So much for CNN’s “Facts First” ad campaign featuring an apple.
CNN contributor and former Hillary Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon likened Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie to a neo-Nazi.
This is an irresponsible hit the Gillespie campaign quickly denounced as an “ugly character smear.”
Fallon tweeted a photograph of the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in August, along with the caption: “Live look at Ed Gillespie campaign strategy meeting.”
Live look at Ed Gillespie campaign strategy meeting: pic.twitter.com/izcs57hZUv
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 27, 2017
Turns out, Fallon was just furthering the Democratic cliche of labeling anyone who disagrees with them as a racist.
The Virginia Democratic Party funded a mailer in support of Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, the party’s nominee for governor, featuring images of Gillespie and President Donald Trump superimposed over a photo of the tiki torch carrying white nationalist marchers.
“On Tuesday, November 7th, Virginia gets to stand up to hate,” the mailer reads.
Virginia Democrats tie Trump, Gillespie to white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville in new mailer. https://t.co/dt1sGHyMSX pic.twitter.com/25NggdBpzy
— The Daily Progress (@DailyProgress) October 25, 2017
David Abrams, a spokesman for Gillespie’s campaign, responded to the line of attack in a statement to Fox News.
“Northam, the entire Democratic ticket and CNN should condemn this ugly character smear that has no place in our Commonwealth’s political discourse,” Gillespie said.
But Fallon, a liberal ideologue to the bitter end, doubling down on his sad tweet while referencing ads run by Gillespie that accused Northam of being soft on MS-13, violent felons and sex offenders.
“Ed Gillespie should be ashamed of the ads he is running in this campaign,” Fallon countered in an email to Fox News. “This is a vile and pathetic attempt to appeal to the Bannon wing of Donald Trump’s Republican party.”
And while the Democratic Party eagerly embraces the rancor on display from Fallon, the reaction on social media against such behavior was fierce.
Here’s a sampling of responses on Twitter from some of the nation’s leading political commentators:
Honestly have no idea how Brian Fallon continues as a cable news analyst. This is beyond irresponsible & something both sides must condemn. https://t.co/5KbV15MLbP
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/923932590872125442
https://twitter.com/amber_athey/status/923935739892649986
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/923931987676712960
"Everyone I disagree with is literally Richard Spencer." https://t.co/08RyG699G6
— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) October 27, 2017
This is @CNN
It's also from a guy supporting a Democratic candidate who airbrushed his black running mate out of campaign literature. #VAGov https://t.co/AfNdHA4TTl— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) October 27, 2017
You're a nut https://t.co/mKVkxLFC6o
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 27, 2017
Pure trash. Proof you guys will literally call anyone you disagree with a racist. https://t.co/1i21fotphc
— Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) October 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/924031705790537729
I was gonna tell you painting Ed Gillespie as a white supremacist will ruin your credibility but then I realized you already work for CNN https://t.co/i8L8ULlgfl
— Pardes Seleh (@PardesSeleh) October 28, 2017
Ed Gillespie – who is hardly a conservative – now gets called a racist. Literally they will call ANYONE a racist. https://t.co/1i21fotphc
— Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) October 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/923963146376753152
The Democratic attack machine has been dining out on calling all of its opponents ‘racists’ since the 1970s. Unfortunately for America, the party appears to be willing to do or say anything in order to win, no matter how ludicrous and deceptive it is.
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