As Twitchy reported on Sunday, best supporting actress winner Patricia Arquette is taking heat from liberals — yes, you read that right — over her acceptance speech advocating for equal pay for women. It seems that feminists, African-Americans and LGBT groups all think her podium advocacy didn’t address their needs enough.
Well, Arquette took to Twitter to fire back at her critics and doubled-down on her words from Sunday. Check it out:
Wage equality will help ALL women of all races in America. It will also help their children and society.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 23, 2015
Women have been basically paying a gender tax for generations.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 23, 2015
I have long been an advocate for the rights of the #LBGT community. The question is why aren't you an advocate for equality for ALL women?
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 23, 2015
If you are fighting against #Equalpay you are fighting for ALL women and especially women of color to make less money than men.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 23, 2015
Guess which women are the most negatively effected in wage inequality? Women of color. #Equalpay for ALL women. Women stand together in this
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 23, 2015
I don't care if people are pissed The truth is that wage inequality adversely effects women. pic.twitter.com/5tMjJXgbGz
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015
Did you know that a disproportionate amount of children living below the poverty line are from single female households? @ERAeducation
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015
This is a call to action. Women are being discriminated and it is having serious consequences on them and their children.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015
My children are not living below the poverty line. That does't mean I don't care about the kids who are. DO YOU? Then help their moms.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) February 24, 2015
We really don’t know what’s funnier. Liberals mad at Patricia Arquette for this or liberals mad at Sean Penn for his immigration joke. Either way, this liberal-on-liberal action is more entertaining than any of the movies that won awards.
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