In 2012, when Mitt Romney became the Republican candidate for President, the family’s wealth became the target of jokes, including some aimed at Ann Romney’s dressage horse. That horse, she claimed, helped her to deal with the challenges of multiple sclerosis, with which she was diagnosed in 1998.

Now forward to 2015. Mitt Romney is not running for President, but that doesn’t stop a left wing hater at Media Matters from smearing Ann Romney again, this time for a new book she has written. Entitled In This Together, the book, which is set to be released in September, chronicles her life battling MS.

Media Matters’s writer Oliver Willis saw an opportunity to trash Mrs. Romney.

ann romney has *another* book coming out. has any candidate spouse who DIDN'T become flotus ever write so many books? pic.twitter.com/JRnzPmetzs

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 19, 2015

Nice. Real nice. But Willis wasn’t finished. His contempt was just starting to curdle.

@RobProvince she's lived w ms for 17 yrs, i dont think death is knocking at her door right now, didnt start books till after campaign

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 19, 2015

@RobProvince ann romney's got it great, despite her illness

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 19, 2015

Yeah, Ann Romney’s got it great, alright. Here’s what the Mayo Clinic staff indicate are symptoms of this incurable neurological disease:

Signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis vary, depending on the location of affected nerve fibers. MS signs and symptoms may include:

Numbness or weakness in one or more limbs that typically occurs on one side of your body at a time, or the legs and trunk
Partial or complete loss of vision, usually in one eye at a time, often with pain during eye movement
Double vision or blurring of vision
Tingling or pain in parts of your body
Electric-shock sensations that occur with certain neck movements, especially bending the neck forward
Tremor, lack of coordination or unsteady gait
Slurred speech
Fatigue
Dizziness
Problems with bowel and bladder function

Sounds like a real picnic, doesn’t it?

It’s devastating to families. Just watch this 2012 interview with Mitt and Ann Romney on her MS, and even years after her diagnosis you can still feel the pain this destructive illness brings to a sufferer’s loved ones.

Fox News Channel meteorologist Janice Dean also struggles with multiple sclerosis, and Willis’s boorish comments about Mrs. Romney brought out her disgust for Willis and her support for Ann. She tweeted to Willis:

.@owillis I have #ms and we need more people like @AnnDRomney to help others by sharing their experience. #stayclassy

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) July 20, 2015

Stay classy, indeed. I doubt that any of the trolls who live under the bridge that is Media Matters have a shred of decency. But Ann Romney does. Her author’s proceeds from the sale of In This Together will be donated to the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.