Nancy Pelosi Blows Off Fellow Democrat’s Misogyny
[guest post by Dana]
Last week I posted about Kellyanne Conway and that photo of her perched on the sofa in the Oval office, and said, “This isn’t helping your boss, Kellyanne. Appearances matter, optics matter, and how you carry yourself matters.”
Sure enough, in spite of Conway’s reasonable explanation for why she was in the position, a male Democrat jumped at the opportunity to denigrate a Republican woman by making a crude joke about her:
At Wednesday’s annual Washington Press Club Foundation congressional dinner — a fundraiser for journalism scholarships and a lighthearted gathering of Washington’s media and congressional elite — Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) made a cringe-worthy joke about that now-famous photo of Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the Oval Office sofa:
“You even mentioned Kellyanne and the picture on the sofa. But I really just want to know what was going on there, because, I won’t tell anybody. And you can just explain to me that — that circumstance, because she really looked kind of familiar there in that position there. But don’t answer. And I don’t want you to refer back to the ’90s.”
Just a few minutes earlier, Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) had said: “Has anyone seen the controversy around Kellyanne Conway and the couch in the Oval Office? Come on, people. You remember the ’90s. That couch has had a whole lot of worse things. Come on now.”
Benny Johnson of the Independent Journal Review, who was in the audience when Richmond made the crude reference, asked Richmond for clarification about what he had said:
“I just said she looked comfortable in that position. I can’t let Tim get away with making a Clinton joke without making one of my own.”
Thursday morning, Richmond attempted to explain it away:
“Since some people have interpreted my joke to mean something that it didn’t I think it is important to clarify what I meant. Last night was night of levity. Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting ‘familiar’ simply means that they are behaving too comfortably.
I decided to use that joke due to the large social media backlash over her inappropriate posture considering there were more than 60 HBCU Presidents in the room.”
Riiiiiight…..
Yesterday I watched with amusement as Jake Tapper confronted Nancy Pelosi, and questioned her about whether Richmond owed Conway an apology for his disparaging “joke”. (Bear in mind that March is Women’s History Month, and that Kellyanne Conway made history as the first female campaign manager to put a candidate into the Oval Office….). However, Pelosi once again confirmed that she is no champion of women, and brushed away the incident:
“Shouldn’t the congressman apologize to Kellyanne Conway, and honestly where is the Democratic Party in expressing outrage over this?” host Jake Tapper pressed.
“Well, I wasn’t at the dinner. I’m just finding out about this. But the fact is, I’m still in sort of a state of, what is going on here that the person who occupies the White House is a person who was on that Hollywood video that said the crude things he said about women,” Pelosi said.
“You all are criticizing Cedric for something he said in the course of the evening. And he maybe should be criticized for that. I just don’t know the particulars,” she added. “But I do everyday marvel at the fact that somebody who said the gross and crude things that President Trump said — wouldn’t even be allowed in a frat house — and he’s in the White House.”
Tapper appeared almost stunned by Pelosi’s comments, but he tried again. He went on to clarify his line of questioning to ask if the Democrats’ “moral authority” is being undermined because they don’t criticize Democrats who make sexually crude comments toward women — only Republicans.
“Well, I think everybody was making crude comments,” Pelosi replied. “I—I just don’t know…I wasn’t at the dinner.”
Last night, Richmond offered a quasi-apology to Conway:
“After a discussion with people I know and trust I understand the way my remarks have been received by many. I have consistently been a champion for women and women’s issues, and because of that the last thing I would want to ever do is utter words that would hurt or demean them. I apologize to Kellyanne Conway and everyone who has found my comments to be offensive.”
Oh, bullshit he’s always been a champion for women. Richmond knew how vulgar his insult was. He said it purposefully and with intent. And you know why? Because Conway is a Republican female, and thus little more than punchline to Democrats. You can be sure he would not have dared to make the slur about a female Democrat in such a position of power because he would then have to face the collective wrath of the Democratic women in white – who have been strangely silent about this incident.
