New York Magazine | RNC Speaker Cut From Lineup After Retweeting Anti-Semitic Conspiracy

Convention drama got a head start on Tuesday morning when Mary Ann Mendoza, a speaker scheduled for the convention’s second night, urged her Twitter followers to read up on a Jewish plan to enslave the world’s peoples and steal their land. After the matter was reported on by the Daily Beast, the Republican National Convention quietly removed her from its evening programming.

An “angel mom” who was expected to speak about the death of her son — a police officer who was killed in a car accident with a drunk driver who was undocumented — Mendoza began her day by encouraging her audience to do themselves “a favor and read this thread.”

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