Virginia Democrats are using a photo of Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox to accuse him of sporting a ‘white power’ sign, generate outrage, and raise money for their unit.
The first instance of the photo’s presence is from eight years ago, and it features Republican Kirk Cox posed with his hand resting and loosely forming the ‘OK’ symbol.
The Henrico Democrats Facebook page seems to have discovered this photo recently, publishing a concerned post on Facebook.
The Democrats conflated Cox’s pose with a hand gesture used by the main suspect from the shooting in New Zealand.
The gesture is most commonly known as an ‘OK’ symbol, but progressive activists have increasingly described it as a white power symbol.
White House advisor Stephen Miller has been the target of such attacks for a photo taken of him while adjusting his tie.
Zina Bash, a former clerk for Brett Kavanaugh, was also a target when her hand placement roughly formed the ‘OK’ symbol during Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
But apparently, this trend became popular after a somewhat popular website, 4chan, started the trend with a hoax campaign.
On their website, the Anti-Defamation League explains “it is important to realize that the ‘OK’ gesture is a nearly universal hand gesture and most usage of it is completely innocuous.”
In reference to the link between the ‘OK’ symbol and the ‘White Power’ attack, ADL explains:
The “OK” hand gesture originated as one of these hoaxes in February 2017 when an anonymous 4channer announced “Operation O-KKK,” telling other members that “we must flood Twitter and other social media websites…claiming that the OK hand sign is a symbol of white supremacy.
But in this case, its unlikely Cox intended to make any gesture at all. And according to the ADL’s timeline, Cox’s 2011 photo was taken long before the hoax gesture was popularized.
The Democrat’s post now has Republicans outraged that Democrat’s would cast such an accusation and link it to a tragedy to raise money.
“The whole thing is ridiculous,” said Matt Moran, Kirk Cox’s chief of staff. “I guess the Henrico Democrats are desperate to talk about something other than the governor and attorney general admitting to wearing blackface, and we hope every serious Democrat in the state denounces this attack.”
The Henrico County Democrats have since deleted the post, as outrage throughout the Commonwealth grew to a fever pitch.
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This comes to mind: Grasping at straws much, demotards? And what will Demorats say when photos turn up of them making the “OK” hand sign? So Ridiculous.
Good gosh, is this all the dems have on their minds? Hate? Do they pay people to sit up all night, become delirious and then think they are seeing this stuff? They become more entertaining by the day.
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It is has been my experience..when Dems make outlandish accusations, it more reflects what they think…hmmmm…Blackface Northam. The fake accusers of Kavanaugh….later finder out that they are the true predators….etc.
It is all part of the political correct attempt to control everything that is said and every movement. They are attempting to distract from the truth and train Americans to be Drones for the accepting the Socialism State
Democrats are so desperate to get attention, because they can’t propose a single thing regarding the economy, foreign relations, unemployment = all better than 2 years ago, regarding immigration Trump us following the law. Democrats have nothing to run on but HATE. They attack people not issues. Show me a Democrat and I will show you a very pretty, insecure person. In other words a Loser.
Reveal how desperate the Democrat Party and its voters are that they have to make up a falsehood about the OK sign. Too bad they have nothing to really offer the American people other than this nonsense.
…Amazing. Within certain cultures of Europe, the flashed, “okay” sign means @rsehole…
More Demon-rat far left mental illness.