‘You Look Ridiculous’: Pro-Choice Group Mocked By Conservatives For Calling Kavanaugh a ‘Frat Boy’

The reproductive rights advocacy group NARAL was mocked by conservatives on Wednesday for calling Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who was picked as President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee on Monday, a “frat boy.”

“We’ll be DAMNED if we’re going to let five MEN—including some frat boy named Brett—strip us of our hard-won bodily autonomy and reproductive rights,” tweeted the national NARAL account last night.

We’ll be DAMNED if we’re going to let five MEN—including some frat boy named Brett—strip us of our hard-won bodily autonomy and reproductive rights. #StopKavanaugh #SaveRoe pic.twitter.com/22GYMTVLgj

— NARAL (@NARAL) July 11, 2018

The Greek life-themed barb is presumably a reference to Kavanaugh’s first name Brett, as it sounds like a common name for an upper-middle class white male. Additionally, the jokes about Kavanaugh’s first name are similar to the popular “Brad and Chad” meme mocking frat guys with basic, one syllable names.

However, right-wing Twitter did not appreciate the joke, as everyone from conservative pundit Ben Shapiro to the National Review‘s Charles Cooke slammed the pro-abortion group for the jab:

“Some frat boy named Brett”? He’s a sitting judge. You look ridiculous https://t.co/vdWCeN3BIV

— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair (@senatorshoshana) July 11, 2018

I’m starting to wonder how many times I’m going to have to point out that Roe was decided by seven MEN. https://t.co/nKMDrTtG9s

— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) July 11, 2018

GENDER IS FLUID https://t.co/bqJFePM6Qj

— Jeremy Frankel (@FrankelJeremy) July 11, 2018

‘Fratboy’? I’d tell NARAL to grow up, but they’re literally against that sort of thing. https://t.co/B5nT3weajm

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 11, 2018

“Some frat boy named Brett” https://t.co/cM4diGj80W

— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 11, 2018

Getting nominated for the Supreme Court is a TFM. https://t.co/5Pt5WxAiR3

— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) July 11, 2018

“We need a pithy way of describing a middle-aged father-of-two who is widely respected for his academic rigor and professional preparation. It should also imply that he’s anti-sex.”
“How about ‘frat boy’?”
“Brilliant.”https://t.co/tKbwhrfCdY

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 11, 2018

This legit sounds like the kind of thing I would tweet as a joke https://t.co/Q191W4hr5a

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 11, 2018

A certain pro-abortion journalist offered to give Bill Clinton oral sex for keeping abortion legal, so I’d sit this one out on the insults https://t.co/iLsXRcPDLs

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 11, 2018

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