Any number of liberals and liberal publications — Chris Hayes, Vox, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, and more — have taken turns this week throwing Bill Clinton under the bus about two decades too late — seems it’s difficult not to look like a hypocrite going after Roy Moore after overlooking rape allegations against a former president.
While readers are angry that pundits are looking back to the Clinton era, a case they thought was closed with Clinton’s impeachment, MSNBC’s Joy Reid isn’t going there at all — she wants to reassess the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.
Let's Talk About Clarence Thomas – my latest at @thedailybeast https://t.co/KpXvEPsPWL
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 18, 2017
Oddly, though, Anthony Weiner comes across as the hero of Reid’s revisionist history.
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/931960433384280065
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/931961430064189440
When Weiner’s political career went up in flames? Why was that again?
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/931961808742690818
Of course there’s not a word about Bill Clinton’s accusers; we’re talking about the monster that is Clarence Thomas. Or are we? Reid certainly has a lot to say about Weiner, but even his downfall was the fault of Andrew Breitbart and not his own.
JFC @JoyAnnReid.. pic.twitter.com/DkfbxStXrC
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 18, 2017
“…by having his minions troll Weiner’s Twitter account in search of his vices.”
It's hilarious that Hillary and Huma's ineptness was the final catalyst that exposed Weiner as the pedo he is.. @JoyAnnReid is just pissed
Andrew was smart enough to be the first— WhigsnTwigs (@WhigsnTwigs) November 18, 2017
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It definitely wasn't his lewd interactions with minors, you know, the thing he was convicted of. #Pedophile #Weiner #SpareMe
— Sheepdog Covfefe (@navymig) November 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/1791L/status/931802654732201984
"The late Eliot Ness, who took down Chicago businessman Al Capone by having his minions troll Capone's tax returns in search of errors…"
— Michael Blum (@MichaelBlum3) November 18, 2017
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Dana Loesch also had trouble with Reid’s recollection of Anthony Weiner, a.k.a. “Rep. Horndog.”
Not EVEN how this happened. Tired of the left blaming me, AB (we broke this story), and others for the actions of this horndog politician. He messed up and was caught. Own it. https://t.co/4wsiPrPCll
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 18, 2017
In fact, Rep. Horndog left the images on his timeline for the Internet equivalent of forever before even deleting them. He’s a perverted moron who fell on his face in front of the world. Stop blaming the people who saw it. Ridiculous after all this time.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 18, 2017
He brought it upon himself, AB was the first journalist to break the story.
— Christopher Carroll (@Chriscarroll50) November 18, 2017
I authored the piece and worked with him. I know exactly how it went down because I was there. This woman is a hack.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 18, 2017
Anthony Weiner just had a Vice that those trolls found. Shame on them.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 18, 2017
Ugh. Is it possible that I have an ulcer in my brain? At the very least, Joy's Hot Takes are giving my mind heartburn.
— The Obsidian Owl (@TheObsidianOwl) November 18, 2017
And Weiner would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling "Breitbart trolls"!
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) November 18, 2017
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She’s a click bait grifter.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 18, 2017
Joy Reid is the poster child for how partisan politics can literally rot your very soul.
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) November 18, 2017
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