{"id":29827,"date":"2016-12-15T20:55:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T01:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29827"},"modified":"2016-12-15T20:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T01:55:46","slug":"29827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29827","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Mirengoff<\/a> at Power Line <\/a>posted an article yesterday about a recent incident in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Yasmin Seweid, an 18 year-old college students<\/a>, was charged<\/a> with filing a false report based on false statements to authorities that three men called her a terrorist and chanted \u201cDonald Trump<\/a>\u201d while she was riding a New York City subway. Seweid alleged that when she moved to the other end of the train, one of the men followed her and tried to pull off her hajib<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As John Sexton<\/a> notes, Seweid\u2019s \u201ctraumatic train ride\u201d became a talking point for the anti-Trump media. It fit the narrative that Trump\u2019s election has produced a rash of hate crimes<\/a>. See Slate\u2019s initial coverage<\/a>, for example.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New York City police department<\/a> reportedly spent significant resources trying to verify Seweid\u2019s story. It was unable to find any witnesses to the incident or any video that corroborated her story.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, Seweid recanted. She said she made up the tale to get attention because she was having issues with her family at home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this case the news reported what they thought was a true story, but how many of the reports of this nature have also been made up?<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

How much trouble is Seweid in with the police? Possibly, more than a little. A NYPD source explained<\/a> that given the amount of time detectives spent chasing the phony story, and how politically charged the allegation was, police and prosecutors felt compelled to charge her. To make matters worse, they reportedly gave her numerous opportunities to come clean, but she repeatedly refused to tell the truth for weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The left is determined not to \u201cnormalize\u201d Trump. But one benefit of normalization would be a diminution of abnormal behavior<\/a> like that exhibited by Seweid. Let\u2019s hope the mass freakout over Trump\u2019s victory subsides in the coming months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can only assume that the left is so terrified of Donald Trump for two reasons–if his economic ideas work, they will be out of power for a long time, and if he drains the swamp, they might find themselves going down the drain. All Americans need to support what our President-elect is trying to do. It could mean the difference between America living up to her potential or America losing her way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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