The Farah Family Feud Continues

The Farah family feud continues over at WorldNetDaily. It began when Joseph Farah’s daughter Alyssa — who had worked in the Trump White House, something her dad was apparently proud enough of that WND scrubbed her byline from most of the articles she wrote there while a moonlighting college student —  broke with Donald Trump over his promotion of the Big Lie about election fraud, a lie Joseph Farah still believes. Joseph Farah then attended Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally — you know, the one that turned into a riot at the Capitol — while Alyssa refused to go, which resulted in some under-bus-throwing from her dad. Last fall, Trump launched a nasty tirade at Alyssa over her stint on “The View,” about which Joseph Farah stayed silent.

Things appear to have escalated. Joseph Farah’s Feb. 14 column began with a few Bible verses and a declaration of how much he loves his family:

To speak on intimate, private family matters in public, affects all of them. Their privacy is important to me. More than that, the pain caused by exposing their family life to public scrutiny is a consequence that I do not take lightly – because I love them – I love them all.

Think on any complex family disagreement in your life. Try to think of a way to fully vindicate someone, or yourself – someone who is being accused of something. Just how would you do that without telling every detail of what every person involved did and said? And think about how that would play out – then everyone else in the family has to “give their side.” You’ve had similar circumstances. How could I do that to everyone involved in this question? And how absurd and narcissistic for me to do so publicly.

This turned into a discussion of how he had been accused of “boycotting” Alyssa’s wedding (whose name he didn’t use anywhere in his column), then complained he was responding publicly because “I am put in the unenviable situation of having to ‘defend’ myself, at least my character.” Oddly, he never seems to feel that compelled to defend himself when confronted with WND’s long history of long history of publishing fake news and conspiracy theories, which have led it to its current precarious financial state. (Also: We did not make the accusation he’s complaining he has to respond to; we merely noted the fact that he said nothing about her wedding in his column.)

After dropping a few more Bible verses, Farah finally got to the point:

As my daughters have asked me to limit my response, I am going to respect their wishes.

But I guess you deserve to know, seeing as you’ve read this far.

Why didn’t we go to the wedding? A father dreams of going to his daughter’s wedding. WE WEREN’T INVITED!

And … that’s it. That’s how the family schism is continuing. It’s sad to see, but actions have consequences.