Elizabeth Warren explains why woman-hater Kelly called her "an impolite arrogant woman"

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David Dayen @ddayen
Via email, @SenWarren has explained why John Kelly decided to call her "an impolite arrogant woman"






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“Mitch McConnell can’t shut me up—and neither can John Kelly,” she wrote in a fundraising email to supporters on Thursday night, telling her version of an encounter with Kelly last year, after he had repeatedly dodged her calls and emails:

…“Blah blah blah.” That’s all he had to say when he was called out for breaking the law and destroying lives. And I don’t know about John Kelly – but there are some men who can only hear “blah blah blah” whenever a woman’s talking. One of his aides wrote back, “Too bad Senate Majority Leader McConnell couldn’t order her to be quiet again!”

Clever. Well, Mitch McConnell can’t shut me up – and neither can John Kelly. (He can’t even get Donald Trump off Twitter, and as far as I can tell, that was his main job description when he took on the role of White House Chief of Staff).”

read: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/elizabeth-warren-fires-back-at-john-kellys-arrogant-woman-comment/

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[Ohiogal]

1. Kelly is an arrogant, despicable POS.

Just wait until we oust all your asses, Repubs. Don't expect any nice treatment from us. What goes around comes around.

[bdamomma]

5. what goes around comes around

hmm....that will happen. Kavan-not said the same thing, wishing it upon themselves.

[olegramps]

8. This is the typical general, the product of arrogant academies who don't think the shit stinks.

I shuddered when I saw so many generals in the administration. Kelly is typical, a arrogant self righteous supreme being. He is a prime example that power far too often corrupts They begin to think that they are authorities on every aspect of life. When in reality they are the product of a radical educational system that ingrains unquestioned obedience. The most ruthless raise to power and believe themselves to be infallible. Virtually no inferior officer who aspires to higher ranks dares to question their authority. It is a closed society that only the life timers can appreciate. It is not at all surprising that this was his reaction to some inferior being and especially some silly women who would think that they were anything other than peons.

[superpatriotman]

12. Tinpot despots love military men surrounding them

It gives them cold comfort that they won't get couped by the enlisted men.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. I agree. And they are repugnant ... look at Gen. Flint leading the quote to 'lock her up' at a ...

rump rally. Disgusting and a poor example of leadership and qualities that any decent man or woman would have. Look at their disgusting so called commander in chief. A spoiled man child/baby brat...I guess it takes one to know one.

And Warren is a respected Senator. Even worse.

Generals have long lost their favor w/ me ... this is my opinion only, but first of all, generals have worked in military services for so long that I don't think they know how to live on the outside. The 'outside' that has long paid for everything that they've lived off of, their homes, their healthcare, their food, insurance, everything. So I don't have any respect being that I had to work my ass off for every one of these things, and still do. I alone. No one else. And then I see these so called generals act this way.

Don't get me wrong...I've worked w/, grew up w/, many members of the services and find them totally fine, upstanding, wonderful examples of the person in uniform. It is just that rump seemed to find the worse of them somehow.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

2. Nevertheless

Elizabeth persisted 🇺🇸💙

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Yet another example

of IQ45's "only the best and brightest!"

[zentrum]

6. He's the worst but may be bright-ish.

That is, he knew just what he was doing, knew he was lying to her. He's simply a racist autocrat and wanted to be unquestioned. Let alone by a woman.

It was all purpsoeful. He was probably looking at the very same email list she was looking at even as he denied it happened. Directed his staff to blow her off.

[zentrum]

4. Love Warren. 2020.

[DemocracyMouse]

7. Ditto.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

9. John Kelly is not an "adult in the room"

He's a racist monster who should be given the respect he deserves. Which is nothing.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. would have subpoenaed the sop , and have him haullled him into my office

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. Kelly is a total disgrace to the USMC uniform.

[Hortensis]

14. Scary that such a person could have become a 4-star general.

Surely, despite genuine exceptional talents, episodes of dishonest thinking that went far beyond merely dishonorable into the realm of intellectually dysfunctional were noted long before he rose that high.

[karin_sj]

13. What an utter obnoxious jerk he is

She didn't do anything wrong. She was just trying to job and obviously he was thwarting her at every turn. Creep.

This could help raise his stature in Trump's eyes.

[Soxfan58]

16. The vilifying of Sen. Warren has begun

Join the club with Pelosi and Hillary. But they are not misogynist!

[question everything]

17. Thinking that it was still the military when he could bark orders

and others would salute and reply yes sir!

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18. kick

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