{"id":1716734,"date":"2022-10-30T08:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1716734"},"modified":"2022-10-30T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T12:18:49","slug":"npr-affiliate-hacks-try-to-tie-elise-stefanik-to-paul-pelosi-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-affiliate-hacks-try-to-tie-elise-stefanik-to-paul-pelosi-attacker\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR-Affiliate Hacks Try to Tie Elise Stefanik to Paul Pelosi Attacker"},"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%2Fnpr-affiliate-hacks-try-to-tie-elise-stefanik-to-paul-pelosi-attacker%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=1716734&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>Leftist hacks at a National Public Radio affiliate spewed wild hyperbole at a GOP congresswoman by arbitrarily connecting her to the \u201cnudist activist\u201d who attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"image-blog_image_50_ img-fluid blog-img\" data-insert-attach=\"{\" id \/> Congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/stefanik.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1586051536831926272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0Oct. 28 following the attack on Paul Pelosi that she wished for \u201ca full recovery\u201d for him \u201cfrom this absolutely horrific violent attack\u201d in his home. Pelosi was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/pelosi-attacker-was-nudist-girlfriend-named-gypsy-made-hemp-jewelry-1755591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> taken to a hospital where he underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/oct\/29\/what-we-know-about-nudist-activist-and-conspiracy-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a>. Stefanik said the suspect, identified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-10-28\/pelosi-attack-suspect-david-depape-shared-conspiracy-theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David DePape<\/a>, \u201cshould be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Country Public Radio<\/a> reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/reporters\/76\/zach-hirsch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zach Hirsch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586094999569321984?s=20&#038;t=JGJJDzZ-cpgJJwHIGZRFFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quote-tweeted<\/a> Stefanik just over two hours later: \u201csome context here is needed.\u201d Here was the extent of Hirsch\u2019s so-called \u201ccontext\u201d on Stefanik\u2019s condolences: Stefanik, according to Hirsh\u2019s asinine argument, bears indirect responsibility for the attack because she verbally opposes Speaker Pelosi and her policies. Common sense be damned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Wishing a full recovery for Paul from this absolutely horrific violent attack.<\/p>\n<p>This criminal should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Grateful to law enforcement for their important work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1586051536831926272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NCPR News Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/reporters\/2\/david-sommerstein\">David Sommerstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidncpr\/status\/1586343122526941184?s=20&#038;t=JGJJDzZ-cpgJJwHIGZRFFw\">promoted<\/a> Hirsch\u2019s nutty logic by being more direct: \u201c [Stefanik] denounces violent political acts. But her day-to-day rhetoric may contribute to it.\u201d This isn\u2019t journalism. It\u2019s fallacious, leftist tabloid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/support\/whopays.html\">nonsense<\/a> funded in part by both U.S. and New York State taxpayers. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 (R) Rapid Response Director <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\">Christina Pushaw<\/a>\u00a0ripped Sommerstein\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1586348393235873794?s=20&#038;t=JGJJDzZ-cpgJJwHIGZRFFw\">propaganda<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter: \u201cSo by this logic @davidncpr who was responsible for the congressional baseball game shooter who stated that he was trying to kill republicans and almost killed Scalise?\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EliseStefanik<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepStefanik<\/a> denounces violent political acts. But her day-to-day rhetoric may contribute to it. An important thread from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zdhirsch<\/a> who\u2019s reported on Stefanik all year for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ncpr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ncpr<\/a> \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jODAJ2RTa9\">https:\/\/t.co\/jODAJ2RTa9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Sommerstein (@davidncpr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidncpr\/status\/1586343122526941184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cStefanik regularly blasts Nancy Pelosi with increasingly harsh and personal attacks,\u201d railed Hirsch in a babbling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586095002920243201?s=20&#038;t=JGJJDzZ-cpgJJwHIGZRFFw\">tweet thread<\/a> promoting his \u201ccontext.