Didn’t hear them coming to the defense of Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann like that...
Identity politics only works when you serve THE Party. Otherwise, you are a "b!tch", a "c*nt", an "uncle tom", if you are Condi Rice, there will be MSM rumors that you are having an illicit affair with President Bush.
"Rape jokes" etc are all "fair game" to slur Republicans.