As Twitchy readers know, Politico’s Julia Ioffe posted a vicious and defamatory tweet about President-elect Donald Trump and his lovely, smart and successful daughter Ivanka Trump. Ioffe subsequently deleted the tweet, natch. Evidently forgetting that the Internet is forever.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/809180854744481792
Beyond foul. She has already been fired and is faux-apologizing on Twitter.
It was a tasteless, offensive tweet that I regret and have deleted. I am truly and deeply sorry. It won't happen again.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 14, 2016
All that said, I do regret my phrasing and apologize for it. It was a crass joke that I genuinely regret.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) December 14, 2016
Oh, really. The PHRASING?
So, regret PHRASING. Should you have used "banging" instead then? Is that it? All you regret is being fired. https://t.co/udgiItwH0M
— Lori Ziganto (@snarkandboobs) December 15, 2016
but wait, guys, it was a joke! https://t.co/RZMiZZ2BgZ
— Vulpes vulpes (@Oenonewept) December 15, 2016
The shake fisty is incessant lately! I fear I will get carpal tunnel from it. One thing that 2016 has sure taught us: The Left is going above and beyond in exposing just how twisted fringe they are. And when they are bitter, the nasty reaches epic levels. Enter MSNBC flame-fanner Christopher Hayes, who is currently literally defending Ioffe. Perhaps not surprising, as he has also literally defended bomb attempts. Because, not guns. So, sanity ain’t his strong suit.
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Just now seeing the @juliaioffe news. Are you telling me after the last 18 mos we're gonna get the vapors because of a single tweet !?!
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 15, 2016
Are you KIDDING me? You have the utter audacity to talk about vapors, Mr. Fainting Couch extraordinaire?
https://twitter.com/GrantGambling/status/809192567061544964
Precisely. The press loses its collective mind (I think they do just share ONE) over every single Trump tweet. Every. Time. Pearls are clutched, histrionics are rampant and fainting couches have huge arse-shaped divots in them now.
Further, how on earth can you in good conscience defend Ms. Ioffe’s reprehensible statement? Oh, that’s right. Conscience is hard.
I mean, I've said it once, I've said it 100 times: take @juliaioffe *seriously* but not *literally.*
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 15, 2016
Hardy-har-har. Boy, you are sick. She both literally and seriously mentioned incest. INCEST. That’s no joke, buddy.
But honestly it almost feels like the *only* person in America who will never lose his job over an offensive tweet is Donald Trump.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 15, 2016
Of course. There we go: Because, TRUUUUUUMMMPP. Man, you guys are really getting old. It was funny at first: Tear-filled porn, really. But now? It’s just pathetic. And becoming sickening.
It was a horrible thing to say: but I generally think people shouldn't be fired over tweets. I've said this a bunch about
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 15, 2016
Perhaps she should be fired because she let it clearly be known that she not only has a bias against President-elect Trump, but that she cannot even control it. At all. And what about this, Mr. Hayes?:
Imagine a journalist saying Obama was sleeping with one of his daughters. Would be a year-long hissy fit. https://t.co/IsBATmEQAo
— BT (@back_ttys) December 15, 2016
OR
After the disgraceful behavior of the media
A tiny bit of accountability & decency
Is long overdue https://t.co/KFdBEanmcT
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) December 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/ToddWilder/status/809191505328013313
Apparently not. But, to be fair, Mr. Hayes doesn’t appear to know much at all.
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