{"id":555836,"date":"2021-06-07T16:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555836"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:20:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:20:59","slug":"msnbcs-brian-williams-equates-antifa-with-d-day-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-brian-williams-equates-antifa-with-d-day-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"MSNBC\u2019s Brian Williams Equates Antifa With D-Day Veterans"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmsnbcs-brian-williams-equates-antifa-with-d-day-veterans%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=555836&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1162230746.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On the eve of the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, MSNBC aired an ad from The Lincoln Project that called the soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy members of \u201cAntifa\u201d \u2014 the left-wing group responsible for mass political violence nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Williams closed Friday\u2019s edition of \u201cThe 11th Hour\u201d by showing a portion of the ad, which opens by asking, \u201cWho is Antifa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams presented the video as a patriotic homage to the Greatest Generation.\u201cLast thing before we go tonight, an important anniversary [is] coming up this weekend,\u201d Williams said. \u201cWe hope you can take a moment and remember it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to call Operation Overlord \u201cbeyond bold; it was outlandish. Over 150,000 men invad[ed] the French coastline under withering German fire to begin their march across Europe, where they would go on to win World War II 336 days later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile others will debate whether or not we could possibly mount such a thing today as broken as we are, there was a time when we saved the world from tyranny and fascism,\u201d Williams continued. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t our finest hour, it\u2019s hard to say what was. And the folks at The Lincoln Project are out with a reminder to all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A portion of the ad transcript praised by Williams reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p>They stormed the beaches of Normandy, parachuted into the French countryside, and gave their lives to face down and fight back against fascism. They took down Nazi machine gun nests, tore apart the Third Reich strongholds, liberated concentration camps, liberated France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, anywhere Antifa saw fascism they fearlessly, and relentlessly, annihilated it. Fascism was defeated because of patriots like these \u2014 proud Americans who knew that the fight against fascists was not simply a battle between opposing nations, it was a war against humanity, a war that isn\u2019t nice but cannot be lost. A war we still fight today.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the narrator says the word \u201ctoday,\u201d the ad abruptly switches to footage of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The ad then returns to scenes from liberated France and Germany as the narrator intones, \u201cAnti-fascism: It\u2019s not a cable news talking point. It\u2019s an American ideal that should be memorialized, because it was paid for in blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad closes with a picture of a U.S. military cemetery \u2014 and, of course, a link to donate to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/deplorable-and-predatory-behavior-the-lincoln-project-condemns-cofounder-after-nyt-reports-he-allegedly-sexually-harassed-14-year-old-boy\">scandal-plagued Lincoln Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Real Antifa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xtLXDTxJsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The attempt to whitewash or sanitize Antifa, a violent group of anarchist street thugs, is not exactly new. Last year, National Public Radio\u2019s national political correspondent, Mara Liasson, retweeted a map of the D-Day invasion with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maraliasson\/status\/1269390712291893248\">words<\/a>, \u201cBiggest antifa rally in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the violent clashes in Charlottesville, CNN\u2019s Don Lemon defended Antifa on the basis of its name, rather than its actions. \u201cIt says it right in the name: Antifa. Anti-fascism,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2018\/08\/28\/don_lemon_defends_antifa_no_organization_is_perfect.html\">said<\/a>. \u201cNo organization\u2019s perfect. There was some violence. No one condones violence, but there were different reasons for Antifa and for these neo-Nazis to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN\u2019s \u201cUnited Shades of America,\u201d interviewed two members of Antifa in Portland and seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-host-praises-antifa-violence-yes-people-get-hurt\">excused their violence<\/a>. \u201cLook, this fighting for democracy and against fascism thing has always been a messy business,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd, yes, people get hurt, property gets damaged, and things get confusing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When those on the Left aren\u2019t glorifying Antifa, they\u2019re busy denying its existence. At the first presidential debate last October, Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-claims-biden-debate-largely-accurate-here-are-14-false-claims-by-biden\">asserted<\/a> that \u201cAntifa is an idea, not an organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Antifa exists in loosely organized groups, and \u201ctheir methods are often violent,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/18\/us\/unmasking-antifa-anti-fascists-hard-left\/index.html\">according<\/a> to CNN. \u201cAntifa leaders admit they\u2019re willing to physically attack anyone who \u2026 condones racism,\u201d as Antifa defines it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, violently attacking people for their thoughts are tactics employed by the actual fascists. The brown shirts physically <a href=\"https:\/\/fcit.usf.edu\/holocaust\/resource\/document\/DOCNAC8.htm\">broke up political meetings<\/a> held by the Nazis\u2019 political enemies.<\/p>\n<p>A total of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/d-day-casualties-deaths-allies\">2,501 Americans<\/a> were killed and 10,000 wounded on D-Day itself, not counting our Allies.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a term for trying to equate Antifa street rioters with the young men who liberated Europe from the scourge of Nazism at the expense of their own lives: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/08\/19\/army-veteran-gets-12-months-prison-time-for-stolen-valor\/\">stolen valor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, MSNBC aired an ad from The Lincoln Project that called the soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy members &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279506,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1162230746.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"MSNBC\u2019s Brian Williams Equates Antifa With D-Day Veterans","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1162230746.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"MSNBC\u2019s Brian Williams Equates Antifa With D-Day Veterans","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555836","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=555836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}