Posted on 04/04/2020 5:34:45 AM PDT by yardboyd
A CNN pundit took heavy online ridicule for her word choice on Tuesday, after referring to President Donald Trump as retarded in a now-deleted social media post.
Sophia Nelson, who describes herself as a frequent guest on CNN, was reacting to a critical tweet about the president from fellow anti-Trump Republican Rick Wilson, when she replied, They just always got an excuse to cover for his retarded ass!
The backlash came quickly against Nelson, the former GOP counsel for the House Oversight Committee, and she explained that she deleted her comment after the father of a special needs child called her out with class and grace for using the derogatory term. Nelson then noted that the nasty ass twitter bully mob still came after her.
Nelson admitted that she understood why the word retarded is offensive to many people, yet she continued to defend herself for her choice of language. She argued that she used the word because it was used frequently among people of her generation in the past, while asserted that referring to the president as retarded was being kind.
Nelson is also a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project, whose mission is to defeat President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box. Mr. Wilson is a co-founder of the initiative.
When a reporter from the Daily Caller pointed out Nelsons position, she doubled down and insisted on calling the president retarded once again.
This is a great hit job you guys are attempting because I called Trump a retarded ass. He is that, Nelson wrote. This has zero reference to disabled or special needs persons.
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Just another Democrat who thinks they should make the rules for you and get to tell you how to run your life.
Vote accordingly in November.
Willie Brown didn’t think she was ugly either. He gave her a leg up on Californicate politics.
Libtarded.
I never liked the way her smarmy personality came across during the confirmation hearings for the candidate for the Supreme Court.
Perhaps you enjoyed that.
I dont blame him...Id give her a shake myself
“Just another angry black woman that cant get over Obamas eight years of blunders”
She’s a George Conway, Rick Wilson, Jeb! and Mitt Republican. Which may prove your point.
I have been saying that for years.
All scribblers and the rags they work for should be registered and licensed; first time they lie about a person or business the penalty should be a heavy fine and punitive damages. If they persist in their lies the scribblers go to jail in addition to more heavy fines and punitive damages. The third time, everybody goes to jail and the rag is shut down.
the prettiest chick in the original field of dem candidates was eric swallwell.
yeah, I mean shes a crazy bug eyed liberal, but its crazy to call her ugly.
Well, the picture explains it all. Angry member of two privileged victim groups thinks it has the right to judge someone who is not a member of a victim group.
She didn’t apologize for saying it about Trump. She “apologized” for using a non-PC word.
“Some here think we should hold our noses and vote for trash like this, if they run under the GOP banner.”
Hmmm, I think I fit that scenario after voting for McShame and Mittens. Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. Never again.
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