As Twitchy reported, quite a lot of blue-checks on Twitter tried to pull a “Well, ACKSHUALLY” after video was posted of journalist Andy Ngo clearly being assaulted by Antifa thugs in Portland recently.
As recently as yesterday, Vox bridge-builder Zach Beauchamp tried to “cut through the fog” of the violent assault that sent Ngo to the hospital, and boy, did it get foggy: “The meaning of filmed events is entirely open to contestation. The mere fact that Ngo was assaulted doesn’t say what the meaning of that assault is, or what broader context is that’s necessary to understand it.”
Which brings us to the Human Rights Campaign’s communications person, Charlotte Clymer, who tweeted that Ngo was intentionally “provoking” people on the left (Antifa doesn’t like its illegal activities caught on camera and even passes out flyers saying so).
Here's how a big-name communications staffer at the Human Rights Campaign reacted to a gay journalist getting attacked by a group of masked vigilantes during a public event. There's video of a masked vigilante punching him in the head. pic.twitter.com/mHKWawl8wq
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) June 30, 2019
“Violence is completely wrong … but I’m also not going to pretend that this wasn’t Ngo’s goal from the start.” Nice.
We’d missed it, but Ashley Rae Goldenberg caught an apology by Clymer float by in her Twitter feed Wednesday. That seems like a long time to apologize if you truly regretted what you said.
How many donors to the Human Rights Campaign do you think called in to remind ~Charlotte~ here that Andy Ngo is gay? This statement is clearly the result of a reprimand from a boss. pic.twitter.com/iEoKyfml3r
— Ashley Rae Goldenberg (@Communism_Kills) July 6, 2019
Here’s the apology, which of course begins with a “clarification,” meaning you didn’t properly understand what she was saying in her first tweets.
I want to clarify comments I made this weekend about the assault on Andy Ngo. Although I stated that violence is completely wrong and would never claim it was deserved, I failed to unequivocally condemn what took place and make clear that no person deserves what happened to him.
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) July 3, 2019
The only fact necessary to be recognized is that he was attacked by thugs because of his political views.
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) July 3, 2019
Yeah, the rest of us all knew that last Saturday as it was happening.
In our country, to say nothing of elsewhere in the world, that should always be wrong, and it was wrong of me to contextualize his assault, no matter how I feel about his record of diminishing and excusing discrimination and violence against transgender people.
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) July 3, 2019
Wow, Clymer ought to write greeting cards, ’cause this is just beautiful, thoughtful stuff.
I sincerely apologize to Andy Ngo, and I am sorry at how poorly my comments reflected on my colleagues at the Human Rights Campaign, who resolutely stand against all violence.
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) July 3, 2019
It took four tweets, but we think she finally got to the point: Her tweets reflected poorly on the Human Rights Campaign, and she probably didn’t have to come to that conclusion without some assistance from her colleagues.
— Emma Sheen is Antifa (@messengerbag) July 4, 2019
You’re defending violent fascists that have berated hate crime victims. Do better
— stevie nicks’ third nipple ♈︎♐︎♒︎ (@_theladycady) July 3, 2019
You’re a simple minded hypocrite who pushes for the silence of anyone who doesn’t agree with you. Spare me this BS. https://t.co/ADaBeNDnpu
— Kyle Wooten (@kjwooten87) July 6, 2019
Someone's afraid of a lawsuit. #lol
— Chris Quines (@ChrisQuines) July 6, 2019
Did you get a call from his lawyer?
— Not a Useful Idiot (@LetsDoThis202) July 3, 2019
“And would never claim it was deserved” however if you look at what I had just tweeted out you will see that is exactly what I did. Stop lying and take ownership.
— Bethany (@Bethany74386416) July 6, 2019
We know what you said, and there’s no clarity needed. Somebody made you apologize for your nasty comments, and no one believes you.
— Alexis ?? (@xoxalexisdiana) July 6, 2019
This is a garbage apology after advocating violence against a gay POC. @hrc should be ashamed if they allow you to maintain any position for them after your shrill hate speech. #EnoughIsEnough
— You’re Not (@MySupervisor1) July 6, 2019
Much too late.
— Tonton ?????? (@TontonKOMRAD) July 4, 2019
Actual footage of the Clymer apology. pic.twitter.com/eSfVi6LRxM
— (((J. VanSteenwyk))) (@jwvansteenwyk) July 6, 2019
I would imagine that if someone has to remind her of the values she's suppose to espouse then she probably isn't the best one to represent their interests.
— Sonoran Conservative (@SonoranConserv) July 6, 2019
What a disgusting person she is.
— Yoram M. Kelmer (@yoramkelmer) July 6, 2019
Related:
Who they REALLY are –> Charlotte Clymer (Human Rights Campaign staffer) had the vilest take of ALL about Andy Ngo https://t.co/07vKhKtkgK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 1, 2019
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