Meghan McCain Asks If President Will Introduce Gay Marriage Bill, Twitter Conservatives Attack
MSNBC contributor and daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Meghan McCain, has once again awoken the fierce retribution that is the conservative twitter-verse on Monday when she sent out a now-deleted tweet asking if President Obama was prepared to “Obama going to introduce legislation in congress to make gay marriage legal in all 50 states?” When Republicans fact-checked her knowledge of the process of legislating, she deleted the tweet.
Fortunately, her tweet was caught before it could be deleted by some adept tweeters.
Um 10th Amendment? RT @McCainBlogette: So, is Obama going to introduce legislation in congress to make gay marriage legal in all 50 states?
— Defend Wall Street (@DefendWallSt) May 9, 2012
Some noticed that there was a Constitutional issue with her suggestion. After the offending tweet was deleted:
Oh goodness. @mccainblogette deleted her tweet. I almost feel bad for embarrassing her. Sorry, Meggy.
— Tabitha Hale (@TabithaHale) May 9, 2012
She followed up with a vague notion about the sad state of local politics on the issue of gay marriage:
Unfortunately the issue of gay marriage is still a state to state issue that continues to lose at the ballot box…
— Meghan McCain (@McCainBlogette) May 9, 2012
This was a sly move, according to some:
Good cover! RT @McCainBlogette: Unfortunately issue of gay marriage is still a state to state issue that continues to lose at the ballot box
— Tabitha Hale (@TabithaHale) May 9, 2012
And, like that, the conservative twitter backlash has begun:
.@McCainBlogette continues to prove that a Columbia “education” is one of the biggest wastes of money on the planet
— Jeff Emanuel (@jeffemanuel) May 9, 2012
Please forgive Meghan McCain. It’s not like there’s anyone close to her who can teach her about how legislation is introduced.
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 9, 2012
March 2009: Meghan McCain to Larry King: ‘I believe in gay marriage.’ bit.ly/JVziNa
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) May 9, 2012
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MEGHAN MCCAIN GOD GIVES BARACK ANOTHER PUPPY TO EAT #tcot #tlot
— Defend Wall Street (@DefendWallSt) May 9, 2012
This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.
