As Twitchy reported Friday, MSNBC host Chris Hayes of all people called for a “real reckoning” with the charges against Bill Clinton. That cloud has been hanging over the Democrats for decades, and lightning strikes whenever Democrats try to claim that the GOP is the party of sexual harassment and impropriety.
This tweet from ThinkProgress editor Ian Millhiser is well over a year old, but someone on Saturday dug into his archives and revived it for discussion considering the current environment:
Number of Americans who are suffering because of Bill Clinton's penis: 0
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 18, 2016
You should do that math again https://t.co/BNqZ6zoxr3
— Wheat Bucket (@NateHousley) November 11, 2017
Um, can we get a fact-check on that?
Wrong. pic.twitter.com/gfy9qyQe2E
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) November 11, 2017
What’s that about victims of sexual assault being heard and believed?
this aged well. https://t.co/Xn8uOXElQQ
— Mike Kraft (@kraft_mike) November 10, 2017
Aaaaaand just in case you thought only gross conservatives are capable of explaining away sexual assault … https://t.co/neytn2ZOzB
— most woke unwoke🌹 (@dear_crabby31) November 10, 2017
This deserves so many "Men are trash" replies. https://t.co/rJoOiMvSKo
— arcade wild (@arcadewildfire) November 11, 2017
You discredit and devalue every woman who accused him.
Shame on you.https://t.co/z61FU3ZX0l— Nan (@NanInKansas) November 11, 2017
How can someone be so out of touch to think this is actually a good thing to say & then have the lack of sense to put it out into the world. https://t.co/rxT6frqnCJ
— a (@aacoek) November 11, 2017
Sexual assault enabling 101 👇🏾 https://t.co/76IhbZy3zC
— Maroons Horn ☭ (@uhusofree) November 11, 2017
Daaaaaamn that’s a putrid take https://t.co/ApG6SPZLnJ
— Jaim (@OptimusJaim) November 11, 2017
Just saying "Bill Clinton's penis" causes me great suffering https://t.co/H9vjSchMX8
— Bella (@Hella_Right) November 11, 2017
Holy shit, that's an evil thing to say.
Cc @PolitiBunny https://t.co/DTNvCYPQO8
— (((Aaron Worthing))) (@AaronWorthing) November 11, 2017
Well this is an interesting fight to start. The number is definitely not zero, though. https://t.co/55mx1c7zlA
— Peter Floccinaucinihilipilification Coffin🔑 (@petercoffin) November 11, 2017
At least one https://t.co/WZVC05zKka pic.twitter.com/wjSD53nHrr
— Liars Never Win (@liars_never_win) November 11, 2017
Juanita Broaddrick might disagree https://t.co/cIo1dbtNjG
— Don (@tokenwhitedude) November 11, 2017
Juanita Broadrick disagrees and this is exactly what I mean when I say the Left should just just the hell up. The Right has much to fix, no doubt, but the Left is the original silencers of abused women. https://t.co/TIDMcvdqCC
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) November 11, 2017
I think Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut would have something to say about that… https://t.co/IP6LUL91ov
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) November 11, 2017
Tell that to the numerous women who were destroyed by Hillary Clinton’s Bimbo Eruptions Squad. .@atensnut https://t.co/a02xosvj4h
— David Morgan (@StarCoreOne02) November 11, 2017
I️ feel like this is very not true. Monica, Paula, Juanita, Kathleen, etc. https://t.co/pkg3mco21R
— Rae Sanni (@raesanni) November 11, 2017
I'm pretty sure every woman Trump brought to that debate will disagree. https://t.co/WnW8Vus2VF
— Alex Joshua (@_alex_joshua) November 11, 2017
Yeah because Monica Lewinsky hasn't been slut shamed her entire adult life right? A lot of it by Dems. https://t.co/eUKPdahdN4
— Antifa Penguin 🐧 (@AntifaPenguin) November 10, 2017
Leaving Clinton's other rape/sexual misconduct allegations aside, there's no denying his confirmed affair with Monica Lewinsky caused her to suffer massive personal humiliation. Shame on you. https://t.co/skFZaa3s3E https://t.co/qEjTCeZucM
— Joshua Hopper (@joshhopper98) November 11, 2017
Pro-tip: don’t use other sex offenders and alleged rapists to excuse sex offenders and alleged pedophiles. https://t.co/dbJQPSbCMZ
— Milksteak&Jellybeans (@Tallulahs_Ghost) November 10, 2017
I expect @HillaryClinton to like this. She put a lot of effort in to smearing and silencing victims. https://t.co/QHpn7EORGi
— Barry Gadbois (@BarryGadbois) November 11, 2017
Old tweets are a bitch. So are Bill Clinton's rape victims, according to Hillary. https://t.co/t10AxIhWxX
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) November 11, 2017
Two years ago, Ian Millhiser tweets out a perfect example of what feminists are talking about when we say there's a misogyny problem on the left, too, and two years later, the internet is finally calling him out for it.
Don't be like Ian. Misogyny from the left is still misogyny https://t.co/P35fcx3B4K
— Matthew Villani III (@AltoonaYerPiano) November 11, 2017
Number of years that have to pass in order to make this take less bad: ALL OF THEM
THIS TAKE WILL ALWAYS BE BAD https://t.co/9fAu8nQVCe
— Brittany⚡️Sneers (@Bluepurplerain) November 11, 2017
You better put some ice on this tweet. https://t.co/JFenmiwQiC
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) November 11, 2017
Number of Americans who are enlightened by Ian Milhiser's twitter feed: Ian's mother. https://t.co/dxHN7Vy8TH
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 11, 2017
when you get to hell it's just this dude talking out his ass for eternity. https://t.co/a92l0iT6Q4
— David Salazar (@davidj_salazar) November 10, 2017
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