The nice thing about prog rags like TP is you don't actually have to know anything to be employed. https://t.co/hDpy25Zs73
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 7, 2016
Think Progress Justice Editor Ian Millhiser was forced to delete a tweet Wednesday morning where he mocked Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, President-elect Trump’s pick for ambassador to China:
.@imillhiser weird, somebody disappeared your tweet… I suspect espionage agents from a small landlocked rural white state
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 7, 2016
Here’s a screenshot of the now disappeared hot-take:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/806530280173555712
Maybe he deleted it because the current ambassador to China is from a small, rural landlocked state full of white people?
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/806528218211713024
Great point. Let's ask current Chinese Ambassador Max Baucus. https://t.co/xrYnn7qIBe
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) December 7, 2016
Oh, but it gets worse for Millhiser as Gov. Branstad is actually perfect for the job. From the Des Moines Register:
The offer, announced during a fundraiser Wednesday morning, highlights Branstad’s decades-long “friendship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping and years-long efforts to build strong economic and trade ties between the state of Iowa and the world’s most populous nation.
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And this:
I'm sure someone should study Ag policy more. https://t.co/d9QB9waKdW
Not to mention NatSec seed cases. https://t.co/FAdBDzUrN0— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 7, 2016
And this:
https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/806528225530802177
Millhiser tried to clean things up:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/806528302802436096
Um, no. Try again:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/806531533792301069
His response that avoids the question:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/806531852274114560
Whatever.
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