Posted on 05/06/2024 4:48:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida congressman apologized Monday for invoking an insensitive stereotype in a joke aimed at Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
“Why am I getting the feeling that she wanted to eat dog with Kim Jong Un?” Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz wrote on X in response to a clip of Noem promoting her upcoming book on “CBS Mornings.”
Noem’s book includes a false claim about a meeting with the North Korean leader and a true anecdote about her killing her “untrainable” 14-month-old hunting dog. Moskowitz was called out by Politico reporter Nicholas Wu, who noted the Florida Democrat was “using a stereotype here about Asians and dogs.”
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Is a Republican said this about a Democrat you can bet your ass that Dems would all be screaming for the Republican to step down and they would
Yes, excellent observation!
“Which one isn’t?”
You make a good point.
Yawn...
The apology was for “stereotypes of Koreans”, but not the libel of a specific white American woman.
Typical. They don’t mind personal attacks, but God forbid you indicate some negative stereotype.
Gotcha
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