During last night’s debate in Indiana, incumbent Dem Senator Joe Donnelly raised more than a few eyebrows with some “odd phrasing” while attempting to praise some of his staffers.
“Our state director is Indian American, but he does an amazing job,” said the senator:
Some odd phrasing from @SenDonnelly attempting to highlight the diversity of his staff:
"Our state director is Indian American, but he does an amazing job."#INSEN
— David Catanese (@davecatanese) October 30, 2018
What’s with the “but”? He then used the same construction to talk about an African American staffer:
Followed up with: “Our director of all constituent services, she’s African American. But she does an even more incredible job than you could ever imagine.” https://t.co/xVttn2xohW
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) October 31, 2018
It does remind us of Michael Scott from “The Office”:
(via DM) "Donnelly is like Michael Scott in the Diversity Day episode" pic.twitter.com/TpFvUSQHaz
— Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) October 31, 2018
“WTF” is right:
Wtf
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 31, 2018
And it’s not just us. Colby Itkowitz from the Washington Post’s Fix blog writes:
These are the things Veep writer’s dreams are made of — tone deaf statements probably meant well, but totally offensive.
And Fox News’ Bret Baier asks the question:
Hmmm. “…but she does a great job”. Will that get attention in this environment? https://t.co/r6giskG3dD
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) October 31, 2018
And here’s the answer:
Can we just be honest and say that if Mike Braun had said this it would be an issue but it won’t because Donnelly is a Dem?
— Lisa Boothe (@LisaMarieBoothe) October 31, 2018
It will pass.
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