Nation

Arizona 12 News retweets tweet attributing ‘America First’ slogan to Nazi sympathizers

Published

3 years ago

January 17, 2021

Arizona 12 News retweeted a tweet written by one of its producers yesterday attributing the slogan “America First,” popularized by President Donald Trump and his nationalist platform, to Nazi sympathizers and antisemites.

The tweet was posted by Hunter Bassler, producer and digital reporter for the local NBC-affiliate outlet.

A producer for the local @nbc affiliate in Phoenix has likened President Trump’s “America First” slogan to a saying made by Nazis. @12News re-tweeted his tweet. This disgusting and false attack by the media will not be tolerated. Delete immediately: @HunterBassler @brahmresnik. pic.twitter.com/gcfhCqVBXO
— Republican Party of Arizona (@AZGOP) January 17, 2021

“The Republican Party of Arizona again shares the ‘America First’ slogan, which was first popularized by antisemitic and Nazi sympathizer Americans in the 1930s,” Bassler tweeted Saturday morning.

After the Arizona Republican Party responded to his comments, Bassler took the tweet down with a half-apology.

I made an intemperate tweet earlier and I was wrong to do it. This is not the time or place in history to say things that inflame passions.

I have deleted the offending tweets.
— Hunter Bassler (@HunterBassler) January 17, 2021

“I made an intemperate tweet earlier and I was wrong to do it,” he tweeted early Sunday morning. “This is not the time or place in history to say things that inflame passions. I have deleted the offending tweets.”

The more concerning aspect, however, is that 12 News retweeted his inflammatory tweet.

There has been no post made by the news organization commenting on their decision to share the producer’s remarks.

Apparently to some in the Arizona news business, desiring higher wages, secure borders, better roads, safer neighborhoods, fairer trade deals, and less war means one sympathizes with Nazis. Sounds like they need a history class.

You can follow Ben Wilson on Twitter @BenDavisWilson

Immigration

BREAKING: Senate votes down both articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in party-line vote

Published

1 day ago

April 17, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

The Senate voted down two articles of impeachment Wednesday which alleged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas engaged in the “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had breached public trust.

What resulted in a party-line vote, began with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., proposing a point of order declaring the first article unconstitutional, to which the majority of senators agreed following several failed motions by Republicans. The article was deemed unconstitutional by a vote of 51-48, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting present.

Fox News reports:

Schumer’s point of order was proposed after his request for unanimous consent, which would have provided a set amount of time for debate among the senators, as well as votes on two GOP resolutions and a set amount of agreed upon points of order, was objected to by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

Schmitt stated in his objection that the Senate should conduct a full trial into the impeachment articles against Mayorkas, rather than the debate and points of order suggested by Schumer’s unanimous consent request, which would be followed by a likely successful motion to dismiss the articles.

Republican senators took issue with Schumer’s point of order, as agreeing to it would effectively kill the first of the two articles. Several GOP lawmakers proposed motions, which took precedence over the point of order, to adjourn or table the point, among other things. But all GOP motions failed.

After another batch of motions to avoid voting on Schumer’s second point of order, which would deem the second article unconstitutional, the Senate agreed to it. The vote was along party lines 51-49, with Murkowski rejoining the Republicans.