This sort of anti-woman behavior is precisely what we have come to expect from Democrats. Especially from those that crow the loudest about being champions of the gender.
(Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.)
–Dana
Not all misogyny is viewed equally. And I believe Pelosi called Richmond up after the Tapper confrontation, and told him to throw Conway a bone, post-haste.
Dana (023079) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:13 pmnasty hoochie don’t got no principles
even chelsea clinton knows it’s wrong to stand up and degrade hoochies
now think about that
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:18 pmDems have always had problems dealing with strong and competent women. They much prefer the loud-mouth ugly fat skank doormats so ubiquitous among their useful idiot auxiliaries.
ropelight (bbf9bc) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:30 pmSpeaking of hoochies, conservative bimbette Kristen Tate on Fox’s Red Eye quipped Trump is better known in the world than Christ.
“… the way things are going; they’re gonna crucify me.” – ‘Ballad of John and Yoko’ The Beatles, 1969
DCSCA (797bc0) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:36 pmKellyanne is unpeople@atc, Richmond seems to echo the black panther position regarding woman.
narciso (d1f714) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:36 pmCedric Richmond, Democrat from Louisiana. I could speculate that the position looks familiar to him because that’s how his mama got him into a regular school instead of a special needs school. But I won’t. Because I’m not a “Democrat” from Louisiana”.
nk (dbc370) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:48 pmNancy Pelosi Blows
Off Fellow Democrat’s MisogynyFixed it…
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:50 pmvery clever titling by the way Dana
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:51 pmNancy Pelosi Blows
OffFellow DemocratsMisogynyThis’ll work, as well…
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 3/6/2017 @ 5:56 pmYeah, it’s a typical double standard by Pelosi and her merry band of deranged Democrats. But that said, I will give Richmond one-and-a-half stars for a genuinely unambiguous apology. I would have bet that he would have done one of those “sorry if anyone misconstrued the intent of my words” bits and that he would have avoided apologizing directly to Ms. Conway, but in this case he stepped up and made a direct apology. Now he might not mean it, but since it’s Lent and we’re all about forgiveness in the Easter season I would be inclined to give him a pass.
JVW (6e49ce) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:00 pmPoor San Fran Nan: the botox really is making her Gollum eyes more and more obvious and distracting. Someone should tell her to cut it out.
JVW (6e49ce) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:02 pmWatch it nk, the same is said about the CPS selective enrollment “winners”.
urbanleftbehind (847a06) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:04 pmthe soft soft bigotry of nancy’s very very low expectations
happyfeet (28a91b) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:18 pmBlows what?
Mike (a1fcbe) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:19 pmPelosi and her ilk is exactly why my daughters were taught self defense, how to profile and have permits to carry.
mg (31009b) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:37 pmNancy should wear a turtle neck
mg (31009b) — 3/6/2017 @ 6:39 pmMichelle Malkin could share with you how the left really feels towards women.
NJRob (b2251a) — 3/6/2017 @ 7:04 pmSo, the Democrat Elite are misogynist (if male), misandrist (if female), racist, arrogant, insular, elitist idiots. This is not news. And Nancy Pelosi is a living caricature who belongs in THE HUNGER GAMES. Also not new information.
These gerbils make Trump look like a Statesman.
C. S. P. Schofield (99bd37) — 3/7/2017 @ 8:13 amWhite House Offers to Let Planned Parenthood Keep Federal Funding if it Halts Abortions
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-06/white-house-offers-to-let-planned-parenthood-keep-federal-funding-if-it-halts-abortions
There’s a shot across the bow.
papertiger (c8116c) — 3/7/2017 @ 8:30 amNews Flash: Only yersterday Nutty Nancy was on TV announcing the bill to replace Obamacare must be made public so members of Congress can know what’s in it before the pass it.
And she did it with a straight face.
ropelight (bbf9bc) — 3/7/2017 @ 10:32 am