Ann Coulter Fires Off Tweetstorm At ‘Globalist’ Jews

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By Ari Feldman March 9, 2018

Ann Coulter, the arch-conservative talking head who frequently complains about Jews and has white nationalist sympathies took to Twitter Thursday night to call Jews “globalists.” Her remarks came after Donald Trump referred to outgoing economic adviser Gary Cohn as a “globalist,” using a moniker that many see as an anti-Semitic slur.

Boy, a lot of Globalists popped up in the #MeToo scandals!

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 9, 2018

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Jake Tapper is also half Globalist.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 9, 2018

Israel must be defended as last redoubt of the Globalists.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 9, 2018

Coulter tweeted the statements after posting a the headline of a Huffington Post article calling “globalist” an “anti-Semitic term.”

Coulter’s string of tweets quickly racked up thousands of likes. Coulter’s comments also found appreciation from neo-Nazis, people on far right forums like 4Chan and on Gab.ai, a micro-blogging service that does not censor hate speech.

Ann Coulter going with the anti-Semitic definition of “globalist,” and the 4Chan types believe it pic.twitter.com/0rLpLGsLJn

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 9, 2018

The hardcore anti-Semites at The Daily Stormer are pretty excited about Ann Coulter today. pic.twitter.com/W9U52eTzfW

— Brandt (@UrbanAchievr) March 9, 2018

Many Twitter users called on the platform to suspend Coulter’s account, saying that her tweets broke Twitter’s terms of service.

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Ari Feldman is a staff writer at the Forward. He covers Jewish religious organizations, synagogue life, anti-Semitism and the Orthodox world. If you have any tips, you can email him at feldman@forward.com. Follow him on Twitter @aefeldman.

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