"PBS NewsHour" correspondent Yamiche Alcindor was heavily criticized late Wednesday over a tweet describing GOP House candidate Madison Cawthorn standing at the conclusion of his Republican National Convention remarks as a "direct rebuke" to those protesting social injustice. TRUMP HITS PBS' YAMICHE ALCINDOR FOR ASKING HOW '.1 PERCENT' INCREASE IN BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT IS A 'VICTORY'"The activist below found a way to turn a paraplegic standing up in his wheelchair an act of white supremacy," Daily Caller reporter Chuck Ross tweeted. "Nowhere did Cawthorn state his standing was a “direct rebuke of actions by ppl -- including black athletes who are currently sitting out games -- protesting police brutality. And Yamiche Alcindor is not a journalist," conservative commentator Stephen Miller said. "Protesters say they understand who the statues commemorate," she wrote, "and that images of those people--many who owed enslaved people--should be gone."

Source: Fox News August 27, 2020 03:56 UTC