It was Tuesday when the Washington Post’s Ashley Parker published a nearly 2,000-word feature on Karen Pence, wife of the vice president. It was far from a hit piece, but the excerpt used in the tweet promoting the feature — extracted from a 2002 interview in The Hill — took on a life of its own and inspired literally days and days worth of jokes hot takes, and in-depth analysis.
Mike Pence never dines alone w a woman not his wife, nor does he attends events w alcohol, w/o her by his side. https://t.co/BxfS0JzbAc
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 29, 2017
The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway feared the worst, and Vox delivered, publishing a piece on how Pence’s rule certainly was not honorable and very likely was illegal. Hemingway pushed back Saturday against days’ worth of feminist arguments that Pence was discriminating against women and denying them equal chance at advancement.
Didn't realize your career advancement required so many boozy private dinners with your opposite sex boss. Mine required literally zero.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 1, 2017
Mine, too.
— Carol Platt Liebau (@CPLiebau) April 1, 2017
right? This is … weird
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 1, 2017
And more than a little pathetic. Who wants a boss who insists on boozy private dinners?! Ew.
— Carol Platt Liebau (@CPLiebau) April 1, 2017
Wow! You got ahead by intelligence and clever writing? Curious how they get ahead….
— Jodi???? (@APLMom) April 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/848205359516971009
Boom.
That tweet should end this whole story.
— Area Man (@lheal) April 1, 2017
Hey, could you try to be a little more oppressed? K thx
— J. Mike Blake (@JMBpreps) April 1, 2017
I would be weirded out if a male co-worker wanted to dine 1 on 1
— Matt Worthing (@mattworthing) April 1, 2017
Strange. Mine too. And when I was the boss? Also zero boozy private dinners w staff. Almost as if they’re unnecessary.
— Melissa Jenna Godsey ?? ???????? (@melissajenna) April 1, 2017
Been with my firm for 20 years, never had dinner alone with my boss. Never out for drinks, it's almost like we don't know each other at all!
— Sunnyandsalty (@sunnyandsalty) April 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/hithahspam/status/848178712310710272
Just think where you'd be if you did! ?
— S. Alabama Nobody⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@SAlabamaNobody) April 1, 2017
Been working 14 yrs, neither male coworkers or I have ever had dinner – boozy or otherwise – alone with a boss. That…would be weird.
— Katie Sherrick (@katiesherrick) April 1, 2017
Same here. They call it sexual harassment at my workplace to even suggest it
— Margaret Lester (@tnrunningmom) April 1, 2017
I've never had a meal alone w/a male boss. Wouldn't like it if my husband had a meal alone w/female co-worker. It's creepy.
— ???? ???????????? ??♀️ (@KMcWade) April 1, 2017
The whole concept is kind of creepy to me. However, I live in the rural Midwest and must not be as woke as a writer from Slate. My bad.
— Rhonda Erickson (@rhoneri) April 1, 2017
I recently decided to sleep my way to the top. Started when I was 56. Not much progress so far…
— The Captain (@captainspicks) April 1, 2017
I'm single but have women employees and never been alone with them. They still got equal raises, and more in higher positions than the men.
— Lion & Lamb (@ljm_scuba) April 1, 2017
We're doing feminism wrong.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) April 1, 2017
This new feminism makes me think that, too. The left is upside down about many issues.
— Susan Appelquist (@SAppelquist) April 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/The_M0uth/status/848196981768024064
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FACEPALM: This SJW rant about Pence and Christianity is why you never go full Alinskyhttps://t.co/A3WXlRDKwy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 31, 2017
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