WH Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre Repeats False Claim Michael Knowles Called For ‘Eradication Of Transgender People’
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre Falsely stated during Friday’s Daily Wire host press briefing Michael Knowles Designed for the “eradication of transgender people” During a speech at CPAC.
Jean-Pierre made reference to Knowles’ speech on Saturday, when he called upon the media for the “eradication” Radical gender ideology. Many left-wing media outlets initially claimed Knowles was for them, just like Jean-Pierre. “eradication” Several people and not one ideology later corrected their reporting. But Jean-Pierre said, in a misrepresentation of Knowles’ words that the White House must “call out the shameful, hateful, and dangerous attacks that we have been seeing on the LGBTQI community.”
“Look, it started with a speaker at a conservative conference calling for the eradication of transgender people; language that not a single national Republican leader has condemned,” Jean-Pierre claimed.
Jean-Pierre claims @michaeljknowles This was “calling for the eradication of transgender people” CPAC pic.twitter.com/uvjcmQvTjK
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) March 10, 2023
Jean-Pierre was questioned by Knowles on Twitter. “why are you lying about what I said?”
.@PressSecWhy are you lying about my words? pic.twitter.com/xxhCeoPRHA
— Michael Knowles, falsehood eradicator (@michaeljknowles) March 10, 2023
During the CPAC Speech Knowles argued He argued that gender ideology was based on false assumptions about the human condition. It could not be imposed upon or indulged in in any context without these premises. This, he claimed, undermines the foundations and stability of society.
“For the good of society and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely, the whole preposterous ideology — at every level,” Knowles .
Left-wing outlets as well as Democrat politicians quickly reacted to Knowles’ speech. They misinterpreted his comments and thought he was targeting individuals, not an ideological ideology. The Daily Wire Rapidly demanded Rolling Stone, Yahoo News and The Daily Beast retractions and apologies for their coverage of his speech.
The Daily Beast changed the headline that stated Knowles was calling for the “transgender community” To reflect the request of the podcast host, it should be removed “transgenderism,” People who are not transgender do not believe so. Rolling Stone also made similar updates.
Knowles: Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson stated Monday night that the media headlines had surprised him, as was a California lawmaker who claimed he called for his arrest. “genocide.”
“I have been called all sorts of nasty things by the liberal press, Tucker, so I tend to expect everything,” Knowles began, conceding, “But I have to admit being accused of genocide did take me by surprise.”
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