Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at Newsweek on Thursday over a tweet suggesting that both he and Candace Owens were Hitler apologists.
“Donald Trump Jr. praises Candace Owens for her defense of Hitler comments,” Newsweek’s tweet read.
Donald Trump Jr. praises Candace Owens for her defense of Hitler comments https://t.co/4c4kVyLfjY pic.twitter.com/5qyuUMNWf3
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 11, 2019
The Daily Caller reports,
Trump Jr. fired right back, saying, “Hey guys, just here for the Ratio you lying POS!!!”
Hey guys, just here for the Ratio you lying POS!!!
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 11, 2019
The “Hitler comments” Newsweek mentioned came up during a hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism during which Owens testified. Democratic California Rep. Ted Lieu played a short clip that made Owens sound as though she were defending Hitler. But as she pointed out during the hearing, it omitted some two hours of additional context.
“I think it’s pretty apparent that Mr. Lieu believes that black people are stupid and will not pursue the full clip in its entirety,” Owens said.
Trump Jr. responded to Owens’ performance in that hearing, not by praising her defense of her “Hitler comments” but by commending her for calling Lieu to account for the manipulative way in which he presented part of the clip without context.
“Wow. Well done @RealCandaceO!!!” Trump Jr. tweeted. “Great to see someone call out the Dems on their purposeful manipulation of facts for their narrative. Since the media runs with anything they say and is the marketing wing of the DNC they aren’t used to getting called out for the repeated BS.”
Wow. Well done @RealCandaceO!!! Great to see someone call out the Dems on their purposeful manipulation of facts for their narrative. Since the media runs with anything they say and is the marketing wing of the DNC they aren’t used to getting called out for the repeated BS.🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/aQpVzF0clo
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 9, 2019
Newsweek also took heat this week for a cover featuring Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and a headline about how she is “changing the conversation” about Israel.
