Watched the interview with Rula and Wajahat. A commenter rightfully called out her offensive words. They may not care, but intent doesn’t erase impact. Hiding behind the “three wise monkeys” proverb doesn’t make her original words any less harmful.

@mferrini She also called Hakeem Jeffries an errand boy. Racist AF.

@mferrini I posted that one this morning but I tortured myself to listen since I practice what I preach

Pffft, she meant it to mean exactly what it meant to everybody who heard it. These people deserve no grace, imo. "A bought and paid AIPAC monkey" how does that square with see no, hear no, speak no? Simply a bad person, full stop.

Agree

And towards the end he was really on some bullshit. There was no context

Exactly context was right there

They can hold hands and go to hell together.

Fuck her. And his ass too!

@Timafi2 what is this.., “you caught yourself..” Weird n wild behavior

@Timafi2 She didn’t catch shit but tried to say I didnt mean it in racist way in the clip I posted before this one

Three monkeys analogy? Come on! She was digging deep for that one. That the word monkey popped into her head like that followed by errand boy. The level of disrespectful racism is pretty telling.

@xenn1al She’s said offensive racist crap before and so has he, YET…..they still are welcome on shows like Chris Hayes. Not good

They keep showing us who they really are!

The way he carried water for her to excuse her racism and anti Blackness. Not to mention he’s shown anti Blackness on twitter. Shits wild

The problem Wajahat is having is that you can't clarify a racist and antisemitic statement, that he clearly agrees with. Also he's been calling every black liberal on this platform a zionist 🪴 – Fuck em!

Called Hakeem an errand boy like he lives in Al Abeed …. So racist !

They both know what they're doing.

I had to spit out my drink when she started using the 3 Monkey analogy...That explanation was condescending.

Can I just say, let's now be honest both of them hate democrats and like shitting on democrats more than crapping on the GOP. So sick of @WajahatAli , in the past I've been a fan. But just hating on Democrats turns me off.

I had to unfollow and unsubscribe from Wajahat’s substack and remove the podcast Democracy-ish because I got tired of him and Danielle Moody 💩ing on Democrats and Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. It’s pretty clear Wajahat Ali and this Rula Jabreal are anti Black.

I appreciate Rula's journalism, cant say monkey. Im fine with critiquing Jeffries but not using slurs

Why not say this, even though it was not my intention ( which is debatable) I apologize for my earlier statement about Leader Jeffries and to anyone else who may have offended by it. No buts or explanations to try and justify it.

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the correct one. Rula felt really comfortable, calling a Black man a monkey to Wahajat. He nodded along knowing full well what she meant. They can go fuck themselves.

@rulajebreal meant exactly what she said and he agreed with her. K nodded the entire time

The fact that she gave a disclaimer afterwards suggests to me she knew, or should have known, she shouldn't have said it.

He don’t accept his “calling out”. Wajahat was very dismissive and nonchalant in his response - a “moving on” type energy. Don’t explain it away. Full stop, “Rula that was wrong for you to say. Jeffries is not a monkey. That was a racist comment.” 😒⚫️

Hated that this is what she reached for in anger, even though or especially because she is of Nigerian descent too. It's just unnecessary fodder for Zionists who feign care about racism. How slowly they crawled out to stick up for Angie Nixon was clarifying how cynical they are.

Racist AF. A pox on all those who have weaponized Gaza to elevate their profiles and/or grift off it.

Yes and the same rule applies to the antisemitic dogwhistle (AIPAC!!1!) bullshit that was also part of the attack.

Yeah, I just went to his profile, and he was trying the whataboutism shit. It would be far better for him to just own it, say I am sorry and never do it again.

Fuck both of them

The three wise monkeys 🐒 in Western culture symbolize those who ignore evil. This woman called Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an AIPAC monkey. These people are so ridiculous 🙄. She called a Black man a monkey, but it's fine 😒 She clarified that she didn't mean anything racial 🧐🫩😡

They can f’k all the way off!!!!!

Anyone who based their vote on palestine is an idiot

Context is key and she a slur for Black people. She knew what she was doing, and she can’t fob it with see no evil hear no evil. This needs to be acknowledged

Just go to #Gaza and see how the #Black minority is treated. They are segregated into an area called "#Slave area." Have 3rd class rights, can't marry, work, live in certain areas without permission from the #Arabs . The #DSA is not your friend. El-Sayed, Mamdani is not your friend.

I’m glad they are getting blowback.

Three monkeys analogy? Sorry. What about errand boy?