#Garland’s garbage, Psaki’s omission and more

Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions

This statement:

“Five [Capitol Police] officers who responded selflessly to the attack on Jan. 6 have since lost their lives.”

— Attorney General Merrick Garland, Jan. 5

We say: Huh? One of those officers died of natural causes the next day, the medical examiner found. The other four committed suicide, two of them six months later. Yes, the riot was a disgusting stain on US history, but the fact remains that not a single person — police officer or otherwise — was killed in an attack by rioters, no matter what Garland would have you to think, with his cynically but carefully chosen words. 

This excerpt:

“Kyle Rittenhouse . . . used his semi-automatic weapon to kill two Black men in Kenosha, Wisconsin, while waging a glorious race war on behalf of his inherited White power.”

— From National Geographic “Egyptologist” Kara Cooney’s “The Good Kings” (and mocked in a Jan. 4 tweet)

We say: Well, what do you expect from an Egyptologist who goes political? Fact is, both men Rittenhouse killed were white, not black, and a jury found he acted in self-defense, not “while waging a glorious race war.” Cooney admits she erred, claiming her mistake was “caught too late.” But it clearly got past her, her editors and her publisher because of their biased, fact-free views. Indeed, despite the error, Cooney still “stands by” her “sentiment of white supremacy.”

This tweet:

We say: Uh, as long as teachers union boss Randi Weingarten approves, Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki forgot to add. 

This warning:

“I’m worried that if Republicans win in the midterm elections, that voting as we know it in this country will be gone. . . .  It could be the last election.” 

– Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Jan. 4

We say: This is a US congressman speaking? Please: Does anyone really think America will end elections if Republicans prevail in November’s midterm elections? Talk about ugly, desperate fear-mongering.

This tweet:

We say: Yikes! The Civil War began in 1861, not 1865. And you’d think “journalist” Nikole Hannah-Jones (tweeting as “Ida Bae Wells”) — whose “1619 Project” for The New York Times is now part of the history curriculum in schools across the nation — would be able to get her facts right on the war that ended slavery. True, she later claimed her comment was “poorly worded.” But the “1619 Project” is also riddled with errors, many far more serious than this one.

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board