As Twitchy told you last night, even CNN couldn’t help but notice that Hillary Clinton (and Barack Obama) had yet to speak out against longtime Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein.
Today, the network doubled down, featuring a damning analysis by Chris Cillizza — yes, that Chris Cillizza — as the most prominent article on their main page:
Pretty surprising main page splash from CNN pic.twitter.com/3DEVo4A2HL
— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) October 10, 2017
Wow: front page of CNN. pic.twitter.com/hEcO4oiUdx
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 10, 2017
Leading CNN .com now – this is significant: "The silence of Clinton and Obama on Weinstein" pic.twitter.com/TUtZYhYIfM
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) October 10, 2017
Significant indeed. Credit where it’s due: CNN was holding shameful Democrats to account. And because one of those shameful Democrats is Hillary Clinton, Peter Daou had to step in and set the record straight:
Pro tip from someone who knows #HillaryClinton: She's not going to jump at anyone's command. She'll do the right thing. It's who she is.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 9, 2017
SIMPLY PUT: If you spread the idea that Hillary Clinton is a horrible monster, you were a de facto Russian propagandist. Congratulations.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
The right thing to do is to condemn the behavior of ALL MEN who harass and abuse women. It is one of the most pervasive injustices on earth.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
#HarveyWeinstein's behavior was heinous. But it doesn't help women to use #sexualharassment for cheap political points against Obama/Clinton
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
This afternoon, Hillary finally issued a halfhearted, insincere statement condemning Weinstein. And, once again, Cillizza called her out:
It took 5 days for Hillary Clinton to say something on Weinsteinhttps://t.co/D8Gq6l5DOZ
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 10, 2017
Which sent Peter into Hillarysplaining overdrive:
To those reflexively blaming Hillary for #HarveyWeinstein's horrible behavior, read my tweet below. Now go see what she said about him. https://t.co/TfiFKLEhZP
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
Yeah, we saw what she said about him. She may as well have not said anything, it was such a garbage statement.
DEAR @CillizzaCNN and others who want Hillary to jump at your command: SHE'LL NEVER DO IT. She does the right thing because it's right.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
He’s serious, folks.
As long as they keep attacking Hillary Clinton, I'll keep defending her. And that infuriates her haters from right, left, and media.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
Make no mistake, @CillizzaCNN's obsessive focus on Hillary's response to #Weinstein is classic double standard sexism. https://t.co/UVAGIs5YMc
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
And Peter’s obsessive focus on Hillary Clinton is classic delusion.
Daou's tweets have increasingly taken on an Olbermann-esque panicked shrillness over the last 11 months or so https://t.co/o4Y7qnaC7M
— Justin Walton (@JustinRWalton) October 10, 2017
Heh. But seriously. The way Daou is running interference for Hillary not only makes him look like a nutter, but it shines a glaring spotlight on her ineptitude and cowardice.
If you want to know how Trump became POTUS, look no further than the mainstream media's determination to pin #HarveyWeinstein on Hillary. https://t.co/Qu3wwL2rT5
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 10, 2017
Last time we checked, the “mainstream media” isn’t determined to pin Harvey Weinstein on Hillary. What Hillary’s critics do want is for Hillary to put Harvey Weinstein’s money where her big mouth is. If she’s going to portray herself as some sort of women’s rights crusader, then she’d better figure out how to come out swinging against Weinstein. Because this?
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/917806061133934593
This is not gonna cut it.
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