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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 02:52 PM Sep 2018

"We hired a female assistant"

“As I said earlier, and I think you already know, we have hired a female assistant to go on staff and to ask these questions in a respectful and professional way.”

-- Mitch McConnell, describing Rachel Mitchell, a prosecutor with over a decade of sex crimes experience, who holds the distinction of being the first prosecutor to get a priest in prison for sexual abuse, and whom the GOP have hired to handle the questioning of Ford.

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"We hired a female assistant" (Original Post) Recursion Sep 2018 OP
Afraid the old Republican boys of the Senate would be too lewd, Mr. Turtle? rurallib Sep 2018 #1
DUer femmedem posted some fun "female assistant" tweets last night, Re: Leghorn21 Sep 2018 #2
Amazing. Thank you! (nt) Recursion Sep 2018 #3
He even hesitated after "female" wryter2000 Sep 2018 #4
The patriarchy is all in on this one, it seems Recursion Sep 2018 #5

wryter2000

(47,940 posts)
4. He even hesitated after "female"
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:25 PM
Sep 2018

So, it sounded like "We've hired a female..."

Could they get any more out of touch about how to talk to and about women?

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
5. The patriarchy is all in on this one, it seems
Wed Sep 26, 2018, 03:31 PM
Sep 2018

It would be funny to watch if less were at stake.

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