On July 6, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra unfollowed the party’s official Twitter handle. The move allegedly came after TMC distanced itself and condemned the remarks by Moitra on Maa Kaali over a poster of the film where she was depicted as a cigarette-smoking Goddess.
When we checked the archived page of Moitra’s Twitter account on Archive.org, it showed the TMC leader used to follow two accounts. The earliest archive of her profile was available from June 27.
As per the archived profile of Mahua Moitra, she used to follow two accounts. Source: Archive.org
However, now Moitra only follows TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the social media platform.
Mahua only follows Mamata Banerjee on Twitter as of July 6, 2022. Source: Twitter
Moitra’s remarks and TMC’s reaction
On July 5, while speaking at India Today Conclave East 2022, Mahua Moitra made controversial remarks about Maa Kaali. She said for her, Maa Kali was a meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess. She added, “When you go to Sikkim, you will see that they offer whiskey to Goddess Kaali. But if you go to Uttar Pradesh, and if you tell them that you offer whiskey to the goddess as ‘prasad’, they will call it blasphemy.”
She further published a tweet where she claimed she did not support any film and asked people criticising her to visit Tarapith Temple. She wrote, “To all you sang his- lying will NOT make you better Hindus. I NEVER backed any film or poster or mentioned the word smoking. Suggest you visit my Maa Kali in Tarapith to see what food & drink is offered as bhog. Joy Ma Tara.”
TMC condemned Moitra’s remarks
Following her remarks, TMC quickly condemned the statement and distanced itself much before the controversy was further fired upon on the social media platform. In its statement, the party said, “The comments made by Mahua Moitra at the India Today Conclave East 2022 and her views expressed on Goddess Kali have been made in her personal capacity and are NOT ENDORSED BY THE PARTY in ANY MANNER OR FORM. All India Trinamool Congress strongly condemns such comments.”
Following TMC’s statement, Moitra published another tweet with the National Emblem without adding any comments.
The controversial documentary-film ‘Kaali’
On July 2, film director Leena Manimekalai announced the screening of her film Kaali with a poster depicting Maa Kaali smoking a cigarette. The poster attracted sharp criticism, and the chain of events led to the High Commission of India in Ottawa urging the local authorities to bar the film from screening. Furthermore, on July 5, Aga Khan Museum and Toronto Metropolitan University issued statements on the matter. While the Museum said the screening of the event had been stopped, the University removed the controversial film from the further screening of the program. Leena, whose first tweet on the film has been withheld in India after legal demand by the Government of India, has yet to issue any statement on the matter.
Islamists continue to issue threat to social media users for any hint of support for former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. In one such incident, one Ahmedabad based lawyers have received threats for life after he used an image of Nupur Sharma as his WhatsApp status picture for just three minutes.
The 32-year-old lawyer Krupal Raval had uploaded Nupur Sharma’s image as his WhatsApp status in last month, but had removed it in just three months. But even in that short duration, Islamists took note of it. Raval said that soon after he had removed the status, he received threats for ‘supporting’ Nupur Sharma.
Around two hours after he had removed the image, he received a message on WhatsApp from a person who abused him using derogatory language and asked him why he was supporting Nupur Sharma. Krupal replied back asking for person’s identity, but then blocked the number.
A few hours later, he received a call on his phone from an unidentified person, who threatened to kill him for supporting Nupur Sharma.
Following the incident, Krupal Raval lodged a complaint at the Sabarmati police on Tuesday. Based on the complaint, Sabarmati police have registered a case against the person issuing the threat under section 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) of the IPC.
Raval said that after Nupur Sharma and her family was getting death threats for her comments on Prophet Mohammad, he had decided to show her support for her and had uploaded her image as his WhatsApp status on June 13. Be he had removed it within three minutes thinking that it may hurt the sentiments of his Muslim friends.
After receiving the threat, he had left the city, and later lodged the complaint with the police. He also informed that he has learnt from a friend that a London-based person named Safin Gena had taken screenshot of his WhatsApp status and circulated the same on various groups, resulting in the threat.
Krupal Raval said that he is shaken following the incident, as Islamists have already killed two persons, Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur and Umesh Kolhe in Amravati, for social media messages in support of Nupur Sharma.
Days after Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur and Umesh Kolhe in Amravati were killed over social media posts in solidarity with Nupur Sharma, a frenzied Muslim mob in Arrah, Bihar, attacked a Hindu boy for posting a social media post in support of the former BJP leader.
