Here’s quite the scandal reported by Roll Call’s Emily Copp Wednesday: two of the Jewish groups cited by President Trump as calling for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee are hate groups with neo-Nazi ties.

Kopp puts quotation marks around “Jewish groups,” but we think it would be more accurate to put them around “hate groups.” Why? Because she cites the same source every reporter cites: the Southern Poverty Law Center, whose record on these things is spotty at best.

NEW: Among the "Jewish groups" Trump cited calling for Rep. Ilhan Omar's removal from the Foreign Affairs Committee is a hate group with neo-Nazi ties https://t.co/CbylLLxRIB — Emily Kopp (@emilyakopp) March 6, 2019

Kopp writes:

President Donald Trump pushed for congressional leaders to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week by citing a letter signed by organizations he described as “Jewish groups” calling for her removal. But the coalition behind the letter — described by conservative media to be “leading Jewish organizations” — includes groups that maintain no relationship to the American Jewish community and peddle anti-Muslim conspiracy theories. … Signatories include two organizations classified as anti-Muslim hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Both have ties to the Trump administration: ACT for America and the Center for Security Policy. Critics say the president’s promotion of fringe anti-Muslim groups with hawkish foreign policy views raises wider questions about the Republican push to unseat Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

We’re a lot less concerned with the Republican push to boot Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee than we are with the fact that Speaker Nancy Pelosi seated her on the committee in the first place, obviously aware of her previous tweets about Israel having “hypnotized the world.”

And we just checked the SPLC’s website and noticed Omar still doesn’t have her own “Extremist Watch” page like, say, Charles Murray.

Hi, @emilyakopp, I fixed your 'reporting' for you: Roll Call Smears Jewish Groups in Defense of Omar, Attack on Trump https://t.co/LnHH6P8DLb https://t.co/lICMJdDtM5 — Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) March 6, 2019

Your extensive use of the SPLC, and treatment of them as a credible source for information, reflects very poorly on you and Roll Call. https://t.co/ERDjoVLCav — Alex VanNess (@thealexvanness) March 6, 2019

If you haven't sacrificed your soul to Satan on the altar of Cultural Marxism, the SPLC (Specious Progressives Lying Continuously) counts you as a hater. — Anglo Supreme (@AngloSupreme) March 7, 2019

This is a fraudulent report. — Justin Hart (@justin_hart) March 6, 2019

People still use the @splcenter as a source? Amateur hour over at @rollcall, eh? — Rusty Weiss ??? (@rustyweiss74) March 6, 2019

SPLC is at the center of this story. Enough said. — Jim Wilson (@Jim_Wilson_4L) March 7, 2019

@splcenter shouldn't be taken seriously by anyone. — Drew Baye (@DrewBaye) March 7, 2019

Absolutely no excuse for using ANY information from the @splcenter — Political Free Agent ❌ (@geopolitrending) March 6, 2019

Great job doing the SPLC's bidding. pic.twitter.com/uTvEayhmdE — Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) March 6, 2019

Fascinating GIF. What is this called? — Brentōs (@brentlogos) March 6, 2019

Why, that's called a ratio. — Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) March 6, 2019

PS: leaving one for the ratio — Multiv Riate (@Multiv8Riate) March 6, 2019

You worked for Pelosi. — EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) March 6, 2019

You worked for Pelosi. Doing your best to help her out of this mess. — Andrea E T. (@coollatina76) March 6, 2019

1. This reporter worked for Pelosi 2. She relies entirely on the discredited SPLC, a hate group that inspired an attempted mass murder 3. "Neo-Nazi ties" refers to 1 random white nationalist in Arkansas who tried to host an event canceled by the group when it learned his views https://t.co/m5lHuN3hTn — Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) March 6, 2019

Emily reportedly used to work as Pelosi's underling…posing as a reporter, still continues the left wing propaganda…lol — notional emerg'cy (@randOmuos) March 6, 2019

A Pelosi hack says what? Yet another objective "journalist" pic.twitter.com/1D6uv42vYv — 10% Genius (@kwinthorpe3) March 7, 2019

Did Nancy tell you to write this? — PleasantPups (@MikeEllisCope) March 6, 2019

Did you work for the Speaker? Kinda should let people know for clarity. — ed miller (@emells73) March 7, 2019

Nice try at changing the subject! Well, not really, but we know your heart is in being a dutiful lapdog for Democrats. — Boris_Badenoff (@Boris_Badenoff) March 7, 2019

Fake news alert — George (@CuriousGOrwell) March 6, 2019

"Couldn't be reach for comment" fake news. — Take the L (@ReasonNDecency) March 6, 2019

I want that sweet sweet ratio right in my veins. pic.twitter.com/PrsO7DKypl — Socrates Det. Agency (@COLOMBO_Qs) March 7, 2019

SPLC is the real hate group in this story. — Ben Jammin ?? (@xBenJamminx) March 7, 2019

Citing the SPLC as a source shows you're a lazy reporter and destroys any credibility your article could have. — ???? ???? ????????? ?. (@jjmiphoto) March 6, 2019

SPLC has my horseshoe team listed as a hate group. — Mortis (@WitchyDruss) March 7, 2019

The @splcenter classified my weekly poker game as a hate group. No legitimate journalist should take them seriously or cite them as a credible source. — The General (@GrayChevyVan) March 6, 2019

According to the SPLC, which is itself a hate group? ACT for America and Center for Security call out problems with Islam — doesn't make them "hate" groups! Their warnings are being fulfilled by Omar, AOC and others every day! — Swanny (@RationalConser2) March 6, 2019

Be careful citing to Southern Policy Law Center. They receive a lot of dark political money, and their list often has been shown to contain false positives. — Philippe Melin (@PMels) March 7, 2019

The SPLC itself is classed as a "hate group" by most intelligent Americans. Nobody listens to their BS anymore. — Lonny Eachus (@eachus) March 6, 2019

Any reporter who credulously cites the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is basically a left-wing fund-raising scam, as a source is not to be taken seriously or trusted. — Ross Kaminsky (@Rossputin) March 7, 2019

There was a time, when I was a kid, that the SPLC actually did worthwhile things. Now, they're just hacks. — Hypocrisy Detector (@beauxtx1) March 7, 2019

Where @RollCall laughably cites the left-wing partisans at the Southern Poverty Law Center (@SPLCenter) as an authority on "hate groups." The same left-wing partisans who recently had to shell out $3.375 mil for smearing an innocent Muslim (@MaajidNawaz)https://t.co/FlDQReMqPq — David Henry (@imau2fan) March 7, 2019

A Jewish neo-Nazi group ??? — Matt Barber (@jmattbarber) March 7, 2019

This is a complete lie and is nothing more than propaganda. Good Lord is there no end? — Steelheader (@marknali1) March 7, 2019

Please tell me what's in this piece of clickbait so that I can laugh without actually having to click. Thanks. — Jake Turx (@JakeTurx) March 7, 2019

And it looks like the Jewish groups smeared in the Roll Call piece are calling for a retraction:

UPDATE: Jewish groups demand retraction from Roll Call for "smears" of pro-Israel leaders… https://t.co/LnHH6P8DLb https://t.co/EA30Gdsj2g — Adam Kredo (@Kredo0) March 6, 2019

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