Welp, this proves it once and for all. Thanks to the intrepid Jennifer Bendery, the world now knows for sure that the GOP is full of racist misogynists:
Check out HuffPost's front page right now. What problem does the GOP have with these people? http://t.co/3RQ3GdHKxS pic.twitter.com/oRjfTYcCQ5
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 13, 2013
What do you mean, “these people“? (Sorry, we couldn’t resist.)
More from fellow HuffPo writer Elise Foley:
https://twitter.com/elisefoley/status/400641124806578176
See?
Seriously, look at the batch of nominees GOP is blocking right now. Freaking Benetton ad. http://t.co/3RQ3GdHKxS pic.twitter.com/oTZKGbuaSe
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 13, 2013
Serious, you guys.
Senate Budget Committee Republicans tried to set Bendery straight:
https://twitter.com/BudgetGOP/status/400643612209184769
@BudgetGOP The people being blocked right now are pretty Benetton'y too. It's a Benetton catalog!
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/BudgetGOP/status/400645111500910593
@BudgetGOP Ah, I gotcha. I mean, I think people can figure it out when they click on it. But point taken.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 13, 2013
But it’s the headline and image that are designed to catch people’s eyes before they click on anything, and what they’re meant to conclude is that the GOP is blocking nominees for not being white, heterosexual men.
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Here’s what we can conclude and “assess”: It’s liberals who are fixated on race and sex.
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/400643504608509952
@jbendery @elisefoley What an inappropriate way to judge a bunch of people: literally by their genders and the colors of their skin.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 13, 2013
Oh, snap.
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