Deepak, the victim, had shared a post on Facebook in support of Nupur Sharma that drew the ire of one Islamist named Raees, who responded to the social media post with indecent remarks. The matter escalated on Tuesday evening when the war of the words spilt onto the streets in the form of a fierce fistfight between Raees and Deepak, following which Raees brought 20 to 30 men to beat Deepak up. Reportedly, the Islamists also vandalised the tea shop owned by one Sonu Kumar Singh.
SDM Jyotinath Sahdev and Assistant Superintendent of Police Himanshu Kumar, along with hundreds of police officers, rushed to the spot after being informed about the mob attack. The police claim tensions have been pacified, and the current situation is normal. However, the entire area has been converted into a cantonment, and a large contingent of the police force has been deployed in the region in order to avoid further clashes.
“A case of a tea seller being beaten up has come to the fore. The situation is in control now. Officials are present here. The incident of beating which has happened, if an FIR is filed then there will be arrests too. If anything happens because of a social media post, it is subject to inquiry, everything will come during the investigation,” Himanshu Kumar told reporters.
Speaking about the incident, Rajkumar, DM, Arrah, said, “Some people were drinking tea in a shop. The conflict happened between 2 groups due to a Facebook post. The violence happened, and now the situation is under control.”
Kanhaiya Lal, Umesh Kolhe killed for sharing social media post in support of Nupur Sharma
The assault against the Hindu man comes close on the heels of fatal attacks against Kanhaiya Lal and Umesh Kolhe—two Hindu men killed for extending support to former BJP leader Nupur Sharma over her remarks on Prophet Muhammad—although comments made by her find resonance with authentic and reliable Islamic Hadiths.
On the night of 22nd June 2022, Chemist Umesh Kolhe was killed by some Islamists in Amravati of Maharashtra for allegedly sharing a social media post supporting former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Dr Yusuf Khan, Kolhe’s close friend, shared his social media post with another group called Rahebariya and informed his friends Sheikh Irrfan and others, and created hatred in their minds for Umesh Kolhe, resulting in the attack that led to his death.
Days later, on June 28, a Hindu man named Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, over an alleged post in favour of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The post was allegedly made by accident from Kanhaiya Lal’s phone by his 8-years-old son while playing a video game.
His neighbour Nazim filed a complaint against Kanhaiya Lal, following which he was arrested. Nazim also leaked Kanhaiya Lal’s number, photograph, and address to his community groups. After being released on bail, he continued to receive threats
The Jharkhand Police on Wednesday arrested IAS officer Syed Riyaz Ahmed for allegedly assaulting an IIT student in the Khunti district of Jharkhand. Ahmed who is currently posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate has been booked by the Police under sections 354A and 509 of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the reports, the accused was taken into custody on Monday night after a case was lodged at the women’s police station. The IIT student who registered the complaint stated that she was working as an intern at Khunti and was sexually harassed by IAS officer Syed Riyaz Ahmed who is Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) there.
यौन शोषण के मामले में खूंटी के अनुमंडल पदाधिकारी सैय्यद रियाज अहमद को गिरफ्तार कर जेल भेज दिया गया है। pic.twitter.com/4z4MYy9IHj
Narrating the incident, the victim stated that she was part of a group of eight IIT students who were invited by the Khunti district administration for a summer internship. The team reached Khunti on June 14. According to the victim, the incident is said to have happened on July 1 when the students were invited by the accused to his home. “On 1 July, all the students were invited by SDO Riyaz Ahmed to his residence. He ordered some liquor and started forcing all of us to drink. He was continuously consuming alcohol. During all this time, he kept staring at me with wrong intentions”, the girl mentioned in the FIR.
“After the party was over, the next morning i.e. on 2 July, he (Ahmed) took all the interns for a tour of his residence. During this, once he found me alone, he started kissing me while saying he has condoms. Due to all this, I became very nervous and somehow managed to run away. Even after I managed to flee, he kept calling my friends and telling them to send me to him,” she was quoted. Reportedly, the statement given by the victim was also recorded before a magistrate under Section 164 of the CrPC.
IAS Syed Riyaz Ahmed is a native of Nashik, Maharashtra, and has a wife who is also a civil servant. In one of the seminars posted on YouTube, Ahmed says that both his parents are not so educated and that they wanted something good to happen to him. The accused cracked UPSC in the fifth attempt in the year 2018 and attained rank 261.
