The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Loeffler talks about BLM criticism with controversial host
Jack Posobiec has been criticized in past for anti-Semitic tweets.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler granted an interview to a TV pundit associated with white supremacy and Nazism.
The interview aired on One America News Network on Thursday, and Loeffler promoted on her Facebook and Twitter accounts Friday, tagging the controversial host.
“I joined @JackPosobiec on @ OANN to discuss why I had to call out the BLM political organization — and why the woke mob is trying to cancel me,” she wrote in one tweet.
Jewish groups and media observers pointed out that Jack Posobiec promotes conspiracy theories and once associated with white supremacists, including Richard Spencer, who organized the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Posobiec has been criticized in the past for posting anti-Semitic tweets, including tweets that included the numbers 14 and 88, codes used by neo-Nazis.
White supremacist David Lane, who died in prison, is known for promoting the “14 words” racist slogan: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” The number 88 is code among neo-Nazis for Heil Hitler. (H is the eighth letter in the alphabet.)
Loeffler spoke to Posobiec for about five minutes, focused on her ongoing clash with the WNBA over its Black Lives Matter campaign.
Her team would not say whether she was aware of Posobiec’s ties to Nazism and anti-Semitism.
She is co-owner of the Atlanta Dream WNBA team. Loeffler has been criticizing the players’ decision to wear shirts saying “Black Lives Matter” or other social justice slogans and those who walked off the court during the national anthem.
“I felt some of the recent actions that the league has taken has really moved to divide us further at this moment when I think sports could be such a powerful, uniting force for our country,” she told Posobiec.
Posobiec, whose profile grew after President Donald Trump acknowledged him on Twitter, has been monitored by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch.
While the WNBA protest has focused on the global anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement, Loeffler’s comments have focused on the Black Lives Matter Foundation, one of many organizations in a decentralized structure.
A Monmouth University poll released last week shows Loeffler leading U.S. Rep. Doug Collins in the November special election with 26% of support compared with his 20%.