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If Tlaib was Republican, media would be relentlessly hounding every GOP politician, asking if they agree with her nutburger beliefs. Their responses would become headline news, creating an avalanche "narrative" about the GOP's anti-Semitism problem and/or the party cracking up.
I'm not aware of a single MSM outlet asking a single other Democrat if they agree with Tlaib's version of history. Instead, the Dems are just given open microphones to rail against the GOP for "pouncing" on a Woman of Color. They are not forced to comment on what she said.
But if this was a Republican scandal, every last GOP politician - and most especially every single aspiring presidential candidate - would be asked point-blank if they agreed with Tlaib's version of history. They would be hounded with follow-up questions if the tried to hedge.
The media would not allow Republicans to change the subject - no "Democrats pounce" narrative has ever been written. The media would quickly produce people to testify at their outrage over Republican Tlaib's hateful history revisionism, including as many women as possible.
If other GOP politicians defended Republican Tlaib, the media Narrative would be about the GOP's anti-Semitism problem and the ignorance of bumpkin voters willing to believe her crackpot version of history.
If the other Republicans criticized her, the Narrative would be about the Great GOP Crack-up, a party coming apart at the seams as it battled the dark forces lurking near its heart. Either way, it would be the dominant political news story for weeks. /end
