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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan lawmakers pose with women’s magazines to show they care. Guess which party.
By Scott Kaufman
Friday, June 6, 2014 10:28 EDT
Republican lawmakers in Michigan set off a firestorm when a state capitol reporter tweeted a photograph of male House members reading fashion magazines with the caption, Dont say we dont understand women.
Jake Neher @GJNeher
@MIHouseGOP members Victory, Pettalia, and Glardon: "Don't say we don't understand women." #mileg
1:13 PM - 5 Jun 2014 Lansing, MI, United States
According to the reporter, Jake Neher of Michigan Public Radio, he was quoting Representative Pete Pettalia (pictured above), who said it a couple of times, jokingly. The other two representatives in the picture were Roger Victory and Ben Glardon.
Rep. Pettalia later explained that during a short break on the House floor, Republican Rep. Gail Haines, a leading advocate on womens issues in the Legislature, gave some of us magazines to read and asked to take our photo with them.
A member of the media then walked up behind her and snapped another photo, he continued. As part of that lighthearted moment, I made an off-the-cuff remark that has since been taken way out of context.
House Democrats quickly replied with a photograph and caption of their own, Real Women read bills not fashion mags:
MI House Democrats @MIHouseDems
Real Women read bills not fashion mags... @GJNeher @RashidaTlaib @RepVickiBarnett @MIHouseGOP #mileg
3:02 PM - 5 Jun 2014
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum told Michigan Live that the photograph constituted more evidence that the war on women is alive and well in Michigan.
Now three Republican lawmakers today all white men made an open mockery of women on the House floor by posing with fashion magazines to showcase, in their words, that they understand womens issues, she said.
Republican state Rep. Andrea LaFontaine told Michigan Live that she was tired of Democrats making victims out of women. Im sorry if I seem fired up about it, but at the end of the day, I think Im going to succeed in my career because of my beliefs, because of my hard work and because of the results that we as Republicans are producing in the state of Michigan.
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Michigan lawmakers pose with women’s magazines to show they care. Guess which party. (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2014
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Please proceed, clueless dumbfucks. nt
they are all looking at the underwear ads!
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)3. I'll give them some credit... they're not quite dumb enough to hold
I'll give them some credit... they're not quite dumb enough to hold a Sports Illustrated bikini/thong issue and attempt to pretend it's something other than what it is.