The Police arrested him on the charges of sexual assault and booked the accused under sections 354A (sexual harassment) (i) (physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures) and (ii) (a demand or request for sexual favours), as well as 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC.
On Wednesday, the Kochi cyber Police booked an Islamic cleric named Waseem Al Hikami for hurting the religious sentiments of the Christian community and passing derogatory comments against Jesus Christ. The Police filed the case against the accused based on the complaint registered by BJP leader Anoop Antony.
According to the reports, the cleric is a resident of Kondotty in the Malappuram district of Kerala. He had uploaded a video on YouTube in December 2021 in which he had passed derogatory remarks against Christians. BJP leader Anoop Antony, who is a former Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national secretary registered a complaint against Hikami stating that the cleric had hurt the religious sentiments of the Christian community.
In the complaint, he also mentioned that Waseem Al Hikami had passed indiscreet comments against Jesus Christ’s birth. “Many people had complained about the remarks which were derogatory to Jesus Christ and offensive but no legal proceedings were undertaken. Following that, I handed over a complaint directly to the Director-General of Police of the State and also registered a petition in the Ernakulam Cyber Cell. The response was not as I expected and I approached the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate and the honorable court directed that the matter needed to be addressed, following which the State police registered an FIR”, BJP leader Antony was quoted.
He added that he will be following up on the case and will be pursuing it further till it is resolved. The Police have registered the case dated June 28 under the direction of Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court under sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different religious groups), 295A (outraging religious sentiments), and 505 (statements conducive to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Earlier, the Muslim cleric was also booked in January 2022 under similar circumstances based on the complaint filed by a person named Abel Francis. Antony stated that the Kerala Police had also speedily arrested PC George for similar reasons but didn’t do anything about this case. He reiterated that he will pursue the case against the cleric named Waseem Al Hikami who hurt the religious sentiments of the Christians.
On Wednesday, the Ajmer Police who arrested Ajmer Dargah Khadim Salman Chishti for issuing open death threats against BJP ex-spokesperson Nupur Sharma stated that the accused is a history-sheeter with over 13 cases filed against him, including murder and attempt to murder. The Police also claimed that the accused had made the controversial video while he was drunk.
“It was brought to my notice that Salman Chishti, Khadim of Ajmer Dargah shared an objectionable video & FIR was filed. He was nabbed from his house & is being questioned. It seems he was in an inebriated state when the video was made. He is a history-sheeter”, said Additional Superintendent of Police, Vikas Sangwan confirming the arrest of the accused last night.
Ajmer, Rajasthan | It was brought to my notice that Salman Chishti, Khadim of Ajmer Dargah shared an objectionable video & FIR was filed. He was nabbed from his house & is being questioned. It seems he was in an inebriated state when video was made. He is a history-sheeter: ASP pic.twitter.com/uH3ukU2PDR
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) July 6, 2022
As reported earlier, Ajmer Dargah Khadim Salman Chishti had published a video on social media in which he threatened to kill the former spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nupur Sharma. In the video, Chishti had claimed that he would hand over his house to anyone who cut Sharma’s head. “I swear by my elders, I swear by my mother, I will shoot her openly. I swear by my children, whoever brings Nupur Sharma’s head, I will give this house to him”, he had said. A case was immediately filed against him by the Ajmer Police.
Further, he also described himself as a ‘true soldier of Khwaja’ and tried to incite Muslims. Reportedly, Khadim Gauhar Chishti of Ajmer Dargah had given a provocative speech during a silent procession taken outside the Dargah on June 17, in which slogans of “Gustakh-e-Rasool ki Ek hi saza, sar tan se juda’ were raised.
It is important to note that after Kanhaiya Lal was murdered, Ajmer Dargah Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan claimed that Muslims in India would never allow the Talibanisation mindset to become a norm in the country. “No religion promotes violence against humanity. Especially in the religion of Islam, all the teachings act as sources of peace. In the gruesome video that surfaced on the internet, some non-ethical minds committed a brutal attack on a poor man, which is received as a punishable sin in the Islamic world”, he had said in the statement.
The Police arrested accused Ajmer Dargah Khadim Salman Chishti on Tuesday and have registered a case of abatement to murder against him. The case was filed after the controversial video of Chishti went viral on social media platforms. It is not clear why the police asserted that the video was made in an inebriated state because Chishti’s arrest has come more than a day after the video went viral.
