https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/846778754185728000
White House press secretary Sean Spicer is not without his flaws, but is he racist? Sexist? A bunch of journos seem to think so after he had the gall to ask American Urban Radio White House correspondent April Ryan to stop shaking her head at him while he answered her question:
Here's Sean Spicer telling April Ryan not to shake her head. pic.twitter.com/ojHnkt7MVW
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 28, 2017
Oh, the humanity!
BECAUSE RACISM
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/tterpstra14/status/846780703249498112
Annnnnd we’re off!
A new low reached in the WH press briefing https://t.co/vB5ytJJeRK
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) March 28, 2017
Sean Spicer to April Ryan "Stop shaking your head again" – I'm sorry, what?
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) March 28, 2017
*Sean Spicer telling at a reporter to stop shaking her head in a hostile tone*
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) March 28, 2017
Did Sean Spicer just tell a grown woman and journalist @AprilDRyan to 'stop shaking' her head? What is going on?
— Todd Johnson (@rantoddj) March 28, 2017
"Stop shaking your head again," Spicer tells @AprilDRyan, who can do whatever she wants with her head
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) March 28, 2017
"Stop shaking your head again," Spicer lectures @AprilDRyan, who is a grown woman.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 28, 2017
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) March 28, 2017
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) March 28, 2017
Wow. Spicer being shitty to @AprilDRyan Part two: "Stop shaking your head again!" Sean, April is not the one. Trust me. pic.twitter.com/6Nlf3soihw
— Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher (@tommyxtopher) March 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/846778044429815809
“Please stop shaking your head again,” Spicer says to veteran WH correspondent April Ryan.
That is some patronizing bullshit.— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 28, 2017
Whatever, guys.
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/846779537039900672
How about #ShakeNews? https://t.co/gbgh6jfZVL
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) March 28, 2017
Ha!
But seriously. Of all the things for journalists to be outraged about now, this is the hill they wanna die on today?
.@maggieNYT Then she can handle being told to stop shaking her head.
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) March 28, 2017
She's being disrespectful. https://t.co/1Xvo0bul63
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) March 28, 2017
GP It's his room. He can do what he wants. And perhaps the media ought show Spicer the respect it showed Earnest once in a while. https://t.co/Q0Qj1Tb6yk
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) March 28, 2017
If the MSM ever want to shed their crappy reputation, this is not the way to do it.
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/846779349474955265
Why does no one take us seriously anymore when we report on scandals and crisis?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/846782891409522689
This stuff is getting so old.
Why Everyone Hates The Media: A Play in Two Acts pic.twitter.com/lYrmDeJh38
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 28, 2017
Reverse sexism: Having a Twitter sad because a seasoned reporter gets a little pushback https://t.co/AyN3mwY8Jq
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 28, 2017
If a female press secretary told a male reporter off, there'd be a YAS QUEEN post up about it within 5 minutes
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 28, 2017
I think I saw this type of thing referred to as negative levels of self-awareness.
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) March 28, 2017
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Update:
Quite the flashback:
April Ryan Defends Accusing President Trump of Racist Language He Never Actually Used https://t.co/7bq7Xiw47Y (By @HashtagGriswold) pic.twitter.com/YLE0oOJ7Ne
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 22, 2017
Welp.
https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/846793423046807552