Left-wing Fox News pundit Jessica Tarlov thought she had finally scored a big moral victory over Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA. Her happiness was short lived, much like the length of time she fooled people into thinking she was intelligent.
However, while Tarlov thought she had delivered a brutal blow on social media platform X, things quickly turned to her getting her digital butt kicked in a big way.
Kirk had made a post sharing his blunt opinion about Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist who is currently on track to become the first Islamic mayor of New York City, after he soundly defeated disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Party primary.
The conservative powerhouse connected the rise of Mamdani to the horrific 9/11 attack, saying, “24 years ago, a group of Muslims killed 2,753 people on 9/11. Now a Muslim Socialist is on pace to run New York City.”
And that’s when Tarlov decided to ride in on a white horse and let the sunshine glint off her armor, playing race crusader, saying in her response, “Charlie — this is so gross and Islamophobic. Take it down.
Fortunately, Kirk is a man of principle and opted to leave it up.
Rather than retreat, the Turning Point USA founder replied, “Debate me on the merits, don’t just throw out petty thought-terminating cliches,. This isn’t 2015, that doesn’t work anymore. What Muslim country do you prefer to live in, Jessica? What western city or country has improved as the Muslim population has increased?… Be courageous enough as a liberal to call it out.”
“I’m not afraid to say that I don’t think Mamdani’s vision for the city is a good one and I think a lot of his policies are crazy… But none of that has to do with him being Muslim,” Tarlov fired back.
Kirk called Tarlov out for a second time, noting Mamdani’s support for the anti-Israel BDS movement, saying, “So, the guy about to be NYC’s next mayor wants to boycott and sanction Israel… but that has totally nothing at all to do with him being Muslim? You know it does, you just are terrified about the social cost of saying it publicly.”
Obviously feeling trapped, Tarlov offered a super weak deflection saying, “Have you seen all the White Christian and Jewish hipsters from Brooklyn that support BDS? It’s not that he’s Muslim. It’s that he’s wrong.”
But, at this point, she was FUBAR. Don’t know what that means? Google is your best friend.
According to Trending News Politics:
Mamdani’s campaign is indeed a flashpoint. The son of Indian Muslim immigrants, born in Uganda and raised in Queens, he’s pushing a platform that includes rent freezes, free childcare, and higher taxes on the wealthy. His calls to defund the police and impose BDS policies have drawn applause from the far left and alarm from moderates and conservatives alike.
When the dust settled, Tarlov ended up looking weak and incompetent. Guess she should think twice before engaging in some “white knighting.”
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