One of the more mock-worthy photographs to come out of yesterday’s big Katy Perry concert for Hillary Clinton was this one tweeted by former President Bill Clinton himself. Her eyes are a little higher up, big dog:
Great to be in Iowa with @HillaryClinton & be the warmup act for @KatyPerry #hillyes #roar pic.twitter.com/vysiCYSc5C
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) October 24, 2015
Which brings us to the Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty who thought the image of Katy Perry in a “turban” would be the perfect occasion to make a joke about how conservatives will call her a “secret Muslim”:
Clinton surrogate in a turban? Countdown to #secretmuslim rumors. Five, four, three… https://t.co/wl3XdZAXxQ
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 24, 2015
Muslims don’t wear turbans, lady. Wearing a turban doesn’t necessarily mean somebody’s a Muslim (If that’s even what it is):
Umm Muslims don't wear turbans, derp. https://t.co/Wu52m5mXU7
— Rebecca Noms Hot Dogs (@duchessrebecca) October 24, 2015
And a quick search of Twitter for “Katy Perry Turban Muslim” produces exactly zero results. Tumulty owes Muslims and the Sikh community an apology.
Worse, however, is Tumulty ignored the obvious joke regarding Bill and his past affairs to make a fake joke about the GOP:
https://twitter.com/HALOS1973/status/658058815942893569
You know — jokes like these:
https://twitter.com/mab8663Panto/status/658056821601640448
It's like a STD staredown… https://t.co/Mare9lUUK7
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) October 24, 2015
Not another Monica already when not back in the White House yet. lol https://t.co/bMuMVpRQjr
— Mark Wayne (@orwell4ever) October 25, 2015
Speaks for itself. This man is incapable of a #cleansexlife. #IDPJJ https://t.co/wtNVglCVKN
— Rep. Steven Smith ?? (@RepStevenSmith) October 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/658050927262171136
https://twitter.com/Baepernick/status/658056795290804224
https://twitter.com/AlexisinNH/status/658075613438214144
the new Monica? https://t.co/wZ6saIS21B
— k (@rolyatarak) October 24, 2015
Ha ha ha ha ha! Or, to paraphrase Karen Tumulty, “Intern lookalike in a turban? Countdown to #secretAFFAIR rumors. Five, four, three… ”
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Update. Karen Tumulty tweets that we’re in the wrong because yes, some Muslims do wear turbans (that’s the same Wiki link we posted above, FWIW):
.@TwitchyTeam #twitchyfail https://t.co/1dmUf1G3fP
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 26, 2015
Yes, we should have been a little clearer and have updated the sentence above to “wearing a turban doesn’t necessarily mean somebody’s a Muslim.”
But our overall point still stands. It’s Sikhs in the U.S. who have been mistaken for Muslims and attacked because they wear turbans, and Tumulty knows this:
"Terrorist, go back to your country," attacker yelled in assault of Sikh man http://t.co/lhqAMtkCbd
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 10, 2015
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