Ann Coulter sparks outrage with controversial tweet
Conservative pundit and author Ann Coulter caused quite the stir on social media the night before the 2016 election with a bold message.
Coulter tweeted on Monday, "If only people with at least 4 grandparents born in America were voting, Trump would win in a 50-state landslide."
If only people with at least 4 grandparents born in America were voting, Trump would win in a 50-state landslide.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 8, 2016
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Twitter users were quick to point out that Coulter's standard would mean even GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump wouldn't be able to vote. Trump's mother and grandparents were immigrants.
Just one problem with that... Trump himself wouldn't be able to vote, much less run for president.#Drumpfhttps://t.co/GQu8cF85ps
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) November 8, 2016
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Coulter snapped back and said that Trump's hypothetical voting status shouldn't detract from the "blinding truth" of her statement.
So what? You are like "Politifact," citing irrelevancies as if they detract from blinding truth of my statement. https://t.co/8RHCSspnpa
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 8, 2016
The Huffington Post was quick to point out that Nazi Germany enacted a similar policy with the Nuremberg Laws of 1935. The legislation stripped Jewish people of many of their rights, including the ability to hold public office.
The Nuremberg Laws also defined anyone who had three of four Jewish grandparents as a Jew, no matter how the individual self-identified.
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