Yesterday during the presidential debate, hyper-conservative Ann Coulter unleashed a major tweet storm which touched quite a few nerves due to its anti-Israel/zionist overtones, and has been extensively covered [4]in the press this morning. Here are her more notable tweets:
How many f---ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [5]
Cruz, Huckabee Rubio all mentioned ISRAEL in their response to: "What will AMERICA look like after you are president."
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [6]
Maybe it's to suck up to the Evangelicals.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [7]
Based on Census, another 300 immigrants entered the country during debate (33 per second) to vote against the GOP candidates' tax &war plans
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [8]
Christie also talks @ Israel in response to the question: What will AMERICA look like after you are president?
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [9]
How to get applause from GOP donors: 1) Pledge to start a war 2) Talk about job creators 3) Denounce abortion 4) Cite Reagan 5) Cite Israel.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [10]
I like the Jews, I like fetuses, I like Reagan. Didn't need to hear applause lines about them all night. https://t.co/4guFehK0CM [11]
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [12]
It's not about Jewish people; it's about Republican panderers. https://t.co/OmOL2B9K0E [13]
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17, 2015 [14]
Her tweets appear to have touched a nerve not only domestically, but abroad as well with Iran's supreme leader Khamenei who, after being the topic of many mispronounced rants last night, decided to follow up moments ago with his own "anti-Zionist" tweetstorm:
US govs put their people under Zionists custody.Isn’t it a shame that presidential candidates try to satisfy Zionists&prove their servitude?
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 17, 2015 [15]
Zionist regime is an imposed regime, made through coercion; no entity made by coercion would last. This regime will not survive either.11/13
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 17, 2015 [16]
Will this confluence of hyper conservative views and Iranian fundamentalism complicate Obama's efforts to open Iran up to western financial interests? Hardly. After all money always walks.