On July 5 (local time), Aga Khan Museum issued a statement and tendered an apology for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindu and other faith communities. The statement was issued in context to the screening of the Hinduphobic film ‘Kaali’ by Kollywood director Leena Manimekalai.
In its statement, the Museum said, “Toronto Metropolitan University brought together works from students of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, each student exploring their individual sense of belonging as part of Canadian multiculturalism for the project ‘Under the Tent.’
Statement issued by Aga Khan Museum regarding Hinduphobic film ‘Kaali’ by Kollywood director Leena Manimekalai. Source(Aga Khan Museum’s website)
Toronto Metropolitan University’s project presentation was hosted once at the Aga Khan Museum on July 2, 2022, in the context of the Museum’s mission to foster intercultural understanding and dialogue through the arts. Respect for diverse religious expressions and faith communities forms an integral part of that mission. The presentation is no longer being shown at the Museum.
The Museum deeply regrets that one of the 18 short videos from ‘Under the Tent’ and its accompanying social media post have inadvertently caused offence to members of the Hindu and other faith communities.”
‘Taking steps to address the issue’ said Toronto Metropolitan University
Earlier, Toronto Metropolitan University also added a statement on the event’s details page. In the statement, the CERC Migration department of the University said, “We regret that certain content in our Under the Tent presentation on Saturday, July 2 has caused offense and we are taking steps to address this. We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion while at the same time respecting the diversity of beliefs and points of view in our society. We acknowledge the need to explore and examine complex topics sensitively.”
Statement issued by CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Source: University’s website
In reply to the query by Wion News, the University said that the film ‘Kaali’ would not be part of the further screening of the ‘Under The Tent’ event. It said, “We recognize the short film has caused sensitivities and have no further plans to screen it at this time.”
Indian High Commission requested to withdraw screening
It is noteworthy that the High Commission of India in Ottawa had urged the Canadian authorities to withdraw the screening of an objectionable film named after Hindu Goddess Kaali. The High Commission said in a statement, “We have received complaints from leaders of the Hindu community in Canada about the disrespectful depiction of Hindu Gods on the poster of a film showcased as part of the ‘Under the Tent project at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.”
The High Commission further added that it was informed that several Hindu groups had approached authorities in Canada to take action. The commission urged the Canadian authorities and the event organizers to withdraw all such provocative material.
Manimekalai said ‘I have nothing to lose’
After the film director Leena Manimekalai issued a poster depicting Maa Kaali smoking, there was an outrage on social media against the film. In reply to the criticism, Leena had remarked, “I have nothing to lose. I want to be with a voice that speaks without fear of anything until it is. If the price is my life, I will give it.” She has not issued any statement after the screening stopped.
On Tuesday, ‘fact-checking’ website Alt News took to social media to put out a statement giving itself a clean chit and tried to put on a blame to payment gateway website Razorpay. Alt News, in its statement, insinuated that Razorpay acted arbitrarily and disabled their ‘donation platform’ on receiving request from police authorities. Alt News claimed that Razorpay informed them that their account was reactivated by Razorpay after they got some clarity but they did not specify what the said clarity was.
Alt News then gave itself clean chit by claiming that if Razorpay had found Alt News violated terms of service, they would not have reenabled their account. Thereby insinuating that Razorpay reactivating their account was an evidence of their not being in violation of any rule of the platform.
Alt News then ‘reiterated’ that they can receive funds only through Indian banks and that foreign credit cards were never enabled on Razorpay’s backend, thereby trying to prove that they did not receive any foreign funding. Alt News also categorically claimed that the reports regarding it receiving foreign funds were false.
Then, throwing Razorpay under the bus, Alt News tried to dog-whistle against it by claiming that Razorpay handed over their data to the police. And that this was done without informing them or without any ‘prior investigation’ of any violation on part of Alt News. Alt News then claims that for now it is continuing with Razorpay as platform to receive donation but will look for alternate source in the meantime.
This statement of Alt News triggered ‘privacy’ enthusiasts who were upset that an online payment platform such as Razorpay shared the data with law enforcement agencies ‘without informing’. To make things clear, as per terms and conditions of Razorpay, it may share the user data with government and regulatory agencies who are lawfully authorised for investigative, protective and cyber security activities.
