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On Sunday while appearing on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper, White House Counsel to the President, Kellyanne Conway disclosed that she had been a victim of sexual assault. It was evident that the subject, which she had alluded to in 2016, was a difficult one to discuss. The Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski went on a bitchy rant about Kellyanne this morning and is now sniveling about being called out for it.
Here is what Kellyanne had to say on Sunday. The piece begins at about 11:17 in.
Well, Mika – who is NOT a fan of Kellyanne Conway went all Mean Girl on her this morning.
Brzezinski continued: “So tell us your story. Who is your attacker? Who broke the law? Who hurt you? You seemed really uncomfortable when you let that slip out. Your voice got small, your voice cracked, you had to clear your throat. You were really uncomfortable just saying ‘I am a victim of sexual assault.’ And I say that as a victim of sexual assault myself.”
“So I want to ask, why can’t you be the egg, Kellyanne, the Fabergé egg and tell your story?” Brzezinski asked. “Because you say women should be heard. You talk out of both sides of your mouth. You say that women should be heard, their stories are believable or credible and understanding and compelling. Well let’s hear yours. It’s very convenient to drop that, but I want to know your story. I want to know what happened. You should have justice, shouldn’t you?”
To his credit Joe Scarborough tried to get her to stop before she made things worse. It didn’t work. Mika had to get one last dig in.
“No hold on I’m not done,” Brzezinski said. “You can’t just throw that out as a political dagger to protect this reprehensible predator of a president.”
~Snip
“You can’t use being a victim of sexual assault, throw it out there, and then literally dirty, sully the name of someone who has stepped in front of the cameras before the United States of America and told her story,” Brzezinski said. “And you say that she’s being treated like a Fabergé egg. That’s just delicious at this point.”
Mika made it abundantly clear just after the election that she has declared war on Trump and Kellyanne Conway. She’s banned Conway from The Morning Joe and really wishes the media would ban her altogether. Mika’s animosity towards Kellyanne has been quite remarkable. Well, needless to say, many in the media feel she went WAY too far on this and called her out.
This morning, @morningmika did the very thing that makes sexual assault victims NOT want to tell their stories. She bullied one, questioned her motives and her truthfulness and called her story “convenient.” We must be better than this. pic.twitter.com/nuEU9XJrEO
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) October 4, 2018
Call me crazy, but bullying an assault victim into telling her “convenient” story bc politics isn’t a good idea. https://t.co/pJjU5uGnLn
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) October 4, 2018
Well… Mika wasn’t thrilled with S.E., Chris Cuomo, or anyone else calling her out on her antics and went on a Twitter spree for a bit. Except SUDDENLY all those sniveling tweets have disappeared! Why?
Well for one – Chris Cuomo backtracked on his stance.
Thank you @ChrisCuomo .. this is the best point made today. Let’s leave it there. I took my tweets down too. https://t.co/cNaAHLV0ol
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) October 4, 2018
But Mika did leave her tweet up wherein she yells at S.E.
S.E. You know better than this.
That you would defend Kellyanne Conway defending the president for attacking Ford and then you’re going to say that when I call out hypocrisy… That’s why victims don’t want to come out? Shame on you.. https://t.co/EWt78B8Erz— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) October 4, 2018
And Mika completely makes S.E.’s point. Mika literally believes it is absolutely OK! to victim shame if you don’t like where they stand politically. That is so utterly wrong on every level. Furthermore, for those who would defend Mika? Watch here:
She said Kellyanne’s story is suddenly convenient
The only reason to believe Kellyanne is if she provides details, since she hasn’t Mika has deemed her NOT CREDIBLE
She faults Kellyanne for being uncomfortable discussing even just the bare minimum of her assault
And that is exactly why I have ZERO respect for Mika Brzezinski.
Please no @morningmika it is always and only a victim’s choice to share their story.
As counsel for the #MeToo politics org @WeSaidEnough, I’m infuriated by #MeTooSoWhat – but a movement powered by reclaiming #consent can’t deny it to victims. Ever.https://t.co/FK143Mk7Fo
— #WeSaidEnough (@sfpelosi) October 4, 2018
You don’t get to pick and choose which victim to believe or not believe. But Mika demands we do so. I’ve tried very hard to give Christine Blasey Ford the benefit of the doubt. However, as I continue to review her testimony and watch the antics of her attorneys, I struggle to believe her.
Mika Brzezinski was in the wrong here. She knows it and she should own it.
Feature Photo Credit: Jesse Dittmar/REDUX
“Well let’s hear yours. It’s very convenient to drop that, but I want to know your story. I want to know what happened. You should have justice, shouldn’t you?”
Never have I been happier that I do not have twitter. I don’t think I could trust myself to stay civil with this … person. Some of us do NOT want to share our stories and No One has the right to demand that we speak.
The big difference here is that Conway isn’t asking us to do anything to another person on just her word. It would be a very different matter if she was accusing, say, Joe Scarborough of the assault. Then she would have to tell her story. I doubt Mika would be as accommodating as the Senate was to Dr. Blasey Ford. Additionally, the extreme anger she is displaying simply because someone claims to be a victim of past sexual assault is unbecoming and shows she lacks the temperament to be a journalist.
I calling male privilege for the “BOSS” cup in front of the guy.
If they can call out people over B.S. then so can I.
Things liberals actually care about:
1: Power
2: Power
Leftists get to choose the weapons they use (I think it’s because they always attack first) and Brzezinski, like Kamala Harris recently, shoots off their mouths and then complain when others fire back. Too flipping bad. I cannot wait for the day when it dawns on them ALL, how despicable THEY are and how much THEY are despised.
A good friend of mine recently confided in me that she had been assaulted last year, during a very tough time for many in our group. She said she kept quiet because she didn’t want to put more weight on friends that were already grieving.
While I have no idea who did this to her, and would likely kill them if I did, she does know, and while I suggested to her that she tell her family / press charges against whoever did this to her (and she does say she feared for her life when it was happening), that’s all I did, suggest it, because it’s her decision, and that fact that I disagree with her approach is irrelevant, this is about her and only her, so I will support her however SHE needs it, not how I think it should be.
I’m thinking that Joe might be thinking: why the hell did I dump my wife for this shrew? The crazy is exciting, for a while, but…
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