Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down their Kennedy v. Bremerton School District ruling, which held that high school football coach Joseph Kennedy was well within his First Amendment rights to pray privately on the 50-yard line at games — and that other individuals are free to do the same. This was the correct decision, in our humble opinions.
But a lot of leftists have taken issue with it, and they’ve used actual disinformation to make their arguments. Take the Atlantic’s Jemele Hill, for example. She falsely claimed in a tweet that Coach Kennedy had pressured students to join him in prayer and also suggested — also falsely — that a Muslim coach would not be afforded the same First Amendment rights as Coach Kennedy.
The issue wasn’t about him praying, but that he was pressuring other students to join him. Please let a Muslim coach try this and see what happens. https://t.co/JyaRjQYIYa
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) June 27, 2022
If we’re being completely honest, we expect this sort of BS from someone like Jemele Hill, who regularly gets it wrong on, well, everything. But we’d like to think that a sitting member of Congress would know better. And maybe a sitting member of Congress would know better … if they weren’t progressive Democrat and pathological liar Ilhan Omar, who had this to say about the decision:
The Supreme Court just ruled that public school teachers can pressure students to join in prayer at public school events but can also retaliate against those that don’t join in.
Religious freedom is dead in America.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 27, 2022
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Not a single part of her tweet is true. Not a single part.
That's not what the ruling said.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) June 28, 2022
No they didn't, liar. https://t.co/dMhl0LLCBJ
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) June 28, 2022
SCOTUS did not rule that public school teachers can pressure students to join in prayer at public school events (Coach Kennedy never did any such thing) or that public school teachers can retaliate against students that don’t join in (Coach Kennedy never did any such thing). And SCOTUS’ decision is an indisputable victory for religious freedom.
But other than that, Ilhan, you nailed it.
This is a complete lie. Where is @Twitter @TwitterSupport? https://t.co/PzoyNRB2tX
— Heimish Conservative (@HeimishCon) June 28, 2022
.@birdwatch I'd like to report the below tweet for false information and deliberately misleading people. https://t.co/aF22rCoDQG
— Sister Toldjah 😁 (@sistertoldjah) June 28, 2022
Where are Twitter’s Truth Police on Ilhan Omar’s tweet? Hers is a textbook case of disinformation.
https://t.co/1Nkrjacjm9 pic.twitter.com/ZP42sdpVpN
— Sympathy, Empathy, Dignity. (@liberrocky) June 28, 2022
Two blatant lies in this @IlhanMN tweet
The Supreme Court did NOT say:
– "teachers can pressure students"
– "can also retaliate"I have reported & hope others will as well
Not Minnesota Nice as Ilhan knows it's a LIE as she has never been for Minnesotans or USA, but herself https://t.co/uJ8Ul5ptK8
— RoadMN 📈 (@RoadMN) June 28, 2022
Reminder: The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute were fully on board with Coach Kennedy.
Once again: Amicus briefs in support of the petitioner in Kennedy v. Bremerton included the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty and The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team of the Religious Freedom Institute. pic.twitter.com/xuC0gMLkQN
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 27, 2022
Of course, maybe the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty cancels out the The Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team’s vote. You know how sneaky and pernicious those Jews can be …
