Mediaite Contributing Editor Larry O’Connor recently penned an opinion piece on Mediate.com. An excerpt of his latest article, A Muslim Girl in Virginia WAS Actually Chased By A Vehicle And Killed… But By An Illegal Immigrant, is below:
All of political punditry is buzzing over the controversial television ad released by a group called Latino Victory Fund on behalf of the campaign of Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat running for Governor of Virginia.
Ironically, the horrific, make-believe crime depicted in the ad mirrors an actual crime in Sterling, VA where the victim was a young Muslim girl wearing a hijab.
The ad, as we described earlier today, depicts a white man driving a pick-up truck with a Confederate battle flag flying alongside a “Gillespie for Governor” sticker on its rear bumper. Minority children, including a young girl wearing a hijab, run for their lives in a peaceful neighborhood as the truck speeds through the streets trying to mow them down. The voice over at the conclusion of the horrific scene intones “Is this what Donald Trump and Ed Gillespie mean by ‘the American dream?’” as they implore voters to “Reject Hate” on election day next week. [Read More]
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