Widespread Backlash to Ann's Comments on Kennedy

    Ann visited Kennedy recently and said that Nikki Haley is an immigrant.

    Since Haley was born in America, Ann later clarified with a tweet:

2d gen immigrant, as she constantly brags. Maj. Nidal Hasan, Anwar al-Awlaki, Octomom -we R getting the best ppl! https://t.co/oJ80xSghLD

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) June 24, 2015

    Greta Van Susteren said on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at 5:36pm, that Ann's comments on Nikki Haley were

"...wrong, reckless and nasty."

    Please explain the "nasty" part, Susteren. Thinking someone doesn't know history? Thinking someone is an immigrant? Neither fits the "nasty" bill.



    Politifact rated Ann's claim as "Pants on Fire," but refuses to consider Ann's explanation.



    Aaron Goldstein said:

"Ann Coulter should own up to her mistake and apologize to Haley... It would just be the decent thing to do..."

    1. Say someone is an immigrant. 2. Take a "rudeness test." 3. See results that say, "Zero rudeness."



    Adam B. Lerner reports that:

"The head of a top Indian-American advocacy group on Wednesday condemned Ann Coulter’s comments that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley doesn’t understand America because she’s “an immigrant” with roots in India...

He said that the comments are offensive for "presuming that immigrants don’t understand American history.""

    Liberals babble on and on about how great the public school system is, so shouldn't Americans know more about American history than people who immigrated here one year ago?



    Soopermexican (most likely) joked:

"Ann Coulter just about invalidated all her arguments and her entire existence when she... said just about the stupidest thing you could say about Nikki Haley...

WOW. What’s the worse possibility – that Ann Coulter called Nikki Haley an immigrant when she was born in South Carolina by accident, or that she did it on purpose to get attention?"

    Nothing to say here.



    The Wikipedia article entitled "Immigrant generations" begins with:

"The term first-generation can refer to either people who were born in one country and relocated to another, or to their children born in the country they have relocated to. The term second-generation refers to children of first-generation immigrants, and thus exhibits the same ambiguity." [Emphasis added.]

    There is no consensus on what immigrant, whether first or second generation, means, so no one can say Ann was wrong.

    Don't forget that there is such popularity in the phrase "second-generation immigrant" that it has its own Wikipedia article. Here's a quote from the second paragraph:

"Second generation immigrants are U.S. citizens by birth."

     So wait. Even Americans who did not immigrate can still be considered immigrants.

    That settles it.

    Additionally, liberals say immigrants are good for the economy, are hard-working, and generally all-around good. Why are they so offended when someone is called an immigrant? It's like they think being an immigrant is a disease or something.

    According to liberals we are all immigrants and we are a nation of immigrants, but Nikki Haley isn't an immigrant.


UPDATE: About seven months later, Haley gave a response to Obama's SOTU address. Ann tweeted:

Trump should deport Nikki Haley.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 13, 2016