In case you hadn’t heard, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth is pregnant and will be the first U.S. Senator to give birth in office.
Congratulations, @SenDuckworth! –> Sen. Duckworth Will Be First Senator to Give Birth in Office https://t.co/eDGzlNN7Xb
— ? Thankful Ginger ? (@mchastain81) January 23, 2018
Regardless of how you feel about her politics, the birth of a child is something to be celebrated. Too bad comedy writer (and, as he points out, NBC Late Night Writers Workshop pick) Nick Jack Pappas thinks it’s a means of making some bizarre political point:
Sen. Tammy Duckworth will make history when she becomes the first sitting senator in history to give birth later this year, a striking fact considering how much power the U.S. Senate exerts over women's bodies.
— Nick Jack Pap-pass the Gravy (@Pappiness) January 23, 2018
Can any of the people who liked that tweet actually explain what makes it likable? Because we’re just not seeing it.
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/956251623667494912
Talk about a hot mess.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/956250111667032065
Is that what Pappas is trying to say? That senators (well, Republican senators) want to control women’s bodies? Is he talking about abortion?
GP So is this person's argument that the Senator should abort her child? I'm confused.
— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) January 24, 2018
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