The Log Cabin Republicans Twitter account posted screenshots of two now-deleted tweets from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins from when she was in college in an effort to paint her as homophobic.
In one tweet, she called another Twitter user a “fag” and in the other she said “Idk if I wanna room with a lesbian”:
Past tweets reveal @CNN reporter @kaitlancollins called people “fag” and was uncomfortable around lesbians.
cc: @CNNPR @mdornic @SamFeistCNN @DavidChalian pic.twitter.com/psicXjeHJR
— LogCabinRepublicans (@LogCabinGOP) October 7, 2018
She has since apologized for the “ignorant language”:
When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 7, 2018
Are we really doing this again?
Digging up out-of-context tweets from 8 years ago and trying to get people fired for them is BS. I've disagreed w/ @kaitlancollins before, but she's a solid reporter.
This is the exact kind of mob behavior that many of us fight against when aimed at the right. https://t.co/0PyeXB5SoL
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 7, 2018
Especially because we have no idea what the context of the tweets is…
There are certain people/groups on here that try to do this crap all the time to attack people and it pisses me off.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 7, 2018
We’re not sure this is going to have the effect they want it to have:
I’m a proud gay man. And I am a proud friend of @kaitlancollins. Tho I’m disappointed that she ever used the word (even as an immature college kid), I can say with certainty it doesn’t reflect her feelings toward the LGBTQ community. She’s apologized and I accept that.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) October 7, 2018
Why are they even doing this?
She was 19, from Alabama and her first job was for the Daily Caller. So this is a weird own-goal, it seems. https://t.co/vMEO8eFAlX
— Short Lawyer Person (@ShortLawyer) October 7, 2018
As noted above, Collins used to work for The Daily Caller and some of their reporters are not happy with Log Cabin Republicans calling her out like this. Here’s Christopher White who covers energy policy for website:
So we're doing this again? Dragging someone for something they said more than six years ago? @kaitlancollins @CNN https://t.co/hZr6TRIpRy
— Christopher D. White (@ZanderKelly30) October 7, 2018
And here’s Peter Hasson who covers politics, media and culture:
I'm sorry this is dumb. @kaitlancollins is a good reporter who works very hard to be fair and dragging up two tweets from seven years ago doesn't change that https://t.co/g6mMqinX3L
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) October 7, 2018
But we will point out that if this were a Fox News reporter, we all know how different the reaction would be from CNN:
If this was a Fox News reporter that had old tweets using the word "fag," Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter would have reached out to Fox News 37 times by now asking them if they think it's acceptable to have that kind of person on payroll. We've seen this happen so many times.
— Caleb SkHull ??? (@CalebJHull) October 7, 2018
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