The full text of their terms and condition for sharing user data is as follows: “Razorpay may share any Content (defined hereinafter) generated by the User or their Registration Data with governmental and regulatory agencies who are lawfully authorised for investigative, protective and cyber security activities. Such information may be transferred for the purposes of verification of identity, or for prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution pertaining to cyber security incidents and punishment of offences under any law for the time being in force.”
Hence, if police or other investigation agency reached out to Razorpay to share Alt News data, the company, may share the data. This is one of the terms and conditions Alt News had agreed to before registering on the platform. Ignorance of law is not an excuse to break them, experts say. Razorpay is not quite legally bound to inform Alt News before providing data to law enforcement agencies should they ask for it, unlike what is being insinuated by Alt News. Further, as a law abiding corporate, why would Razorpay tip off an accused by giving them a heads up on the investigation.
Now, here is where things get slightly dicey.
Alt News may or may not have received foreign funds via Razorpay. However, Razorpay is not the only platform the ‘fact-checkers’ use to collect money.
Alt News’ alternate platforms to receive funds
In February 2020, during the height of anti-CAA protests that had turned violent, just 10 days before the Delhi anti-Hindu riots, ‘journalist’ Sagarika Ghose had announced how she had paid to Alt News via a platform ‘Instamojo’. Instamojo accepts payment via various gateways like VISA, G-Pay, UPI, RuPay and others.
Instamojo payment
Hence, while Alt News is trying to put all the blame on Razorpay, there is no proof as such, till investigative authorities carry out investigation in the matter, that Alt News did not receive foreign funds. Further, even if Alt News did not receive foreign funds via any of these donation platform, they could have received foreign funds directly in their bank accounts via SWIFT. A thorough investigations of the financials will hold the key in this matter.
Subsequent to the dog-whistling by Alt News against Razorpay casting aspersions over privacy concerns, the payment gateway platform issued a statement saying that under section 91 of the CrPC (Criminal Procedure Code), Razorpay was mandated by law to comply with the regulations as per provisions of the law. Under section 91 of CrPC, any court of police officer in charge can seek data for investigation.
Further, a Razorpay spokesperson while speaking to moneycontrol said that the company did try reaching out to Alt News but did not receive any response from them. “We tried reaching out to the company [AltNews] but did not receive any response and hence could not inform them before sharing the data or deactivating the account for a brief period on July 4,” the spokesperson told moneycontrol.
Alt News accused of having received funding from Pakistan, Syria, etc in violation of FCRA
‘Fact-checking’ platform Alt News, through its holding company Pravda Media Foundation, is accused of having received foreign funding in violation of FCRA (Foreign Currency Regulation Act) rules. Amongst other countries it is said they received funds from countries such as Pakistan and Syria as well. Mohammed Zubair, along with Pratik Sinha and his mother Nirjari Sinha, are the directors of the company.
Zubair was arrested on June 27 over allegations of hurting religious sentiments. Subsequent to his arrest, more sections were added as investigation revealed more discrepancies. It must be pointed out that only organisations with FCRA licences can accept foreign contributions. According to AltNews’ founder Pratik Sinha, the alleged fact-checking company does not have an FCRA licence.
On July 5, netizen Vikas Pandey started a petition addressed to the members of the Parliament urging them to initiate Impeachment Proceedings against Justice Surya Kant and Justice JB Pardiwala for the oral statements they gave during hearing a plea filed by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
I just made a petition which shall be given to MPs. It’s for the Initiation of Impeachment Proceedings against Justice Surya Kant & Justice J. B. Pardiwala – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/exBxgaYnn5
In a tweet while sharing the petition link, that was created on Change.org, Vikas said, “I just made a petition which shall be given to MPs. It’s for the Initiation of Impeachment Proceedings against Justice Surya Kant & Justice JB Pardiwala – Sign the Petition!”
Speaking to OpIndia, Vikas said, “I shall be forwarding this petition to MPs and try to get their support.”
‘Concerned about the recent developments’
Addressed to all the members of the Indian Parliament, the petition read that the citizens of India are concerned about the recent developments in the country, especially the recent hearing in the case of Nupur Sharma before the Supreme Court of India. Sharma had submitted a plea in the court requesting to club the FIRs and criminal cases against her and transfer them to Delhi. In her plea, she had stated that she was receiving death and rape threats from the radical Islamists.
