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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Sat Jan 5, 2019, 02:04 PM Jan 2019

It's pure sexism, folks...

Elizabeth Warren - Is she likeable?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - A college video of her dancing

Rep. Rashida Tlaib - Invoked profanity when talking impeachment

Rarely is likability invoked unless it's a woman they are discussing. It was a normal occurrence when the name was Hillary Clinton. A woman who dances, wears her clothes a little too tight, show's even the slightest amount of cleavage, then they will criticize. I remember when the RW went ape-shit over a tiny bit of cleavage that appeared on the Senate floor by way of a blouse that Hillary wore. And the profanity. That's the one which is the most ridiculous of them all. tRump uses profanity by the bucket on a daily basis. I remember when Cheney told a sitting senator "fuck you" on the floor of the Senate some years back. A woman uses it and it's outrageous. A man uses it and nobody gives a crap. Pelosi was right in saying she's heard worse from tRump.

The outright sexism is on full display.

Don't let them get away with it.

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It's pure sexism, folks... (Original Post) cynatnite Jan 2019 OP
How can the party that contains ted cruz scold anyone on likability? Salviati Jan 2019 #1
Exactly! 2naSalit Jan 2019 #3
K&R ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #2
Slight correction: Cheney said "Go fuck yourself." IggleDuer Jan 2019 #4
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