Los Angeles Times reporter David Horsey is under fire after penning a column that referred to Sarah Huckabee Sanders as a “chunky soccer mom”:
1. This is a disgusting pile of trash of a column. pic.twitter.com/KHDM8aUXaN
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) November 3, 2017
Horsey has since apologized for the insult:
I want to apologize to Times readers — and to Sarah Huckabee Sanders — for a description that was insensitive and failed to meet the standards of our newspaper. It also failed to meet the expectations I have for myself. It surely won’t be my last mistake, but this particular error will be scrupulously avoided in my future commentaries. I’ve removed the offending description.
Yeah, that doesn’t quite cut it. Who edited the piece and allowed this through?
2. And while David has apologized, I'd like to hear from his editor, the offensive passage about SHS didn't go up on its own. pic.twitter.com/heIJwH4K4T
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) November 3, 2017
Criticism of Horsey came from both sides of the aisle. Here’s Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca for example:
Things that are true at the same time:
1) Sarah Huckabee Sanders is an unabashed enemy of the truth
2) This profile of her is sexist trash pic.twitter.com/3ti2NWqGgZ— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 3, 2017
And Breitbart’s Curt Schilling:
Let me get this straight. A milky white clown like you claiming to be the party for women, openly make fun of a womens weight? @davidhorsey
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 3, 2017
KUMBAYA! The left and right agree on something!
https://twitter.com/Thorrison/status/926510888840024065
Horsey, of course, is totally pro-women, or something:
In David's own words, he is not a good man. pic.twitter.com/mkNeI8XIaQ
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) November 3, 2017
And not only did “chunky soccer mom” get past an editor, so did this cartoon:
really? with this as the illustration? "slightly chunky soccer mom" seems tame. pic.twitter.com/o7hXpbxgSE
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) November 3, 2017
In the cartoon, Horsey calls SHS “Big Mother”:
@davidhorsey I read your apology…. but standing by "Big Mother"?
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) November 3, 2017
Remind us again how it was Mitt Romney who was misogynistic for his “binders full of women”?
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Related:
Apparently job retraining is only for coal miners and not for @DNAinfo–@Gothamist reporters https://t.co/bBmvobgUbd
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 3, 2017
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