Huckabee Apologizes for Saying Jews Daubed Swastika to Smear Trump
“They accused me of spreading false information and hatred, and demanded an apology, and they’re right, I do owe readers an apology.”
Mike Huckabee apologized for posting a false news report blaming “liberal, Jewish” students for an alleged hate crime that involved a mention of President-elect Donald Trump.
The story, appearing on the Conservative Tribune website, blamed an attack in March at Northwestern University on “liberal, Jewish Northwestern students” seeking to smear Trump and his supporters.
Daily News columnist Shaun King exposed the story’s false claims on Wednesday, and Huckabee removed the post from his Facebook page, and apologized on his website.
“They accused me of spreading false information and hatred, and demanded an apology,” Huckabee said of the Daily News. “And they’re right, I do owe readers an apology.”
Huckabee, who has millions of followers on Facebook, frequently posts poorly sourced stories from conservative websites.
The former Arkansas governor ran in the Republican primaries this election but dropped out early and endorsed Trump, who last week won the presidential election.
Don’t you Huckabee is exhibit A of that some of these evangelists may love Israel but think little of the Jewish religion.
I mean this man visited Israel so many times and his behavior in this years election has just been disgusting.