Ted Lieu, a U.S. Representative for California’s 33rd congressional district, masterfully called out Conservative provocateur Candace Owens during a congressional hearing on white nationalism. Lieu didn’t have to say much, but he still masterfully roasted and discredited Owens by simply playing back her old words on Adolf Hitler and nationalism.
“Of all the people Republicans could have selected, they picked Candace Owens,” Lieu said. “I don’t know Ms. Owens. I’m not going to characterize her. I’m going to let her own words do the talking.”
The audio played by Lieu was from a December 2018 conversation where Owens used Hitler as an example of why “nationalism” is greater than “globalism.” First of all, you should never use Hitler to try to prove something in your favor. Second, you probably shouldn’t give him credit for his ideas.
Yikes. Here is the moment it all went down, and you can see that Owens is less than pleased.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1115679595343302656
And to pour salt on Owens’ wounds, Lieu then asked Eileen Hershenov, senior vice president of policy at the Anti-Defamation League, if Owens’ comments could feed into the rhetoric spewed by white nationalism.
“It does, Mr. Lieu,” Hershenov said. “I know that Ms. Owens distanced herself from those comments later, but we expressed great concern over the original comments.”
Brilliantly done, Mr. Lieu.
