06 January 19
FOCUS: Ocasio-Cortez Slams "Faux Outrage" Over "Impeach the Motherf-er" Comment
Daniel Politi, Slate
Daniel Politi, Slate
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The freshman Democrat pointed out on Twitter that Republicans somehow think that Trump “admitting to sexual assault on tape is just ‘locker room talk’,” whereas they choose to scandalize “themselves into faux-outrage when my sis says a curse word in a bar.” Ocasio-Cortez was clearly referring to the now-infamous Access Hollywood tape in which Trump said that being a celebrity allowed him to “do anything” to women, including “grab ‘em by the pussy.”
Republican hypocrisy at its finest: saying that Trump admitting to sexual assault on tape is just “locker room talk,” but scandalizing themselves into faux-outrage when my sis says a curse word in a bar.
GOP lost entitlement to policing women’s behavior a long time ago.
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Republicans weren’t the only ones who criticized Tlaib for using the language that she did though. Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said on CNN: “I don’t really like that kind of language.” Beyond the words though, Nadler also made it clear he disagreed with the substance of her remarks. “It is too early to talk about that intelligently. We have to follow the facts,” he said.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Rashida Tlaib's vow to impeach Trump: "I don't really like that kind of language, but more to the point, I disagree with what she said. It is too early to talk about that intelligently. We have to follow the facts" cnn.it/2CO2BYq
Politi writes: "The New York lawmaker who has been grabbing lots of headlines lately called all the supposed outrage, 'Republican hypocrisy at its finest.'"
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