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Showing Original Post only (View all)Diane Rehm Presses Sanders On Whether He’s US-Israel Dual Citizen [View all]
Source: TPM
An interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stopped in its tracks on Wednesday when NPR's Diane Rehm repeatedly pressed the Democratic presidential candidate whether he was a citizen of Israel.
"Senator, you have dual citizenship with Israel," Rehm said during the interview on her nationally broadcast show based on station WAMU.
"Well, no I do not have dual citizenship with Israel," Sanders, who is Jewish, interjected. "I'm an American. I don't know where that question came from. I am an American citizen, and I have visited Israel on a couple of occasions. I'm an American citizen, period."
Rehm cited "a list we have gotten" at NPR that said Sanders was "on that list."
"Senator, you have dual citizenship with Israel," Rehm said during the interview on her nationally broadcast show based on station WAMU.
"Well, no I do not have dual citizenship with Israel," Sanders, who is Jewish, interjected. "I'm an American. I don't know where that question came from. I am an American citizen, and I have visited Israel on a couple of occasions. I'm an American citizen, period."
Rehm cited "a list we have gotten" at NPR that said Sanders was "on that list."
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Who work for the Koch Bros. They are spending big money to try to stop Bernie. She's just doing her
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#67
On occasions I am surprised to see Koch brothers sponsor a program on PBS
question everything
Jun 2015
#138
A person is an anti-Semite for asking a public official if they're a dual citizen of Israel?
truth2power
Jun 2015
#5
That you do not see anything wrong with your post is really sad (nt)
question everything
Jun 2015
#139
yep. The "dual citizen" stuff is very popular with the extreme conspiracy theory crowd.
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#21
That may give her a pass she does not deserve..she has been in the business a long time.
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#28
Right now I am not buying the internet gaffe. She is a seasoned professional and it is too
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#94
diane channels mcarthy “I have here in my hand a list of 205 [State Department employees] that ..
Romeo.lima333
Jun 2015
#15
I guess if she screamed "dirty Jew, dirty Jew" she'd be fired, but this was code for that.
NightWatcher
Jun 2015
#18
Ms. Rehm needs to apologize for asking such an ugly and libelous question./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#25
Sen. Joe McCarthy: "I have in my hands a list of card-carrying communists in the State Dept.
Divernan
Jun 2015
#55
Glad to see people rejecting this nonsense, but the dual loyalty canard is routinely employed here
tritsofme
Jun 2015
#63
The Koch Brothers keeping their promise to take him down. NPR receives funding from the Kochs now
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#64
Haven't been keeping up with the Kochs, but we have. Nothing surprising at all about them doing
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#74
See my OP for details on what is being offered as the official reason for why she did this:
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#102
It certainly had nothing to do with the TRUTH. So someone was trying to smear him
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#107
the Kochs are more likely more anti-Hillary than anti-Bernie, because they think Hillary...
CreekDog
Jun 2015
#95