Democratic Operative Takes Bizarre Potshot at Gay Elections Analyst Nate Silver: ‘Couldn’t Get Laid in High School and Blames Women for It’
Democratic operative and commentator Rachel Bitecofer took a bizarre potshot at renowned elections analyst Nate Silver on Monday.
The attack came after Silver commented on the Democrats’ new strategy of attacking Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance for being weird.
“Yeah I’m pro-weirdness but if you’re gonna run a whole viral campaign about the other side being weird maybe knock it off with this stuff?” wrote Silver while referring to a pair of screenshots showing one progressive activist complaining about how white men were calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race and then later championing a Zoom call for “White women for Kamala Harris.”
Yeah I’m pro-weirdness but if you’re gonna run a whole viral campaign about the other side being weird maybe knock it off with this stuff? https://t.co/0ciQ0hHd6h
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 29, 2024
This apparently incensed Bitecofer, who replied to Silver’s post by asserting that “Nate’s that guy who couldn’t get laid in high school and blames women for it.”
Nate’s that guy who couldn’t get laid in high school and blames women for it.
— Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆🌴🥥🇺🇸 (@RachelBitecofer) July 29, 2024
This would in any instance be a baseless ad hominem, but in this case it’s especially strange considering the fact that Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight and author of The Silver Bulletin Substack, is gay.
Despite the fact that he has always voted for Democratic candidates for president and expressed his opposition to Donald Trump in the 2024 cycle, Silver has become a target for progressives in recent days over his criticism of left-wing overreach and Democrats’ political acumen. Just this month, Silver sparred with Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison for “blatantly lying” about ballot deadlines and slammed “progressive media scolds” for ignoring Biden’s “obviously deteriorating condition.”
