James O’Keefe Mocked on Twitter for Receiving Award After Botched WaPo Plot: ‘Reality is Beyond Parody’

Wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, @GinniThomas, presenting an award to @JamesOKeefeIII today for "defending liberty." pic.twitter.com/bWXFgWa36x

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 6, 2017

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, though in the case of this photo of James O’Keefe and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, most of those words might not be particularly flattering.

The Project Veritas chief was at the Trump International Hotel in Washington today for an event held by the group United for Purpose. Ginni Thomas, a tea party activist and political consultant, was one of the presenters for today’s festivities, and she bestowed O’Keefe with an award for “going above and beyond in defense of liberty.”

Photos from the event made their way onto Twitter, and there were some people who wondered what exactly O’Keefe did that made him special enough to get an award. Plenty of these reactors noted that Project Veritas is still coming off last month’s major embarrassment when one of their operatives was caught feeding disinformation to Washington Post as part of a failed attempt to undermine the newspaper’s credibility.

I almost never get a trophy after being publicly humiliated. https://t.co/GzDm6VMZzq

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 6, 2017

What looked to all decent people like an unforgivable disgrace actually increased O’Keefe’s standing in the conservative movement. https://t.co/WELOMz8QMt

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) December 6, 2017

Speaking of men who got away with sexual harassment and the enablers who love them … https://t.co/zVJSsKEtJ0

— Siva Vaidhyanathan??? (@sivavaid) December 6, 2017

Reality is beyond parody https://t.co/xVYQBsSRQm

— Sue Fulton (@suefulton) December 6, 2017

ah yes the freedom to own oneself https://t.co/2d02wn7l38

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 6, 2017

This is like one of those background scenes you see in The Man in the High Castle where you recognize the people, but tell yourself, "Oh, that would never happen in reality." https://t.co/ztNZKauzRT

— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) December 6, 2017

Sometimes I swear this entire year as been some liberal’s parody of how they think some on the right would act. https://t.co/j1s0NhM2Th

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 6, 2017

this end-of-season Wire montage is way too heavy-handed https://t.co/Ruyw9jdXUh

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) December 6, 2017

At least conservatives aren’t trying to hide their moral rot anymore. https://t.co/8cV22tv36G

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 6, 2017

What the hell is wrong with these people. https://t.co/Qv2TCo2Wws

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 6, 2017

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