This tweet from Salon caught our eye. Are there really a number of GOP critics questioning Hillary Clinton’s estrogen levels?
That didn't take long. Right-wing critics are already questioning Hillary's estrogen levels http://t.co/UTEdtRYyF2
— Salon (@Salon) April 14, 2015
Answer: Nope.
First up, the headline from the tweet that implies Hillary isn’t woman enough or some suffers from some other hormonal imbalance and the headline from the piece don’t match. Here’s the headline when you click through that link above:
GOP strategist on Hillary Clinton: “I don’t need her to drown me in estrogen every time she opens her mouth”
Ana Navarro says the candidate has been too excited about the possibility of being the first female president
And then in the body of the story, you find out that “right-wing critics” is really just one Republican consultant who didn’t say anything about “Hillary’s estrogen levels”:
Ahead of Hillary Clinton’s much-anticipated announcement of her 2016 presidential run on Sunday, Republican strategist Ana Navarro criticized the former secretary of state for focusing too much on her own gender, telling a CNN panel Clinton “lacks subtlety” on her potential for being the first female president.
“I don’t need her to drown me in estrogen every time she opens her mouth,” Navarro said. “Every time she opens her mouth, it’s about the granddaughter, and Chelsea’s wedding and the yoga routines.”“Hillary Clinton needs to stop being focus-grouped to death,” she added, “and be Hillary Clinton.”
But the damage has already been done with Salon readers now on board with a fictitious attack that “right-wing critics” are actually saying something they’re not:
@Salon @ImageFeeder Perhaps we should start questioning the male candidate erectile dysfunction. It's only fair, no?
— Lex in need of COFFEE (@LexieRoberts4U) April 13, 2015
@LexieRoberts4U @Salon great idea!
— Escape Artist (@ImageFeeder) April 13, 2015
@Salon @EricBoehlert Desperately trying to Akin themselves out of the presidency i see. Awesome.
— NYTNarrative (@NYTNarrative) April 13, 2015
@Salon @EricBoehlert The right wing *repeatedly* show they have the maturity of a sixth-grade boy.
— Allen W Snyder (@AllenWSnyder) April 13, 2015
@Salon @TYTNetwork GOP women are just as classy as their men.
— Cesar G (@elmromro) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/LynnGay11/status/587710321046917120
Salon owes Ms. Navarro an apology.
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