Posted on 02/13/2017 5:10:55 PM PST by markomalley
Today The Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft and White House correspondent Lucian Wintrich attended their first White House press briefing in the East Room of the Trump White House.
Media Matters led the charge
A Dangerous Troll Is Now Reporting From The White House
The internets most hapless political blogger now has his own White House correspondent a regular contributor with little reporting experience but ample ties to alt-right harassment sitting in the White House press briefing room.
At the January 19 Deploraball event before President Donald Trumps inauguration, Gateway Pundit founder and dumbest man on the internet Jim Hoft announced that his outlet would have a White House correspondent with the Trump administration, and that Lucian Wintrich would fill the position. On February 13, Hoft posted a reader alert that Hoft and Wintrich will be attending the days White House press briefing. Hoft confusingly wrote, Please look for us and keep your fingers crossed that one of us is asked a question.
Hours later, Hoft tweeted a photo of himself and Wintrich standing behind the lectern in the White House press briefing room, displaying a hand signal associated with the racist Pepe meme. The tweet itself also included the hashtag Pepe and a frog emoji, commonly understood to invoke the hate symbol.
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Once again Media Matters was reaching
Dont look now, @mmfa! Its @Beyonce flashing a HATE SIGN! #StopTheHate #NOH8 #MAGA Cc @gatewaypundit @lucianwintrich @RebelPundit pic.twitter.com/2jwqJrKI6l
Andrew Marcus (@ImAndrewMarcus) February 13, 2017
Currently documenting @gatewaypundit & @lucianwintrich with @RebelPundit on their first day as memebers of the White House press corps! pic.twitter.com/VX2s0T0JuN
Andrew Marcus (@ImAndrewMarcus) February 13, 2017
It’s not easy being green.
Everything is a hate symbol or “dog whistle.”
Hate symbol???
Looks like “OK” or “good deal” or “good job” to me!
Call on no one else!
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