https://democraticunderground.com/100215077572I've been watching this one for a while, but I've never had time to snag it. It's a huge campfire. It's a bonfire! It's hilarious in its hypocrisy. Had a conservative done this even as recently as 20 years ago they would have already been removed from every social media platform and shamed from their job, but the DUmmies beg to disagree .. but not all of them. LOL
marble falls (36,814 posts)
Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki Called Out for 'Homophobic' Tweet Mocking Lindsey Graham as 'Lady G'
Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki Called Out for ‘Homophobic’ Tweet Mocking Lindsey Graham as ‘Lady G’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-press-secretary-jen-psaki-called-out-for-homophobic-tweet-mocking-lindsey-graham-as-lady-g/ar-BB1dmq34
(From Mediaite).
Before her current role as White House Press Secretary for the Biden administration, Jen Psaki was a paid contributor for CNN. Her prior experience as communications director under the Obama administration led to valuable insights into the messaging strategies and tactics under then-President Donald Trump.
But some of Psaki’s partisan comments are coming back to haunt her, particularly one that is fairly viewed as homophobic.
At issue? The derisive and mocking term “Lady G,” which has been used by some progressives to mock Senator Lindsey Graham, who went from being a vocal critic of President Trump to one of his most loyal toadies during a divisive time in US political history. The idea behind this term is that Graham is closeted, and supportive of Trump because he fears outing. Graham is a confirmed bachelor but has many times denied he is homosexual — as if that matters.
In short, “Lady G” is for many, an offensive term, particularly for those who are fluent in the shifting world of identity politics. In August of last year, Psaki used the offensive phrase in a tweet critical of Graham’s pushing a “bunch of debunked conspiracy theories while questioning” Sally Yates:
only in 2020 does #LadyG get to push a bunch of debunked conspiracy theories while questioning @SallyQYates (aka an American hero)
— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) August 5, 2020
There is far too much for me to bring over at the moment, but one DU'er said she should be fired immediately (that post has been deleted), and that started a huge big blowout fight! LOL
I'll try to grab some of the posts that were funny as I can and bring them over, but if anyone else wants to wade through the sewage to grab some, have at it.
KC