{"id":1628883,"date":"2022-09-01T03:02:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1628883"},"modified":"2022-09-01T03:06:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T07:06:07","slug":"democrat-running-to-unseat-ron-johnson-labeled-trump-a-russian-spy-called-to-free-palestine-in-extreme-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-running-to-unseat-ron-johnson-labeled-trump-a-russian-spy-called-to-free-palestine-in-extreme-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Running To Unseat Ron Johnson Labeled Trump A \u2018Russian Spy,\u2019 Called To \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 In Extreme Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fdemocrat-running-to-unseat-ron-johnson-labeled-trump-a-russian-spy-called-to-free-palestine-in-extreme-tweets%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=1628883&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--><p>While Republican lawmakers such as Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson have been labeled by the corporate media as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/testy-sen-ron-johnson-claims-122744718.html\">extremist<\/a>,\u201d or others such as former President Donald Trump have been banned from social media, the same does not apply to those on the other side of the political aisle. <\/p>\n<p>Leaders of the Democratic Party openly voice radical opinions on Big Tech platforms without garnering the same backlash. <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelabarnes.com\/\">Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes<\/a> \u2014 the current lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and Johnson\u2019s opponent for the fall midterm election \u2014 is a perfect example. <\/p>\n<p>One Twitter account that goes by \u201cFoiaFan\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/15poundstogo\/status\/1564070080236949504\">created<\/a> a thread of Barnes\u2019 \u201cradical\u201d tweets on Sunday, and there are some doozies. In May 2021, for instance, Barnes exposed his anti-Israel posture when he wrote, \u201cNormalize saying Free Palestine,\u201d a phrase that has been associated with the goal to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/11\/28\/cnn-commentator-calls-destruction-israel-will-liberals-rebuke\/\">erase the Jewish state from existence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"UqQDjWBEhJAOwc68p01Cb2IMekfL5dzg34SZ9lNtF7PaYmxvGTiRKnoXsyu\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m having trouble deciding which of Mandela Barnes\u2019s old tweets are the most radical. Please choose one or two and explain your choice. Option one: \u201cFree Palestine.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHrgahkyD6\">pic.twitter.com\/fHrgahkyD6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FoiaFan (@15poundstogo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/15poundstogo\/status\/1564070080236949504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Speaking of anti-Israeli, Barnes showed \u201clove to\u201d to squad member and Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar \u201cin the face of this deliberately misleading, racist and xenophobic aggression.\u201d In so doing, he propped up a radical lawmaker who has repeatedly expressed antisemitic viewpoints, conspiracy theories, and socialist sympathies.<\/p>\n<p>His tweet came in response to Omar\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1117129879420657665\">accusation<\/a> that the nation\u2019s \u201ccore beliefs\u201d were threatened by how the Trump administration \u201cwould rather cage children than pass comprehensive immigration reform,\u201d a baseless accusation and lie that Barnes perpetuated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-39-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-39-edited.png 456w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-39-edited-225x300-1.png 225w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Barnes\u2019 lies about the former administration weren\u2019t limited to immigration policy. In February 2017, he jumped into the Russia hoax when he tweeted without evidence, \u201cDonald Trump is a Russian spy. Believe me,\u201d a classic fake narrative of the corrupt <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/donald-trump-really-russian-spy-134829881.html\">corporate media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-29-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278413\" width=\"580\" height=\"298\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Barnes has also made a habit of policing speech, especially when it comes to discussing illegal immigration. Here\u2019s Barnes in 2015, dumbfounded that somebody would ever say \u201cillegal alien\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-31-edited-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278416\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-31-edited-1.png 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-31-edited-1-300x225-1.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>When former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker used the term \u201cillegal alien\u201d in 2018 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2018\/nov\/02\/scott-walker\/walker-scores-illegal-aliens-claim-against-evers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PolitiFact<\/a> sicced its bogus \u201ctruth-o-meter\u201d on him, Barnes clapped back: \u201cThe debate here shouldn\u2019t be whether the claim is true or not. It should be whether using the term \u2018illegal alien\u2019 is racist fearmongering or not. Which is definitely true.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more disturbing than the accurate term \u201cillegal alien\u201d is Barnes\u2019 apparent belief that immigrants who cross the border illegally must all share the same skin color \u2014 and that all the people who use the term also belong to one racial group. But people of all races and ethnicities use the phrase \u201cillegal alien,\u201d and likewise, people of all skin colors have entered the country illegally.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-32-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278418\" width=\"456\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-32-edited.png 769w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-32-edited-300x225-1.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In March of 2017, Barnes once again painted border-security concerns as racist, equating support for a border wall with \u201cxenophobia\u201d rather than engaging with Americans\u2019 actual concerns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-33-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278420\" width=\"641\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-33-edited.png 953w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-33-edited-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-33-edited-768x480-1.png 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2022\/aug\/29\/national-republican-senatorial-committee\/barnes-does-not-support-abolish-ice-movement\/\">reports<\/a> further expose Barnes\u2019 extremist views when it comes to immigration:  The Democratic Senate candidate supports abolishing ICE. This movement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afsc.org\/abolish-ice\">known for<\/a> accusing ICE of \u201cterrorizing our communities,\u201d seeks to erase the law enforcement agency in the name of human rights. Barnes was <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelabarnesforsenate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photographed<\/a> with an \u201cAbolish ICE\u201d T-shirt, showcasing his anti-border security and extremist immigration sentiments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-31-at-4.19.09-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-31-at-4.19.09-PM.png 597w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-31-at-4.19.09-PM-295x300-1.png 295w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last but certainly not least in the lineup of extreme Barnes tweets, the Wisconsin candidate wrote on the 11th anniversary of 9\/11, \u201cI have a problem with people that feel the need to mention \u2018Islamic\u2019 before terrorists when speaking on 9-11 \u2026looking at you Rudy Giuliani,\u201d downplaying the ideological radicalism that motivated the attack, which left nearly 3,000 people dead and thousands more injured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<p>Barnes\u2019 tweets make his viewpoints quite clear. It is now up to Wisconsinites this fall to decide whether he and his \u201cradical\u201d ideas will make their way to Capitol Hill. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Sophia is an intern at The Federalist and a student at Le Moyne College.  She majors in English and intends to pursue a career in journalism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-comments mt-30 mt-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-comments-container d-flex flex-column align-items-center py-30\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fdrlst-mark.svg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-20\" alt=\"The Federalist logo eagle mark\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p>Unlock commenting by joining the Federalist Community.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/plans\/pricing\/\" class=\"btn btn-on-white\">Subscribe<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Republican lawmakers such as Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson have been labeled by the corporate media as \u201cextremist,\u201d or others such as former President Donald Trump have been banned from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1289,"featured_media":1628885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1628883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}