The petition received over 10,000 signatures in less than 12 hours. Source: Change.org
It read, “When the matter was taken up by both the Judges of the Supreme Court on 01.07.2022, without even going into the facts of the case and without considering the death and rape threats to this young lady, they made observations accusing Nupur Sharma of being single-handedly responsible for setting the entire country on fire and indirectly held her responsible for the unfortunate killing at Udaipur.”
‘Shocking statement relied upon by Taliban’
It further read, “Such shocking statements have been relied upon by the radical Islamist forces and anti-India forces like Taliban and by national and international media to show Hindus and our country in poor light. Supreme Court judges have acted irresponsibly and without any material on record, made such statements which are not only unconstitutional but also against the values and ethos of this great nation.”
The petitioners sought the support of the members of the Parliament for the impeachment of the two sitting judges.
Remarks did not feature the order
On July 1, after the observations made by the Supreme Court judges, there was a sharp reaction across the country as the remarks of the judges was deemed unfair and violating of a citizen’s rights. However, when the orders were passed by the Supreme Court, the remarks were not added, and it simply allowed the petitioner to withdraw the petition and approach lower courts.
On June 28, comedian and ‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah took potshots at the Democratic party for failing to take proper action after the US supreme court overturned the landmark verdict in Roe Vs Wade.
“The Supreme Court is shutting everything down. People are rising up in the streets, and the Democrats? Well, they responded in a way that only the Democrats can,” he was heard as saying.
Trevor Noah mocked the theatrics put out by the Democrats, such as sending fundraising emails and making emotional speeches, in the aftermath of the court’s decision.
He mentioned how Michigan Representative Andy Levin posted a photo of himself in a weird yoga pose to calm himself down. While pointing at the picture, Noah said, “I feel like that’s the perfect yoga pose for Democratic leadership…Very little action and your head is basically up your own ass.”
“I don’t know if anybody voted for the performative aspect. People just want things done. No one cares about Kente cloths or singing on the Capitol steps, and especially not poetry… Why do Democrats do this?” he inquired.
‘The Daily Show’ host emphasised how Republicans such as Mitch McConnell refrain from such theatrics and instead channelise their energy in getting things done. He said that Democrats had a long time to plan things out, given that the draft decision had leaked in May
“Maybe voters should change things up. Maybe you should do a new thing in America. Instead of fundraising emails, you should do fund-rewarding emails. Make the Democrats show you what they’ve done, and then you donate to their cause,” Trevor Noah sought accountability from the party.
He also lambasted the Senate judiciary committee for doing ‘too little and too late’.
US ’liberals’ denigrate Trevor Noah for seeking accountability from the Democrats
Days after Noah had urged his audience to fund Democrats only if they stand up to their expectations, liberals in the United States were miffed at his plans to hold the Democratic Party accountable for its actions.
“Point taken, but with respect, here’s the difference, “Trevor Noah.” One party is about policy and writing legislation to solve problem – which takes time. The other: sabotage and fear-mongering – that any dumb fool can do on Fox News,” claimed one Karl Schwartz.
Point taken, but with respect, here’s the difference, “Trevor Noah.” One party is about policy and writing legislation to solve problem – which takes time.
The other: sabotage and fear-mongering – that any dumb fool can do on Fox news.
Another liberal asserted, “This is the kind of transactional bullshit thinking that helped get us here. Trevor Noah can take his “interesting proposition” and shove it.”
This is the kind of transactional bullshit thinking that helped get us here.
— Down And Out Bad In DFW (@Kennymack1971) July 4, 2022
“People like Trevornoah are out there trying to bash Democrats because we fundraised after the Roe decision. We’re not apologizing for that…ever. We’re going to use that money to get people to vote. What are YOU doing, Trevor?” wrote another liberal.
People like @Trevornoah are out there trying to bash Democrats because we fundraised after the Roe decision.
We’re not apologizing for that…ever.
We’re going to use that money to get people to vote.
“This is just another example of why people should stop listening to Trevor Noah as he frequently says dumb things,” remarked one Prince Daniel III.
This is just another example of why people should stop listening to Trevor Noah as he frequently says dumb things https://t.co/sTJvDMXQDp
— Prince Daniel III – The Ultimate Hater (@go_ACC_) July 4, 2022
However, this is not the first time that ‘The Daily Show’ host was hounded by liberals. In March this year, he was targeted on social media for hosting Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev to discuss the ‘Save Soil movement.’
