Yesterday, GOP Rep. Lynn Jenkins criticized the Democrats’ “gender wage gap” ridiculousness:
Jenkins called the Democratic criticism of Republican policies toward women “condescending.”
“Let me set the record straight: We strongly support equal pay for equal work,” she said. “And I’m proud that I live in a country where it’s illegal to discriminate in the workplace, thanks to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“Many ladies I know feel like they are being used a pawns and find it condescending that Democrats are trying to use this issue as a political distraction from the failures of their economic policies,” Jenkins said.
David Axelrod thought that was ironic or something:
Is it ungentlemanly to note irony of Rep. Jenkins quote? "Many LADIES I know feel like they are being used as pawns" in equal pay debate.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 9, 2014
So, Republican women should avoid using “ladies” now? Is that it?
.@davidaxelrod Wait… are you mansplaining to a female politician? #WarOnWomen
— jon gabriel (@exjon) April 9, 2014
Kinda sounds like it.
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/453949821527670784
@davidaxelrod Is the word “ladies” now verboten? I can’t keep up.
— VarkDoc (@BroncosJeff) April 9, 2014
This would be so much easier if Obama would just appoint a word czar.
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