We laugh at her for her invention of “alternative facts” and cheer whenever a TV anchor gets the better of her. She was pulled back some from making public appearances because her sneering glibness came across as too unpleasant even for the gang of creeps in the White House—though the fact that she’s still there, outlasting most of the rest, points at a degree of venality in tune with T***p’s.
But the fact is, this person is unhinged and dangerous and shouldn’t be anywhere near power. I’m not sure I’d have believed she said this on TV if there was no video. This is going to disturb you, sorry, but we should know what we’re dealing with.
Transcript:
The other thing I always love to say to those gender studies people, “If you say abortion or stem cells or guns one more time, I’m going to perform one of those on you because – with a gun – because you, by implication, are suggesting that women can’t do the math.”
She’s not joking. No cracking a smile. We all get exasperated; those of us who are sane don’t express it this way. It’s hyperbole, yes… but hyperbole that reveals a deep sickness in how casually she delivers it, and the will to silence discourse despite living in a nation that has a First Amendment. She’s saying she’ll shoot pregnant women in the womb for uttering three designated words.
Yes, it’s an old clip, 2007. Not that old. Not old enough for her to have had a personality change, just to have tamed her mouth some for the sake of appearances. Not as old as Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook photo, which has caused his party and his former supporters to demand his resignation.
She should have her Northam moment, similar demands by shocked supporters to get lost. But of course it’s not going to happen. Because her boss is fine with it, being the kind of person who threatens a bad economy if the 17 18 nonpartisan investigations on him continue, and is all about controlling women and what they say and do. And her party, the GOP, is fine with this sort of sentiment too, because they are all about controlling women’s bodies while leaving guns uncontrolled and unregulated.
This person should not be working in the White House or government at all. We may not see her all that much, but she has influence, and this clip reveals how virulent it is. Please share this and call your Senators and House Representatives asking to demand her resignation.
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