‘Complete garbage’: White House spokesman goes after media for refusing ‘to call out anti-Semitism’

Published August 20, 2019 4:29pm ET



White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley accused the media of being “disingenuous” for refusing “to call out anti-Semitism” during an interview on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom.

Gidley was discussing the recent debacle involving Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar who were supposed to travel to Israel last week. They did not end up going to the Middle East ally because the Israeli government barred them, after a public appeal from President Trump, citing their support of the boycott, divestment, and sanction movement.

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