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!