In an exchange between HuffPost's White House correspondent S.V. Dáte and National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam on Sunday morning, Dáte insinuated that Kassam doesn't understand American history because he's one of the "recent arrivals" in the country.
The thread of tweets, which originally started out talking about Vice President Kamala's tweet Friday that spoke only of the "long weekend" and not of Memorial Day, devolved quickly into talk of 9/11 and the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6.
Kassam slammed Dáte for being a "truther" and for insinuating that Jan. 6 was worse than 9/11 in a tweet Dáte posted last week.
This is ridiculous. "Truthers" are those claim 9/11 was an inside job.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 30, 2021
Sept. 11 killed 3,000 Americans. But it did not threaten the foundations of American democracy. Not even a little.
Trump absolutely did that on Jan. 6 by trying to end American Democracy.
Also, re 9/11... https://t.co/6PoemwgPbP pic.twitter.com/YzIXojRpTW
Dáte responded by saying that although 9/11 killed 3,000 Americans, "it did little to threaten the foundations of American democracy. Not even a little. Trump absolutely did that on Jan. 6 by trying to end American Democracy."
He also included a tweet from former President Donald Trump dating back to September 11, 2013, in his post, to which Kassam responded "Ok, truther."
So clever.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 30, 2021
I understand American history can be complicated for recent arrivals.
Maybe what Guy Fawkes tried to do to your country’s democracy is an analogy that might make sense to you.
Dáte came back and said that "American history can be complicated for recent arrivals," a comment that would get many conservatives canceled for posting.
He went on to say "maybe what Guy Fawkes tried to do to your country’s democracy is an analogy that might make sense to you," pointing to Kassam's British nationality. Kassam's parents were Tanzanian immigrants of Indian origin from Hillingdon, Greater London.
"Wait you think most people today would be anti-Guy Fawkes?" replied Kassam. Guy Fawkes was a participant in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 that looked to blow up Parliament, with Fawkes held up as a symbol of anarchism, and the white Guy Fawkes masks a common occurrence at anti-government protests.
"Looks like those public schools in *checks notes* Pune, India didn’t serve you well for a future in Western political commentary," Kassam continued.
Wait you think most people today would be anti-Guy Fawkes?
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) May 30, 2021
Looks like those public schools in *checks notes* Pune, India didn’t serve you well for a future in Western political commentary.
"Oh, I make no representations about understanding you Brits. You all just recently voted to tank your own economy so as to be sovereign, or some such," Dáte replied. "Most Americans, however, do appear to agree that trying to overthrow democracy because you lost your re-election is wrong."
Oh, I make no representations about understanding you Brits. You all just recently voted to tank your own economy so as to be sovereign, or some such.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 30, 2021
Most Americans, however, do appear to agree that trying to overthrow democracy because you lost your re-election is wrong.
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