DILLON: Paul Nehlen: A Man Without Courage, A Heart, Or A Brain

On Thursday, Paul Nehlen, a candidate for Congress in Wisconsin, gave me a new nickname: “Ben’s philosemetic [sic] flying monkey.”

Nehlen gave me my new nickname in an email to his supporters. This comes after I published an article on Monday discussing Virginia Senate candidate Corey Stewart and his ties to Nehlen.

“In an article written for Ben’s publication, Kassy Dillon further ingratiates herself as Ben’s philosemetic flying monkey,” he writes. “[A]ttacking none other than the GOP frontrunner in Virginia, Corey Stewart, for supporting my run against globalist NeverTrumper Paul Ryan.”

Nehlen is known for his toxic, anti-Semitic views and brutal attacks on his political opponents. Nehlen’s campaign collapsed in January after his overtly racist and anti-Semitic social media posts surfaced, but the candidate didn’t admit any wrongdoing — he blamed Jews. Nehlen compiled a list of 81 verified, predominantly Jewish, Twitter users who have “attacked” him for his “#AmericaFirst positions.”

Despite the fact that I am not Jewish, I was included on this list, along with a few other non-Jews.

Apparently, anyone who disagrees with Nehlen is either a flying monkey or a Jew.

While I am devastated that my original label of a Jew was lowered to “Ben’s philosemetic [sic] flying monkey,” I am excited to try out my newfound flying superpower.

It also appears that Shapiro, the wicked witch of the Western Wall, enjoys his new role as the Wicked Witch of the West:

Nehlen’s statement goes on to describe himself and Stewart as “fervent Trump supporters,” despite Trump backing Paul Ryan over him in their race against each other, and Stewart’s firing from the Trump campaign.

Stewart distanced himself from Nehlen earlier this week, saying, “That was before he went nuts and started spewing a bunch of stupid stuff. When he started saying all that crazy stuff, I wanted nothing to do with him after that.”

Sorry Nehlen, three clicks of your ruby red slippers won’t make you relevant again. Twitter user Jerry Dunleavy, who Nehlen has targeted in the past, got it right:

P.S. This flying monkey disobeyed her handler’s request to not use sarcasm in this article.