This is either very interesting and we should hear more or poorly-marked nonsense that is frankly irresponsible. https://t.co/EXz93AbdYu
— Thankful Muppet Energy (Sunny) (@sunnyright) October 19, 2016
Well, this is, um …
Following a post at BuzzFeed about Ivanka’s response to her father’s remarks on that infamous 2005 tape:
Ivanka Trump Says Her Father’s Lewd Comments Were “A Bit Jarring” https://t.co/8C0tFiFasO pic.twitter.com/GMJi83CPqV
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) October 19, 2016
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti had this to say:
Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language. I met her once & she casually said: "I've never seen a mulatto cock, but I'd like to!" https://t.co/WrgCoM0MGK
— Jonah Peretti (@peretti) October 19, 2016
Oh, my.
More context pls.
— Alexia Bonatsos (@alexia) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/788844486990319616
she WHAT? https://t.co/erPkD55qwq
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/elisecterry/status/788845544273653760
Is Peretti telling the truth? Misremembering Ivanka’s remarks? Or just making it up entirely? We may never find out. But one thing’s for sure: We wouldn’t mind being able to unread that.
— Brianna Sacks (@bri_sacks) October 19, 2016
— Madison Malone Kircher (@4evrmalone) October 19, 2016
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) October 19, 2016
What in the hell is going on with this year? https://t.co/xwboswoSQR
— Atticus Goldfinch (@AtticusGF) October 19, 2016
Wouldn’t we all like to know.
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Update:
If you were wondering, @peretti confirms what he tweeted actually happened. Full story soon. https://t.co/jAe8Gd5LgF
— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) October 19, 2016
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Update:
BuzzFeed CEO: I Heard Ivanka Trump Talk About “Mulatto Cocks” https://t.co/AhmPwL2mFF
— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) October 19, 2016
More from BuzzFeed (note: graphic language):
Peretti said the encounter with Ivanka occurred at a Manhattan dive bar called Tropical some about 10 years ago with roughly five other people present.
“She was saying how she first said she had never seen an uncircumcised cock and then she said, ‘I’ve never seen a mulatto cock. There’s lots of cocks I’ve never seen,’ or something like that,” Peretti said.
“Of course, it was memorable just because of the use of the lewd language and racist language. It was also memorable being in the environment of being… in New York, sometimes liberal and progressive people make comments meant as jokes and not necessarily earnest. I didn’t know how to take it.”
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Update:
Statement just in from Ivanka Trump, calling @peretti's words a lie. https://t.co/hf4auDbp4O pic.twitter.com/jO0OLBT2Lp
— David Mack (@davidmackau) October 19, 2016
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