As we told you over the weekend, “Will & Grace” actors Eric McCormack and Debra Messing made it clear that they wanted the media to help “out” Trump supporters who attend his upcoming Beverly Hills fundraiser:
Hey, @THR, kindly report on everyone attending this event, so the rest of us can be clear about who we don’t wanna work with. Thx. https://t.co/7W3xPG3bI2
— Eric McCormack (@EricMcCormack) August 30, 2019
Please print a list of all attendees please. The public has a right to know. https://t.co/YV4UoxrPHI
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) August 31, 2019
Messing later tried to spin her comments by saying that Trump supporters should be proud to have their donations publicized. But the “Will & Grace” actors’ tweets were too much for Whoopi Goldberg:
Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) was not pleased that @DebraMessing and @EricMcCormack would request the names of Trump's Beverly Hills fundraiser attendees https://t.co/CZ10GBD2zh
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 4, 2019
Just how horrible is your idea when THE VIEW disagrees with you? https://t.co/WkTDPmcsA4
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) September 4, 2019
And with that, it was time for some spin. Messing shared McCormack’s reaction to the backlash and agreed:
I couldn’t have said it better.@EricMcCormack pic.twitter.com/YPnsFJIrOx
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) September 3, 2019
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“Misinterpreted” was a nice touch. It also sounded a lot like “we don’t support blacklists, BUT…”
“I absolutely do not support blacklists. I just want a list of people I disapprove of.” https://t.co/z80T6ZM9Ol
— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) September 4, 2019
That I could share with people who influence and power so the people whose names are on the list never work again.
— Woofle Jelly (@huntsvut) September 4, 2019
Other than that, they’re totally opposed to blacklists!
"I'm not doing what I'm very clearly doing." Without that, there's no politics.
— "Fredo" is racist toward Italians who are dumb (@jtLOL) September 4, 2019
Yeah, you don't support blacklists or discrimination, except when you do.
Is there an alternate meaning for this?https://t.co/QKzMlBvoyP
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) September 4, 2019
It's okay, everyone. It was just a search for knowledge. It had nothing to do with blacklisting. Phew! https://t.co/FiwRGFkheq
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) September 4, 2019
That was a lot more words to say the exact same thing: #blacklist
— Missus Bennet (@poornerves) September 4, 2019
Are you two aware of what a blacklist is? Because you pretty much defined it earlier pic.twitter.com/dRG6fSkJmN
— Andy Swan (@AndySwan) September 4, 2019
He literally does support blacklists.
— pneumataster (@neontaster) September 4, 2019
This is a blacklist. How dumb do you think we are? pic.twitter.com/ehZPyYTjGh
— Molly (@molratty) September 4, 2019
Fascists making excuses for their behavior is nothing new. https://t.co/e7EQi9MrvL
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) September 4, 2019
Ironic, considering these are the kinds of people who often refer to Trump as the “fascist.”
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