{"id":1405125,"date":"2022-03-28T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405125"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:14:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:14:45","slug":"cnn-analyst-says-oscar-crowd-indifference-to-violence-has-you-know-who-parallel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analyst-says-oscar-crowd-indifference-to-violence-has-you-know-who-parallel\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Analyst Says Oscar Crowd Indifference To Violence Has You-Know-Who Parallel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-analyst-says-oscar-crowd-indifference-to-violence-has-you-know-who-parallel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1405125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1068169262.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On\u00a0 Sunday night, after the viral moment at the Oscars in which Will Smith hit Chris Rock after Rock had made a joke about Smith\u2019s wife Jada, CNN\u2019s Asha Rangappa explained that the indifference to the violence from the Oscar crowd had parallels to former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Rangappa, who also serves as senior lecturer at Yale University\u2019s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, tweeted, \u201cSo did like anyone walk out after that happened??? Or are we getting an independent psychological case study on how Trump got normalized?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So did like anyone walk out after that happened??? Or are we getting an independent psychological case study on how Trump got normalized?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/1508292162814763025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, after there were reports from an Associated Press journalist that a \u00a0pilot on a Southwest Airlines flight had signed off his announcement for passengers, \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon,\u201d Rangappa compared the pilot to an ISIS sympathizer. She tweeted, \u201cAs an experiment, I\u2019d love for an\u00a0@SouthwestAir\u00a0pilot to say \u2018Long live ISIS\u2019 before taking off. My guess is that 1) the plane would be immediately grounded; 2) the pilot fired; and 3) a statement issued by the airline within a matter of hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As an experiment, I\u2019d love for an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthwestAir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SouthwestAir<\/a> pilot to say \u201cLong live ISIS\u201d before taking off. My guess is that 1) the plane would be immediately grounded; 2) the pilot fired; and 3) a statement issued by the airline within a matter of hours<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/1454617599854080003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In August 2020, Rangappa attacked former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, whose ancestry is also from India. Haley had stated at Republican National Convention that America is not a racist country. Rangappa then mocked Haley for using the name Nikki instead of her first name, \u201cNimrata.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Right. Is that why you went from going by Nimrata to &#8220;Nikki&#8221;? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/buGFcY48gQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/buGFcY48gQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/1298312917113339904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/08\/the-principles-of-cnns-asha-rangappa\/\">National Review<\/a> noted, \u201cRangappa\u2019s attack might have worked, if it weren\u2019t the case that \u2018Nikki\u2019 is Haley\u2019s middle name, and a traditional Punjabi name at that. This isn\u2019t some well-guarded secret that it would\u2019ve been difficult for Rangappa to ascertain, either; Haley has both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbNikkiHaley\/status\/998051865433640966\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0and written about going by \u2018Nikki.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s 2012 memoir states, \u201c\u2019Nimrata\u2019 is my given name, but I have spent my whole life as Nikki. Some have accused me of creating the name \u2018Nikki,\u2019 to sound American, but on my birth certificate it says \u2018Nimrata Nikki Randhawa.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the target of her scorn, Rangappa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/world.yale.edu\/faculty\/asha_rangappa\">also goes<\/a>\u00a0by her middle name,\u201d National Review pointed out. \u201cAfter being called out for it, Rangappa attempted to defend herself by doubling down on her misrepresentation of Haley\u2019s remarks.\u201d Rangappa tweeted, \u201cYes\u2026that\u2019s the whole point. Indians go by more easily pronounceable (and often anglicized) names you avoid racist BS. Which contradicts Nikki\u2019s claim that there is \u2018no racism.\u2019 Thanks for making my point with your big \u2018gotcha\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes\u2026that\u2019s the whole point. Indians go by more easily pronounceable (and often anglicized) names you avoid racist BS. Which contradicts Nikki\u2019s claim that there is \u201cno racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for making my point with your big \u201cgotcha\u201d! \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWch1rxCJ7\">https:\/\/t.co\/bWch1rxCJ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/1298352503256502274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group South Asians for Biden also targeted Haley but later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAforBiden\/status\/1298328385152851968\">apologized<\/a>\u00a0for its \u201ctone\u201d but Rangappa took a different path. Washington Free Beacon<em>\u00a0<\/em>reporter Alex Nester contacted Yale University for comment, prompting Rangappa to tweet to her over 600,000 Twitter followers to \u201cfeel free to respond\u201d to Nester after posting an email screenshot which had Nester\u2019s phone number and email.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blasting out someone\u2019s cell phone &#038; telling your 600k followers to respond to her is likely a violation of Twitter\u2019s rules. Asha is doing this because she\u2019s Mad Online about being caught in lies about Nikki Haley (whose middle name is Nikki &#038; whose family always called her that). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IbznLwqfMx\">https:\/\/t.co\/IbznLwqfMx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRBhcJbpy3\">pic.twitter.com\/zRBhcJbpy3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1298437803479429123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not great! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrxRsdEZbn\">pic.twitter.com\/TrxRsdEZbn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1298445662166691840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley then called Rangappa out, tweeting, \u201cIt is a disgrace that @CNN and @Yale\u00a0 promote someone who would bully &#038; attack a 22-year old just because she rightly called out her error. I\u2019m proud of @alexnester2020 for using the power of her voice &#038; having courage to accurately report hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a disgrace that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Yale<\/a> promote someone who would bully &#038; attack a 22-year old just because she rightly called out her error. I\u2019m proud of @alexnester2020 for using the power of her voice &#038; having courage to accurately report hypocrisy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8qcriZltc0\">https:\/\/t.co\/8qcriZltc0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1298995164199886850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rangappa then whined that Nester was an \u201cintern who presented herself as a reporter\u201d and \u201ctried to Karen me at my job.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter made me delete the tweet of the public-facing contact form I posted of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FreeBeacon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FreeBeacon<\/a> intern who presented herself as a reporter and tried to Karen me at my job. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>Getting a Twitter warning felt like the first time I got detention as a senior in high school! \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc83\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/1298458229836570625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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