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586095007500587009?s=20&#038;t=JGJJDzZ-cpgJJwHIGZRFFw\">continued<\/a>: \u201cTo be clear, there is no evidence that Stefanik directly inspired this any other act of violence. The point is that political rhetoric has real-world consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After pontificating about the dangers of \u201cpolitical rhetoric,\u201d Hirsch then did a 180-degree turn and smeared Stefanik by comparing her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/business\/joseph-vazquez\/2022\/05\/26\/gross-washpost-exploits-buffalo-massacre-wokescold\">position on illegal immigration<\/a> to the self-proclaimed white supremacist mass shooter suspect in Buffalo, New York:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/15\/us\/payton-gendron-buffalo-shooting-suspect-what-we-know\/index.html\">Payton Gendron<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Stefanik regularly blasts Nancy Pelosi with increasingly harsh and personal attacks. \u201cThere is a reason Nancy Pelosi is the most disliked elected official in America,\u201d Stefanik said last year, before accusing Pelosi of a false, widely debunked conspiracy theory &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Hirsch (@zdhirsch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586095002920243201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hirsch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586095012424867840?s=20&#038;t=JGJJDzZ-cpgJJwHIGZRFFw\">harrumphed<\/a> that Stefanik&#8217;s campaign posted ads last year \u201caccusing Democrats of planning an insurrection by supposedly <strong>granting amnesty to immigrants<\/strong> who will \u2018overthrow our current electorate.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Hirsch conveniently left out the \u201ccontext\u201d that Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/572645-stefanik-in-new-ad-says-democrats-want-permanent-election-insurrection\/\">was talking specifically about<\/a> illegal immigration in those ads, not immigration writ-large: \u201c\u2018[Democrats\u2019] plan to grant amnesty to 11 MILLION <strong>illegal immigrants<\/strong> will overthrow our current electorate and create a permanent liberal majority in Washington,\u2019\u201d Stefanik\u2019s ad said.<\/p>\n<p>But Hirsch, blowing past any glaring fallacy roadblocks, tried to malign Stefanik\u2019s logical stance against illegal immigration by claiming it \u201cclosely resembled the white supremacist replacement theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uh, what?<\/p>\n<p>Hirsch\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586095017344393217?s=20&#038;t=WfrL2XX15R28rphOqzhumA\">logic continued<\/a> its downward spiral:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the spring, a white gunman opened fire in a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10 Black people. Prior to the shooting, he appears to have written about that same theory. Stefanik denounced the violence, but then doubled down on the language in her campaign ads.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Newsflash Hirsch: Being against illegal immigration because it\u2019s illegal has nothing to do with the \u201cgreat replacement theory\u201d or the reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/15\/us\/payton-gendron-buffalo-shooting-suspect-what-we-know\/index.html\">white supremacist views of an alleged mass murderer<\/a>.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>In the spring, a white gunman opened fire in a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10 Black people. Prior to the shooting, he appears to have written about that same theory. Stefanik denounced the violence, but then doubled down on the language in her campaign ads.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Hirsch (@zdhirsch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdhirsch\/status\/1586095017344393217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stefanik campaign Senior Adviser Alex DeGrasse tore into NCPR for pushing dangerous propaganda in comments shared to the Media Research Center:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Taxpayer funded NCPR &#8211; without a shred of evidence &#8211; disgracefully claims that Congresswoman Stefanik is responsible for the attack on Paul Pelosi just because she opposes Pelosi\u2019s policies. They refuse to cover the violent leftist rhetoric which led to an assassination attempt on a Supreme Court Justice. This is deranged and dangerous, they should and will be defunded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img alt=\"\" class=\"image-blog_image_100_ img-fluid blog-img\" data-insert-attach=\"{\" id \/> <strong><em>Conservatives are under attack.<\/em><\/strong><em> Contact your <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find-your-representative\"><em>representative<\/em><\/a><em> in Congress and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/assembly.state.ny.us\/mem\/\"><em>the New York State Assembly<\/em><\/a><em> and demand they #DefundNCPR.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist hacks at a National Public Radio affiliate spewed wild hyperbole at a GOP congresswoman by arbitrarily connecting her to the \u201cnudist activist\u201d who attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1716738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716734","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1716734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1716734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1716734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1716734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1716734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}