Thursday, June 11, 2009

Conservatives link Obama's purported "class warfare," "positioning America against the Jewish state" to Holocaust Museum shooting

































Conservatives link Obama's purported "class warfare," "positioning America against the Jewish state" to Holocaust Museum shooting

SUMMARY: Several media conservatives have criticized President Obama for creating an "environment" and "climate" that helped foster the recent shooting at the Holocaust Museum.


In their reactions to the June 10 shooting at the Holocaust Museum, several conservatives in the media have criticized President Obama for creating an "environment" and "climate" that helped foster the shooting. For instance, financial analyst and radio host Jim Lacamp said on Fox News that "we have an administration that's really done a lot of class warfare, a lot of class-baiting. And so, it sets the stage for social unrest"; syndicated radio host Tammy Bruce repeatedly claimed that the Obama administration's "increasing anti-Israel rhetoric and the pandering to the Jew-hating world Arab world ... encourages all the beasts among us"; and Newsmax.com posted a column claiming that "[i]t is no coincidence that we are witnessing this level of hatred toward Jews as President Barack Obama positions America against the Jewish state."

During the June 10 edition of Fox News' Your World, Lacamp said that the Obama administration has engaged in "class warfare" and in "a lot of class-baiting," which he said he's "very concerned about moving forward":