Uh-oh! Bette Midler's joke about Elaine Chao isn't very 'progressive,' is it?

so by all means, demean an eminently qualified female to score cheap hack political points. That helps everyone.

— Doug Stafford (@dougstafford) December 1, 2016

If there’s one thing we know about Bette Midler, it’s that we can always count on her for an intelligent take on current political events. Last night, she gifted us with this one:

Trump sucks up to Mitch McConnell by hiring The Turtle's wife, Elaine Chao, to Dept of Trans. To give her her due, she CAN drive a car.

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) November 30, 2016

Oh.

Holy crap old woman. https://t.co/8wafXor7oG

— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) December 1, 2016

Yep … that’s our Bette!

https://twitter.com/ebiz_boy/status/803822758174003201

See? Making lame jokes out of tiresome stereotypes is totes hilarious when liberals do it.

Although, I'm surprised Trump didn't insert an "Asians can't drive" joke. Must be off his game.

— Love Hates Trump (@tmcguinn1) November 30, 2016

Good thing Bette was there to pick up the slack, huh?

https://twitter.com/dbetzel/status/804064076829773831

She was probably too busy patting herself on the back to notice the pushback she got, but we’ve collected some of it here in case she wants to check it out later:

https://twitter.com/vincaype/status/803848081938718720

normally love your tweets but racist Asian joke is not ok.

— Ally (@allyaranda) November 30, 2016

lil racist are we

— Kim (@mizzizzo) November 30, 2016

Uh-oh! Bette Midler's joke about Elaine Chao isn't very 'progressive,' is it?

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