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Billy Hallowell, TheBlaze — Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly issued a joke on Thursday night that will surely catch liberals’ attention. Making a crack about past scrutiny surrounding President Barack Obama’s faith, the popular “O’Reilly Factor” host quipped that all of the White House’s trees are “facing Mecca.”Mecca is, of course, the holiest city in the Islamic faith — one that adherents face on a daily basis while they utter invocations. O’Reilly’s joke came after Leno mentioned the fact that some Republicans have been skeptical that the president is a Muslim.
Watch the dialogue, below:
“All those Republicans said, Obama’s a Muslim — he’s a Muslim. And now he put 54 Christmas trees in the White House,” Leno said. “He’s wasting money on Christmas trees! You can’t please everybody.”
O’Reilly followed this up with a joke, quipping, but they’re all facing Mecca.” » Read More
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Billy Hallowell has been working in journalism and media for more than a decade. His writings have appeared in Human Events, Mediaite and on FOXNews.com, among other outlets. Hallowell has a B.A. in journalism and broadcasting from the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York and an M.S. in social research from Hunter College in Manhattan, New York. He is the founder of Pathufind Media and lives just outside NYC with his wife. You can find him on Twitter @BillyHallowell.