Leftists across Twitter, many of them journalists, scrambled to delete tweets after they falsely claimed the Boulder mass shooter, an Islamist from Syria who reportedly had ISIS sympathies, was “white.”
Earlier today, the gunman was revealed as Ahmad Al-Issa, a migrant from Syria who routinely complained about Donald Trump, “racism” and “Islamophobia” on his Facebook page, which was swiftly deleted.
Other reports also suggest that Al-Issa had ISIS sympathies and had planned to return to Syria.
However, innumerable journalists and other leftist commentators were embarrassed after prematurely claiming that the gunman was white in an effort to amplify their contrived moral panic about “white supremacy.”
“In America, if you’re white, no matter how many people you kill you’ll be taken into custody alive,” tweeted author John Pavlovitz. “We really need to ban angry white guys with guns,” he added before deleting both tweets.
BLM activist Meena Harris also deleted a tweet that screeched, “White men are the greatest terrorist threat to our country.”
Twitter allows verified users like @meenaharris to peddle wild disinformation about shootings/terror attacks in real time.
If I did this, I’d be suspended immediately. pic.twitter.com/dJHqyPazgG
— Raheem Kassam (@RaheemKassam) March 23, 2021
In her follow up explanation, Harris said, “I made an assumption based on his being taken into custody alive and the fact that the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by white men.”
I deleted a previous tweet about the suspect in the Boulder shooting. I made an assumption based on his being taken into custody alive and the fact that the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by white men.
— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) March 23, 2021
This is obviously an attempt to imply that whites are overrepresented in mass shootings, despite the fact that, according to Statista, “Broadly speaking, the racial distribution of mass shootings mirrors the racial distribution of the U.S. population as a whole.”
Statista: "Broadly speaking, the racial distribution of mass shootings mirrors the racial distribution of the U.S. population as a whole." https://t.co/6vXrPdE9Gb pic.twitter.com/oTYkIY39og
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 23, 2021
Twitter itself also spread misinformation by featuring a trending panel which described the Boulder shooter as a white male.
The "white" guy who is called Ahmad. pic.twitter.com/obP0k3xU6G
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 23, 2021
Another journalist who describes his role as “Debunking misinformation/fake news,” literally spread the same misinformation and fake news.
.@RizviUzair: "Debunking misinformation/fake news"#Boulder pic.twitter.com/lkMbHncVvH
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) March 23, 2021
After claiming that the shooter wasn’t killed by cops because he was white, upon his identity being revealed, Amy Siskind subsequently demanded that people stop talking about it.
when you find out the shooter’s name is Ahmad Al-Issa but you’re woke pic.twitter.com/RQE3wyhqjr
— Ashley StClair (@stclairashley) March 23, 2021
Numerous other leftists claimed the shooter was white before his identity was made public.
This narrative really isn't going to age well. pic.twitter.com/8qX8to0p2K
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 23, 2021
— CheckmarksPostingLs (@CheckmarkLs) March 23, 2021
— I,Hypocrite (@lporiginalg) March 23, 2021
This didn't age well. The shooter has been identified as 21-year-old Ahmad Al-Issa. pic.twitter.com/G1wNOtMfgF
— LivePDDave (@LivePDDave1) March 23, 2021
Ahmad Al-Issa. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
Be prepared for the barrage of “not all Arabs are terrorists” tweets from the people below: #Boulder pic.twitter.com/bz4iERczCn
— I Am Leah (@Bossy_Leah) March 23, 2021
Others are even doubling down, claiming that Middle Eastern men called Ahmad are white.
Islamists from the Middle East called Ahmad are now counted as white. We can't catch a break! https://t.co/Bk1BH8rdlw
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 23, 2021
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