As Twitchy told you, Matthew Yglesias thought better of a tweet he made earlier Wednesday about Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s grandstanding and “dunking on the convict from the bench.”
That tweet vanished after enough people apparently convinced Yglesias that Judge Aquilina wasn’t grandstanding but affirming for Dr. Larry Nassar’s victims that they had been wronged and justice was being served. This tweet said it very well:
https://twitter.com/lindsaydevon/status/956248730826625024
That seems to have been the experience of Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who tweeted her thanks to the judge Wednesday afternoon.
To Judge Aquilina : THANK YOU, YOU ARE MY HERO
&
Shout out to all of the survivors for being so brave & speaking like the queens that you are while looking at that monster. He will no longer have the power to steal our happiness or joy. I stand with every one of you ? pic.twitter.com/b5SMmjZgeW
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) January 24, 2018
Powerful stuff.
Maybe this will answer your question, @mattyglesias. https://t.co/0tTnVg281K
— Javachik (@javachik) January 24, 2018
These women. This judge.
They humble me and make me want to be a better person. https://t.co/YLUt8ZhOZE— Marisa W. (@MarisaWard57) January 24, 2018
I am walloped by the scope of the abuse and overcome with the power of these women's collective voices and the judge who heard them. https://t.co/ImdjerBswD
— Zoe Zolbrod (@zoezolbrod) January 24, 2018
I wish there had been a woman like Judge Aquilina around about 13 years ago. Thank you #JudgeAquilina https://t.co/3MeDtZA5pP
— Jennifer M. Kerner (@JMKernerParkin) January 24, 2018
She did it for them….for the victims so those of you who thought she was too mean to a rapist can just take a seat in the back, way in the back. https://t.co/AbeYDmOpu4
— Maria1200andCounting,. (@mariaso1200) January 24, 2018
Stay strong, look ahead. You are the queens. https://t.co/ZYCLhXJ13M
— Annie Lise (@annie_lise) January 24, 2018
“Leave your pain here. Go out and do your magnificent things.” Wow. Judge Aquilina. https://t.co/ym2FpXnJtb
— Rebecca Lee (@rebeccaclarelee) January 24, 2018
This is so beautiful. https://t.co/tAH2DJhaTA
— unreliable narrator (@Rach_Believe) January 24, 2018
Judge Aquilina has been not only professional, she has been OUTSTANDING while managing all of this mess. She could not have been better.#powertowomen https://t.co/QcCfc4Gs6z
— Alessia (@alessiamcc) January 24, 2018
Judge Aquilina is my role model ❤️ https://t.co/MggywGjkfs
— Joyce C. Lee (@joycecylee) January 24, 2018
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