MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and ThinkProgress’ Ian Millhiser are furious at the Washington Post over an op-ed on Judge Brett Kavanaugh titled, “I don’t know Kavanaugh the judge. But Kavanaugh the carpool dad is one great guy.”
Hayes wrote, “I legit can’t believe this got published”…
I legit can't believe this got published https://t.co/yxuBJMgaZr
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 10, 2018
…while Millhiser thinks, “Every single person responsible for that piece about Kavanaugh the carpool dad being published in a major newspaper should be required to personally apologize to every single person who read it or learned about it”:
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1016831333975445504
Apologize for what? Here’s an excerpt from the op-ed that has them freaking out:
Brett’s friendship and mentorship have touched my family in an especially personal way. A few years ago, my husband died. One of the many difficult aspects of that loss was that my daughter had no one to accompany her to the school’s annual father-daughter dance. That first year — and every year since my husband’s passing — Brett has stepped forward to take my daughter to the dance alongside his own.
Got that? A widow wrote an op-ed and shared her personal family tragedy with America and Hayes and Millhiser think it’s something awful:
What was wrong with that piece? https://t.co/Oow2ddxmDm
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) July 11, 2018
Nothing is wrong with it. It’s the kind of commentary that surrounds every SCOTUS nominee. Like when Chris Hayes told everyone Elena Kagan is “the sister of my favorite teacher ever”:
My favorite things about Kagan: she went to my hs and she's the sister of my favorite teacher ever, Irving Kagan who taught at HCHS
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 10, 2010
See help, guys. This isn’t a normal reaction to a story:
A Republican got a puff piece in a major publication and you’ll never guess who lost their minds over it https://t.co/HnCmruWIZv
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/DanFosterType/status/1016841905727066113
And it is Hayes and Millhiser who owe this woman an apology, not the other way around:
Every single person responsible for enabling @imillhiser’s twitter account, should be required to apologize to every person that has ever read one of his mindless rage tweets. https://t.co/wgBVdmi8GJ
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) July 11, 2018
Editor’s note: We’ve corrected a typo.
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Related:
AND DOWN IT GOES: NBC News reporter deletes tweet on Kennedy-WH deal to pick Kavanaugh https://t.co/zUmtfTkKK5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018
ISLAMOPHOBE –> Ron Perlman claims Kavanaugh SCOTUS nomination will lead U.S. to Sharia Law (ha!) https://t.co/lQco6DOP7J
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018
FEMZILLA Joy Behar totally FLIPS OUT over Kavanaugh on The View, calls him a 'quieter Judge Jeanine' https://t.co/KUShm4qs4q
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018
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