A controversial commentator said she was fired from The Hill for suppressing anti-Israel rhetoric.
Brianna Joy Gray Criticized The action was made on Thursday from her official social media account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“It promotes ignorance and anti-Semitism.”
“It’s finally happened. The Hill has fired me. There is no doubt that @RisingTheHill has a clear pattern of suppressing speech, especially when it comes to criticizing the state of Israel,” Gray wrote.
She added: “It was only a matter of time before I was fired.”
Gray is Condemned Wednesday, interview She met with the family of a victim of the horrific terror attack perpetrated by Hamas militants in Israel on October 7. She appeared to make light of the horrors described, at one point rolling her eyes at the woman.
“We really hope that people will believe us, especially when they say that the woman was injured,” Yarden Gonen said in an interview, a request that Gray mocked.
After she was fired, Mentioned He accused Gonen of being a “genocidal Zionist propagandist.”
Her job insecurity sparked a lot of ridicule on social media.
“You should feel the same satisfaction that any social scientist feels in moments like this: a long-running experiment to determine exactly how much open anti-Semitism your employer will tolerate has finally reached a conclusion.” Responded Dan McLaughlin of National Review.
“Imagine how ignorant and anti-Semitic you have to be to be fired from a job that rewards ignorance and anti-Semitism. She was simply overqualified.” Reply Commentary editor Abe Greenwald.
“She’s the perfect Palestinian: She creates trouble, doesn’t take responsibility for her actions, blames others and plays the victim to ask for support.” I have written Free Beacon contributor Noah Pollak.
Prior to the interview, Gray posted a letter that many found outrageous for its descriptions of Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip.
“The Zionists said, ‘Look, sometimes we have to kill Arab children to maintain a Jewish majority. I don’t make the rules,'” she says. Posts June 1.
Gray previously served as national press secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)’s 2020 presidential campaign and was known for responding forcefully to criticism from supporters of then-candidate Joe Biden.
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