Here’s a nice break from a full month’s worth of post-election meltdown news, or so we thought:
Bristol Palin announces she's pregnant with her third child https://t.co/lO1PFq812U pic.twitter.com/XjoDyO99KT
— The Hill (@thehill) December 10, 2016
Bristol Palin and her husband Dakota Meyer broke the news to Entertainment Tonight Friday. The baby will be the couple’s second child; their daughter was born in December 2015. Tripp Palin, her son with ex-fiancé Levi Johnson, is now 7.
On the plus side, we’re 8 years beyond Andrew Sullivan’s public demand that Sarah Palin provide the American public documentation — “the amniocentesis results with Sarah Palin’s name on them, for example” — to “verify” her last pregnancy. That doesn’t mean a new Palin child doesn’t still have a triggering effect, though.
With all the money her mother made from speaking, you'd think she could afford to give Bristol a nickel to hold between her knees.
— kittyglitter (@kittyglitter) December 10, 2016
Yeah, a married couple having a child together? A second child? There’s no excuse for that.
The Hill: "Full-time, brain-dead baby maker makes babies"
— Angus McRockford (@AngusRockford) December 10, 2016
The woman who was paid to promote abstinence has 3rd child out of wedlock. Murican Family Values. Idiot.
— Cheeto Jesus (@jeffcoco13) December 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/GatorgirlinTexa/status/807432857190731780
Do we know who's the the father?
— Brent (@MinnesotaExpat) December 10, 2016
All of that was covered above, but it’s true, those “Entertainment Tonight” reports can be difficult to follow sometimes. Most news outlets took a pass on the item, but here’s a quick word from the Daily Beast’s Olivia Nuzzi.
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/807426498068119552
Certainly she’ll keep that advice in mind and pursue more publicly acceptable family planning accordingly.
Why the shade on Bristol Palin? I had three kids within 5 years and am not sure how to take your comment.
— Susan Awake (@googiesmama) December 10, 2016
We’re pretty sure it wasn’t a compliment.
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/807689148408725504
https://twitter.com/RNDriscoll/status/807437078292267008
https://twitter.com/Stephan94961536/status/807713602618740736
@thehill Pregnancy shaming is a thing?
— Jolene ❤️?? (@SouthernConLady) December 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/807688589156892672
https://twitter.com/Mellecon/status/807722153386901504
Three children in 8 years….the horror! Seriously, did you even research this at all?
— Jen® (@NatesMama1128) December 10, 2016
God forbid, a beautiful, married woman decide to have another child! What a wretched witch!
— C.A. Wilson (@CWilson9353) December 10, 2016
.@Olivianuzzi Media fecundophobia is a fascinating thing to observe. https://t.co/aABjkZriOW
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/807688548262563840
A woman has the right to choose, but choosing not to kill her baby is dumb.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) December 10, 2016
I was glum about Left's ability to oppose Trump but I see they can still snark about Bristol Palin's reproduction so it will all be ok
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) December 10, 2016
Shaming a woman for their "choice". Having kids=not OK, abortion=hero. Got it. You feminists have a funny logic
— Shelli R (@WVShelli) December 10, 2016