As Twitchy reported earlier, former aide to President Trump Hope Hicks (whose candid at-work photo in The New York Times was criticized by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Soledad O’Brien as a posed “glamour shot”) appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, apparently to read stretches of the Mueller report to members of Congress.
Chairman Jerry Nadler made a few enemies by referring to Hicks three separate times as “Ms. Lewandowski.” Olivia Nuzzi called it “sexist and appalling.”
It doesn’t matter what you think of Hicks. This is sexist and appalling, if you know anything about Cory Lewandowski’s alleged behavior toward her. Here’s some context: https://t.co/OMO6JjwKy9 https://t.co/Z0zPpAsZEc
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 20, 2019
Washington Times columnist Matt Mackowiak also found it offensive:
Disgusting and childish behavior from @RepJerryNadler https://t.co/1Ln7jsj39x
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) June 20, 2019
We didn’t foresee anyone coming forward to white knight for Nadler, but in retrospect, we should have. New York Times correspondent Glenn Thrush wanted proof from Mackowiak that Nadler had done it on purpose … over and over … with her name right there on a placard.
Do you have evidence — either from sources or his prior behavior — that would suggest he did that intentionally? https://t.co/G7eSE2AADw
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 20, 2019
She’s never been Mrs. Lewandowski. Never. Not once. Ever. It’s malicious and intentional. https://t.co/DnphErEOEE
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) June 20, 2019
If it turns out to be "accidental" as @abbydphillip reported you will roll back the assertion?
Crowd-source question: I've covered Nadler for 30 years, and this seems wildly out of character — am I wrong?
Are there examples of him doing this before? https://t.co/rsOnbXgPCm
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 20, 2019
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“I’ve covered Nadler for 30 years so of course I’m just a detached observer.”
Of course I would if not was an innocent mistake. How do you call someone by a last name they’ve never had unintentionally? https://t.co/KLlxC2uYOS
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) June 20, 2019
He's had recent health issues, to be blunt, and if you see him walking around the Capitol you can see him physically manifesting the strain and exhaustion. That's not to say you are wrong, but there might be another explanation… That's all I'm driving at… https://t.co/IWaxnnLSq1
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 20, 2019
Oh, so maybe it was strain and exhaustion that made him do it again and again, despite her name never having been Lewandowski.
LOL He did it 3 times, does “Hicks” sound like “Lewandowski”?
— PolitixFix (@PolitixFix) June 20, 2019
Do you have any evidence from his past behavior that warrants the benefit of the doubt? If you had to bet your last dollar on Earth, you’d go with accident?
— HB (@EYA10) June 20, 2019
Not even trying to be rude, but what is the point of this tweet.
This is something I’d expect from the hackiest of Nadler’s staffers.
— Kyle Kushner (@KyleKushner10) June 20, 2019
Glenn speaks from experience on the subject of harassment. He's somewhat of an expert. https://t.co/y7C7XavDIQ pic.twitter.com/d6F1yKtg33
— BT (@back_ttys) June 21, 2019
Hey, a lot of good men got caught up in that whole #MeToo movement. And some not-so-good men.
Look at that brave firefighter go. Who knew firefighting would so closely resemble the work of the DNC's rapid response team? pic.twitter.com/UsbVZNiL4b
— BT (@back_ttys) June 21, 2019
Media hall monitors don't bat an eye at Fedora still working at the NY Times, but they'll show that random forklift operator what's what for posting a video of Pelosi on facebook.
— BT (@back_ttys) June 21, 2019
Maybe we should heed Glenn Rather and give Rep. Gacy the benefit of the doubt; Gacy has been under a lot of strain lately, and Rather has been covering Gacy for 30 years.
Truth:
Had she been a Democrat they would have already turned this into a meme and sold t-shirts.https://t.co/w0eUPxDnGW
— Holden (@Holden114) June 21, 2019
Related:
'That's sexist garbage'! Dem Rep. Jerry Nadler too 'preoccupied' to show Hope Hicks the most basic form of respect https://t.co/nLsaIc2N6d
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 20, 2019
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