AOC and Daily Beast Attack McConnell for Quote They Made Up
Here’s our lovable but daffy niece (h/t JVW) excoriating Team Mitch McConnell for saying “boys will be boys” in response to a story that young high-school aged campaign volunteers were “choking and groping” an AOC cardboard cutout:
“Boys will be boys.”
Is that also the reason why you’ve chosen to block the Violence Against Women act too, @senatemajldr?
It prevents dating partners w/ records of abuse + stalking women (also an early warning sign from many mass shooters) from obtaining a gun. https://t.co/shWCRmEv60
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 6, 2019
But wait. What is that word “essentially” doing in the Daily Beast tweet? Let’s investigate further by (I know, I shouldn’t be doing this) clicking on the Daily Beast link.
After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for a photo posted on Facebook of a group of young men wearing “Team Mitch” shirts shown choking and groping a cardboard cutout of the Democratic congresswoman, the Senate majority leader’s campaign manager initially responded by saying, in essence, boys will be boys. The campaign ultimately ended up condemning the image as “demeaning.”
In a statement, Kevin Golden said the media is using the image to “demonize, stereotype, and publicly castigate every young person who dares to get involved with Republican politics,” adding that “these young men are not campaign staff, they are high schoolers.” In another statement, Golden condemned the photo, saying: “Team Mitch in no way condones any aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act toward life sized cardboard cut outs of any gender in a manner similar to what we saw from President Obama’s speechwriting staff several years ago.”
“We do not condone this aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act but wish to clarify that the people involved are not campaign staff” is not “boys will be boys” or even “essentially” or “in essence” “boys will be boys.” This is, essentially, in essence, a lie by the Daily Beast.
AOC is a demagogue using a false quote to smear McConnell.
By the way, these folks actually were campaign staff:
But that’s different!
[Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.]
In what universe does “We do not condone this aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act but wish to clarify that the people involved are not campaign staff” even remotely translate to “boys will be boys”? If anything, the statements does what it says: it clarifies.
It’s safe to say that no matter how many ways Golden clarified, explained, and worded a response, it would never be considered sufficient by AOC (and the Daily Beast). There must be atonement.
Dana (fdf131) — 8/8/2019 @ 8:33 amThe flake should be grateful they got her in the news. Maybe she can go and get a picture of herself crying into a chain link gate fencing off an access road too.
nk (dbc370) — 8/8/2019 @ 8:55 amI call them the basilisk, yes they have editorial standards of a toxic waste dump maybe that’s why Rick Wilson hangs out there.
Narciso (72d34b) — 8/8/2019 @ 8:55 amWhy not the Daily Yeast?
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 8/8/2019 @ 9:02 amIn fairness to the jumped-up barmaid, she never said “free tuition for the Electoral College”, either. That was a fake quote attributed to her and not in an obviously satirical way.
nk (dbc370) — 8/8/2019 @ 9:06 amAnd that fellow on the left with the Hillary Clinton cut out?
Jon Favreau. No, not the actor/director. This guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Favreau_(speechwriter)
And he is still a sought after commentator.
“All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others,” of course.
Nice to see your post, Patterico.
Simon Jester (c8876d) — 8/8/2019 @ 9:07 amhttps://www.axios.com/warren-orourke-trump-is-a-white-supremacist-1d9eba24-c253-4437-b07a-d4b6641e660b.html
Name calling, demonization, hatred is all they have.
NJRob (4d595c) — 8/8/2019 @ 9:07 amNo because yeast is good for something srill.
Narciso (72d34b) — 8/8/2019 @ 9:31 amIts like the word “nasty” – some jump to the gynecological implications of the term rather than its time-honored traditional definition.
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 8/8/2019 @ 9:49 amSpend enough time in AOC’s brain, and you will believe anything.
Kevin M (21ca15) — 8/8/2019 @ 10:03 amGreat post.
DRJ (15874d) — 8/8/2019 @ 12:33 pmJohn T
@tapperj22
@Newsweek
and
@AOC
Here’s what McConnell’s campaign actually said in response: “Team Mitch in no way condones any aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act toward life sized cardboard cut outs of any gender in a manner similar to what we saw from Pres Obama’s speechwriting staff several years ago.”
Heh
harkin (58d012) — 8/8/2019 @ 1:14 pmI’m largely just a lurker, but have to chime in. This. Any day with a Patterico post is a good day.
Eliot (3d29f6) — 8/8/2019 @ 1:29 pmHilarious picture. Given Hillary’s looks, the ultimate in beer goggles.
rcocean (1a839e) — 8/8/2019 @ 1:58 pmThere’s a lot of the Gingrich to her act.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 8/8/2019 @ 3:17 pm