Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was tapped to write the profile for the four Women’s March organizers honored in the 2017 iteration of the TIME 100.
Kirsten Gillibrand (Getty Images)
“It was an honor to write about them,” the New York Democrat included when she tweeted out the story, yet her followers quickly picked up on something she might have forgotten.
Namely, that one of the women — Linda Sarsour — has family ties to terrorist groups. (RELATED: Women’s March Organizer Arrested Outside Trump Tower)
Linda Sarsour (Getty Images)
Oh, and the fact that she’s a vocal advocate for the implementation of Sharia Law.
#WomensMarch organizer LInda Sarsour wishes she could take @Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s (a victim of female genital mutilation) vagina away#Feminism pic.twitter.com/5oTo78hh5X
— Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) January 26, 2017
Here’s Gillibrand’s original tweet…
The four exceptional organizers of the @womensmarch are on the 2017 #TIME100. It was an honor to write about them. https://t.co/c1M4VbDgJm pic.twitter.com/QR1FY6oyF3
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) April 20, 2017
… and the deluge of less than appreciative responses.
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch So you stand with an avowed Sharia enthusiast? That’s a bold strategy.
— Will (@Oil_Guns_Merica) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch The one on the right wants to remove Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s genitalia.https://t.co/aR89ipGq8e
— Plimouth MA (@PlimouthMA) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch Except for the broad on the right.
— stubbornone1 (@stubbornone1) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch You should try researching @lsarsour sometime. Might learn something. I look forward to this tweet one day destroying your presidential run.
— The Mental Recession (@rustyweiss74) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch Linda Sarsour is a terrorist.
Shame on you, but not surprised.
Hacks gonna hack.— Deplorabus unum (@LaganoNl) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch Disappointed in you. Linda Sarsour embraces convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh & campaigns for others. There’s no honor there. pic.twitter.com/H67AyORmKV
— (((kweansmom))) (@kweansmom) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch When will you write and March for the little girls suffering genital mutilation, in the name of religion,happening right here in the US
— Shannon K (@shannyk36) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch My wife= a mother of 2, works full time, runs 2 clubs & manages our household, etc. She didn’t need to march to show how exceptional she is.
— Cash Tumbles (@CashTumbles) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch The one on the right said she wants to remove Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s genitalia.https://t.co/aR89ipGq8e
— Plimouth MA (@PlimouthMA) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch What a hypocrite u are 2 b involved in a march against misogyny yet u applaud someone who promotes sharia law, the most evil of all systems
— MissingLinx (@LinxMissing) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch Is this just the naivety of privileged ignoramuses, or is this conscious treason? Sarsour is no suffragist, do you really still not get it?
— Ikbenerooknog (@HappyKaffer) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch Talk about a war on women and hang with a sharia slave is nuts.
— Zanne (@ZoomZanne) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch Talk about a war on women and hang with a sharia slave is nuts.
— Zanne (@ZoomZanne) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch You are so out of touch. Since when are TERRORISTS honorable?! Shame on you @SenGillibrand
— Michele Bryan (@wyllyf) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch This probably did not turn out as you expected it to. Unless of course you meant to promote genital mutilation and terrorism.
— Faye Donnelly (@B_stealmyheart) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch You support an anti-Semitic sharia loving woman who believes women are 2nd class citizens. Epic.
— chrissy smythe (@SmytheChrissy) April 20, 2017
@SenGillibrand @womensmarch That’s real nice, Sugartits. Real nice. All I can see, though, is a marathon orgy with those babes. Lots of Viagra for the limp noodle!
— Steeve Bannon (@steeve_bannon) April 20, 2017
The one on the far-right is an anti-Semitic jihad booster who said she wants to remove Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s genitalia. https://t.co/j37PHDaGf2
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 20, 2017
Whoops.
