Ann Coulter Has Racist Meltdown, Targets Asian And Jewish Reporters For Harassment
Here’s a shocking headline — right-wing provocateur and on-off Trump fan Ann Coulter is doing something racist.
In response to a Media Matters report on an ICE senior adviser who frequently shared her anti-immigrant columns that included bigoted rhetoric, Coulter went on the attack against the story’s writer, Eric Hananoki, and attacked him for being Asian-American.
An Asian is going to explain racism to us. Apparently it has nothing to do with black people. It’s all about IMMIGRANTS. https://t.co/8pWmtJYNq3
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
“An Asian is going to explain racism to us,” she wrote in one tweet. “Apparently it has nothing to do with black people. It’s all about IMMIGRANTS.”
And it went downhill from there. Coulter accused Hananoki of only caring about immigration because it was a “personal benefit” to him as an Asian.
Forget the Middle Passage, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights…. Racism is only about ASIAN IMMIGRANTS! — Eric Hananoki https://t.co/8pWmtJYNq3
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
I wonder if this position would be of any personal benefit to Eric Hananoki … https://t.co/tTo3qnQ8j3
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
Coulter, who has over two million Twitter followers, also posted Hananoki’s photo while sarcastically calling him “Racism Slayer” and wondering why anti-racist jobs go to Asians.
Hey, black people! Eric Hananoki will tell you what’s racist! pic.twitter.com/S8zjrHY5Sd
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
Have you ever noticed all the good anti-racism jobs are going to Asians?
Eric Hananoki: Racism Slayer! pic.twitter.com/vepzz79O77
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
After Hananoki’s colleague, senior fellow Matthew Gertz, came to his defense and noted that Coulter was having “another racist meltdown,” Coulter turned her attention to Gertz, calling him the “back-up Racism Slayer” while referencing his father.
Oh look! Our back-up Racism Slayer is … Matthew Gertz, whose father worked for slave wages in the Hedge Fund industry. https://t.co/vvnuihsPaH
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
Hey Matthew – couldn’t a black person do your job better? #WhitePrivilege
Racism Slayer, Matthew Gertz https://t.co/vvnuihsPaH
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
Oh! I just thought of a new civil right for you guys at Media Matters to celebrate: Asians & Jews who think they’re black. https://t.co/vvnuihsPaH
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
“Oh! I just thought of a new civil right for you guys at Media Matters to celebrate: Asians & Jews who think they’re black,” she added.
Meanwhile, Gertz noted that his father doesn’t work in the hedge fund industry and that Coulter knows exactly what she’s doing with her dog-whistles by signaling to her followers that he’s Jewish. And, just like clockwork, the anti-Semitic attacks began.
Update: They got the message. pic.twitter.com/vASEtppvQc
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 7, 2019
Others, including some associates of Gertz and Hananoki, soon weighed in and came to the conclusion that, indeed, Coulter was having a “racist meltdown.”
Good lord. Ann Coulter’s racist meltdown now includes “Asians & Jews” pic.twitter.com/dLKMLqsHFG
— Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) February 7, 2019
Would encourage folks to go to Ann Coulter’s feed & report the tweets in her racist meltdown targeting @ehananoki pic.twitter.com/wwaH6nxTMQ
— jordan (@JordanUhl) February 7, 2019
hey all, ann coulter is a humongous racist piece of shit
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) February 7, 2019
Ann Coulter is having a truly batshit racist meltdown right now, personally attacking former colleagues of mine.
So I’d just like to say: fuck Bill Maher for continuously inviting her on his show, and fuck every cable news network that’s ever invited her on their airwaves.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) February 7, 2019
ann coulter is racist scum and she should eat shit and stop tweeting photos of my colleagues to incite harassment
— Pam Vogel (@pamela_vogel) February 7, 2019
Reacting to Coulter’s tweets on Gertz and Hananoki, MMfA communications director Laura Allison Keiter told Contemptor the following:
“Ann Coulter is a bigot who openly embraces white supremacy and everyone knows it, which is why it’s such a concern — though completely unsurprising — that ICE senior adviser Jon Feere is a superfan of her work. Coulter’s racist immigration stance which has served as the inspiration for President Trump’s declaration that Mexicans are sending rapists, drug dealers and criminals into this country has also clearly informed ICE’s aggressive anti-immigrant posturing.”