As Twitchy readers know, Jennifer Rubin was so angry about Americans saving $75 that she went on some bizarre rant about Ivanka Trump over it. We get it, Jennifer, you don’t like Trump. But this just came across as vindictive and mean:
Seventy-five bucks would probably cover Trump’s lunch tab at her father’s club, but really does nothing for those low-income families. https://t.co/Al9kTU430v
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 21, 2017
From the Washington Post:
She’s a walking advertisement for the danger of nepotism, an exemplar of class privilege and a perfect representative for Republican know-nothingism. She was supposed to be the brains of the family and the moral ballast; instead, she’s a self-righteous enabler.
We’re speaking of Ivanka Trump, as you might have divined. She was out talking nonsense again on Thursday: “I’m really looking forward to doing a lot of traveling in April when people realize the effect that this has … The vast majority will be [doing their taxes] on a single postcard.” Thunk. There’s no postcard. That was a prop. And the filing for the first year under the new tax code will be in 2019.
OMG quick, put Ivanka in jail because she messed up the details of the tax bill. Or better yet, WRITE SOMETHING MEAN ABOUT HER.
How petty.
Mary Katharine Ham also saw an issue with Rubin’s $75 dollar snark.
Are we really pretending $75 is nothing? #trumpslunchtabisactuallyprettybig https://t.co/7cMsK9iltf
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 22, 2017
It’s amazing how anyone could think $75 is not a decent amount of money; for many, that’s a month’s worth of school lunches for their kiddos or a couple of gallons of gas.
if your healthcare cost from repeal of individ mandate goes up 10X that, you're darned right
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 22, 2017
You’re darned right!
Well, now she’s getting serious.
So, "conservative blogger" wants to keep the individual mandate that forces everyone to buy insurance?
— That's LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Crapplefratz! (@Crapplefratz) December 22, 2017
We’re starting to think ‘Conservative’ is a stretch here.
Ham continued:
I get that you’ve never had to be on Obamacare, but many of us who have wld gladly take some of our own earned $$$ to compensate for its crap. Or, are you pro-Ocare now? You’ve changed your mind about a lot. https://t.co/SHaAlpn1mk https://t.co/dqsKqNjJpY
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 22, 2017
She does seem to go back-and-forth on many conservative issues these days.
Surely she had a well thought-out answer for Ham’s question.
Bu-Bye!
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 22, 2017
Hrm.
Guess not.
Compelling, Jen!
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 22, 2017
Thought-provoking even.
Good answer to a person who has *actually* been in the Obamacare market. You are an intellectual and policy giant. https://t.co/rD2krIXWu6
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 22, 2017
When we read this tweet we thought she’d called Rubin ‘an intellectual and policy gnat.’
Hey, it’s early yet, we still need coffee.
Must be nice to live in a bubble Ms Rubin. I'm a self employed widow and pay $632/mth w/a $$6600 deduct. Have for almost 3 years now. What a snob you are.
— LAMB (@LAMB444) December 22, 2017
Awful.
And yes, Rubin is being a snob.
But $75 means nothing to us, right @JRubinBlogger, who’s on corporate insurance? https://t.co/ieSc7do6TW
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 22, 2017
Psh.
This is what it looks like when someone with TDS is called out for their hypocrisy. Apparently Jennifer didn't learn anything from Matthew Dowd. You don't mess with @mkhammer https://t.co/c9WTF5DQJO
— Chris Antenucci (@chrisantenucci) December 22, 2017
Dowd attacked her for being a widow, and after she destroyed him …
She hasn’t blocked me yet, so slightly more manly than Dowd. https://t.co/M5IslOpJnq
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 22, 2017
He blocked her.
Considering an old pimento loaf sandwich sitting on the floor of a bus station is manlier than Dowd, that’s not saying much.
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