back\u2019 too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papers Please<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It really doesn\u2019t matter what point she was trying to make.  A legitimate reporter was asking her a legitimate question. Sure it was tough, but it was certainly within acceptable bounds given the multiple tweets the President made. And since there is no \u201cstandard\u201d time to ask questions of White House personnel, no daily, weekly, or even monthly press conference, he was following current protocol asking questions on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of an answer, he got questioned about his own heritage.  Kelly Ann Conway, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States; demanded personal information from a reporter.  Whatever Kelly Ann meant to do with that information, she implied some kind of ethnic test.  Just like the President did in his own tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the fundamental principles of American life, is that we don\u2019t have a racial, ethnic, or religious tests for participation.\u00a0\u00a0It is part of the American foundation of our nation; from the Declaration of Independence and Constitution to Martin Luther King\u2019s \u201cI have a Dream\u201d speech.\u00a0\u00a0It is such a basic concept that we grew up with it through Schoolhouse Rock\u2019s \u201cGreat American Melting Pot<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>and in the adventures of Fievel Mouskewitz in Disney\u2019s \u00a0American Tail<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A New Standard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At least it was.  But when the President of the United States tells opposing members of Congress to \u201cgo back where you came from,\u201d it not only breaks existing rules  (US Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission specifically defines that phrase as racial harassment.)  It also sets a new \u201cstandard\u201d of what is acceptable for the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic controlled House of Representatives passed a resolution of condemnation against the President\u2019s tweets.  In that motion, they specifically called him a racist.  All but four Republicans in the House voted against the measure, saying that this was \u201c\u2026all just politics.\u201d  In our polarized politics of today, the surprise probably is that four Republicans risked a \u201ctweeting\u201d by voting for the resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Ann Conway\u2019s question is just the first outgrowth of the President\u2019s action. He has opened a door to a deep, dark time in America that we thought was gone.  We are looking back at a time of \u201cno colored allowed,\u201d \u201cIrish need not apply,\u201d and \u201cwithout papers.\u201d  The Democrats in the House stood up against him, but the President is powerful in social media.  The \u201cdark side of the force\u201d is strong in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all of the tweets and comments, it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise that most Americans are numb to the import of words from Washington.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ve heard it all so many times before.\u00a0\u00a0But these words are fundamentally different, and totally obvious.\u00a0\u201cGo back where you came from,\u201d means, \u201cyou don\u2019t belong.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The difference between the United States and the rest of the world is our concept of \u201cbelonging.\u201d If we lose that, we lose our foundation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alternative Facts The inventor of \u201calternative facts\u201d has reached a new low.  She was attempting to defend President Trump\u2019s tweets telling four new members of Congress to \u201c\u2026go back where they came from;\u201d answering questions on the White House lawn.  This White House no longer gives formal press conferences, nor does it use the White House briefing … Continue reading “Kelly Ann”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nKelly Ann : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The President's racist tweets reopened the door to a dark past in America. 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