Ann Coulter Accuses Republican Candidates of Pandering to ‘F—ing Jews’
Controversial pundit tweets ‘how many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?’ after several candidates in Republican debate stress improved U.S. ties with Israel.
From Haaretz Sep 17, 2015 6:49 AM
Ann Coulter’s tweets, September 16, 2015. Credit: Twitter screenshot
Controversial conservative pundit Ann Coulter posted a series of arguably anti-Semitic tweets at the tail end of Wednesday night’s Republican debate, accusing the candidates of pandering to Jewish voters, including one posing the hypothetical question of: “How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?”
Coulter, who has 660,000 Twitter followers, was reacting to the frequent mentions of Israel made by participants in the second televised Republican debate held Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Library in California.
She first tweeted criticism of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s support for Israel when answering the question “What will AMERICA [emphasis her’s] look like after you are president?”, asking “How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?” She also wrote: “Good Grief, Huckabee is running for prime minister of Israel.”
Coulter, who has expressed support for the candidacy of Donald Trump, then proceeded to posit that the candidates may just be trying to “suck up to the Evangelicals.”
Coulter concluded her Twitter-storm by offering “How to get applause from GOP donors: 1) Pledge to start a war 2) Talk about job creators 3) Denounce abortion 4) Cite Reagan 5) Cite Israel.”
Coulter has previously come under fire for alleged anti-Semitism. In a 2007 interview on CNBC’s “The Big Idea,” Coulter told Jewish host Donny Deutsch that she wants her dream America to be completely Christian, and that she wanted “Jews to be perfected, as they say,” referring to Jews being converted to Christianity.
To answer Coulter’s question, up to 7 million Jews live in the United States.
Haaretz.
