Is…is this a serious tweet? https://t.co/zw73vSeKBr
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 30, 2017
The subject of VP Mike Pence’s philosophy when it comes to his marriage has made many on the Left scratching their heads and trying to spin it into a “sexism” story. Mother Jones’ Editor in Chief Clara Jeffery, who has previously compared Trump’s election win to 9/11, jumped to some conclusions:
1/ If Pence won't eat dinner alone with any woman but his wife, that means he won't hire women in key spots.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
2/ There are a zillion threads out there about the Pences extra suffocating habits, but the key one is this.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
3/ If Pence won't eat with a woman alone, how could a woman be Chief of Staff, or lawyer, campaign manager, or…
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
4/ Would Pence dine with Ivanka? Or KellyAnne? Or are they too relegated to second class citizens.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
5/ For that matter, how would he ever even interview a woman. With a chaperone?
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
6/ It means that female reporters, also, would be cut out of his information flow, now and in the past.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
7/ I don't know/care if Pences have weird hangups. I do care if women are being denied jobs and opportunities, and that some normalize this.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
8/ Has Pence in his career had a woman high up in any campaign, administration, private practice, radio show or think-tank?
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
10/ For anybody thinking "hey the boss doesn't dine with employees" a) wrong b) REALLY wrong if a politician or any road trip heavy job
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) March 29, 2017
Has Pence in his career had women in “high up” positions working with him?
Editor in Chief doesn't know about Google? https://t.co/90XKEpOiGK
— Dusty (@dustopian) March 30, 2017
Jeffery got help with the answer:
His deputy chief of staff is Jen Pavlik, director of public engagementis Sarah Makin, external affairs Lani Czarniecki pic.twitter.com/dwXYufkWnn
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 29, 2017
Sue Ellspermann was Pence's lt. governor in Indiana.
— Cheryl McCormack (@mccormack272) March 30, 2017
Conway worked for Pence before 2016 pic.twitter.com/kbNbNuAAja
— Tom Quinn (@doublespeak152) March 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/religiousjaw/status/847208778814562305
His Lt Gov when he ran for governor was a woman. So yes.
— Brooks (@EBrooksUncut) March 30, 2017
Jen Pavlik has been on Pences staff for decades, now deputy chief of staff pic.twitter.com/DfiE4DpSJ3
— Tom Quinn (@doublespeak152) March 30, 2017
Pictured: Mike Pence with the Lt Governor he chose. pic.twitter.com/L90G7wTvon
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) March 30, 2017
Jeffery’s game of “connect the dots” didn’t work out too well.
My husband has over a dozen female employees, including his marketing head & top salesperson. He's never eaten dinner alone with any of them https://t.co/cA8WOpPSps
— Dead Agent (@Recursion_Agent) March 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/danieltobin/status/847281454132244481
Pay attention kiddos. If you've been wondering what a non sequitur is, Clara served it up on a plate for you.
Enjoy. https://t.co/NdA9gfpauO
— HillbillySocrates ? (@THEJeremyChoate) March 30, 2017
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