Earlier today, ABC’s Matthew Dowd tweeted the following about Donald Trump‘s reputation as a sexual predator and Hillary Clinton‘s ever-evolving email scandal:
Either you care both about Trump being sexual predator & Clinton emails, or u care about neither. But don’t talk about one without the other
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) November 1, 2016
Well, not everyone has been thrilled that he compared sexual violence to using a private email server.
@gottlife huh???
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) November 1, 2016
@matthewjdowd ‘Care about’ does not require assigning equal balance of harm and ultimately support of candidate and policies.
— Brian Wasik (@BrianRWasik) November 1, 2016
He’s been defending himself:
@jonathanfriden partisans love to ignore the faults of their own folks. Look what I have said about his sexual assault.Came down hard on him
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) November 1, 2016
Just so it is clear and I said this on air a number of times – trump is a sexual predator and his behavior is unacceptable. Not just words.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) November 1, 2016
So far, it hasn’t stopped him from getting dragged pretty ruthlessly:
@matthewjdowd Don’t tell people what to talk about or how to prioritize the issues they care about.
Also — don’t use imperative verbs at people.— Joanna P. Adler (@AdlerJo) November 1, 2016
I wonder what women who have been sexually assaulted would think of this equation. https://t.co/HRJKXzUoQV
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 1, 2016
@matthewjdowd Museum-worthy.
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) November 1, 2016
Congrats on ur dumbness https://t.co/uZgTnlC46e
— nasty woman. (@achr0i) November 1, 2016
framing this one https://t.co/z4IMG2VdKz
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 1, 2016
Congratulations, you’ve somehow managed to write a tweet that is both a horrific demonstration of rape culture and utter nonsense https://t.co/JV4ZhZi1pF
— Emmy ✨7 days✨ (@EmmyA2) November 1, 2016
Whoa. That is a disgusting tweet. Shame. https://t.co/Dn5CoNQyLD
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) November 1, 2016
*whips out book entitled “Logical Fallacies” in old English script* Whoa ladies and gentlemen looks like a great day for FALSE EQUIVALENCE https://t.co/BmhjYQgfG0
— Reticent Turnip (@ReticentTurnip) November 1, 2016
This is Olympic gold-medal-level false equivalence. Amazing https://t.co/7JXONkWFsJ
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 1, 2016
Great Moments In “Gotta Hear Both Sides” History https://t.co/5HAJYrHnEN
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) November 1, 2016
You’re a father. How do you even think of comparing Trump’s remarks about little girls to Clinton’s (non-illegal) email use? @matthewjdowd
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 1, 2016
@matthewjdowd “You were assaulted? That’s terrible–but wait, were you using two-factor authentication? You weren’t? You’re just as bad.”
— Savage Werewombat (@UrsulaV) November 1, 2016
I feel comfortable saying that I care more about sexual assault than email server management. https://t.co/6ZNTdlYdoO
— EMAILS! (@mattyglesias) November 1, 2016
[Oprah voice] You get a false equivalency! And you get a false equivalency! False equivalencies for everybodaaaaaay! https://t.co/09qNhtTp03
— PatchStrikesBack! (@thewayoftheid) November 1, 2016
This one is just funny:
Either you care about both mass animal extinctions & pumpkin spice or you care about neither. https://t.co/A0Fnyidgwx
— Pumpkin?King (@MMonides) November 1, 2016
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