Michelle Wolf's response to Mika's accusations of body shaming Sarah

[Pluvious]

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[oberliner]

1. What did the "dividing into softball teams" joke mean?

[Quixote1818]

11. I was thinking it had to do with the press constantly throwing softballs at her

More of a jab at the press.

Snip:

"Every time Sarah steps up to the podium, I get excited. I'm not really sure what we're going to get, you know? A press briefing, a bunch of lies or divided into softball teams. It's shirts and skins, and this time don't be such a little bitch, Jim Acosta," Wolf said.

[William Seger]

12. I wouldn't swear to it, but

... I think it might be a reference to Sarah looking like a high school gym teacher.

[Quixote1818]

17. I think it was a jab at the press for throwing softballs at her constantly. nt

[RhodeIslandOne]

30. Nah, I think William is right

And it’s an awesome joke.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

31. The one in, "Porky's"...

... named Beulah?

[enough]

2. I thought she said "burns fat" which may be why people are connecting this

to body shaming.

[JI7]

3. The joke makes no sense that way

[pnwmom]

6. "Burns fat" makes as much sense as "burns fact." n/t

[JI7]

9. The point of the joke was her lies so burns facts is an

Imporant difference.

[SidDithers]

16. No, it doesn't. Burns facts makes perfect sense...nt

Sid

[enough]

20. No it doesn't, which is why I thought it was gratuitously cruel. It's obviously a

completely different joke as she said it, and an interesting one at that.

[TheDebbieDee]

4. I think Mika is still feeling the burn about Ms Wolf's

comment about Joe & Mika's engagement shows that MeToo sometimes work out... But Mika's too much of a punk to complain about THAT so she's complaining about what she *thinks* was said about SHS facts/fat and ash/ass and eyes...

[rockfordfile]

5. This Mika person is the same trump supporter?

I mean that gave free air time over and over. They even celebrated with trump at Mara-a-Largo. Michelle Wolf was great last night.

[pnwmom]

7. The same comedian who called Ted Kennedy a murderer?

No, she wasn't great.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. Sounds like Michelle's an equal opportunity abuser.

[BigmanPigman]

8. I read comments on DU last night before someone posted the show.

As I watched I thought, "Did I miss the fat joke?". Apparently people heard her wrong and since Sarah is overweight they automatically assumed she said "fat". Time for some Q Tips.

[CakeGrrl]

10. A firestorm of outrage, unnecessarily compounded.

"FACTS" not "fat".

"ASH" not "ass".

And then people who didn't hear it correctly start flameposting on social media, others who hear the false claim simply repeat the claim without finding out the truth for themselves, and so on.

And Michelle W. had a great retort to Maggie Haberman...why was she so quick to assume that Wolf went to physical insults?

People heard what they WANTED to hear, and some of that probably came from the fact that they could imagine Huckabee Sanders to be a very easy target for physical insult.

But Wolf didn't actually DO that.

[gristy]

27. But she could have said it!

She could have said fat and ass. And that's all that matter to the trump folks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/why-trump-supporters-dont-mind-his-lies.html

In contrast, when judging a falsehood that makes a favored politician look good, we are willing to ask, “Could it have been true?” and then weaken our condemnation if we can imagine the answer is yes. By using a lower ethical standard for lies we like, we leave ourselves vulnerable to influence by pundits and spin doctors.

[William Seger]

13. It's just like how they took 2 paragraphs of descriptive narrative from Comey's book

... and tried to paint the entire book as a "petty" attack on Trump.

[Squinch]

15. Mika's comment is total bullshit. I think it's the guilt. She knows the trump presidency

is partly her own fault and hates that it was pointed out to her.

[Owl]

18. Michelle was great!

[LenaBaby61]

21. BOTH of them were complicit ...

In helping to elect their ex-BUDDY Fatso tRumputin


Leaked Audio Catches Mika and Joe Chatting With Trump During Break: ‘Nothing Too Hard, Mika’


Comedian and voice actor Harry Shearer somehow got his hands on audio of Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough chatting behind-the-scenes with Donald Trump in between breaks of their MSNBC town hall, playing it on his weekly radio show Le Show.

Throughout the six minutes or so, Trump and the MSNBC hosts chat amiably about a variety of topics, including politics, the primaries, golf, Morning Joe‘s coverage of Trump’s campaign, and their fellow journalists. On at least one occasion, the duo appear to discuss questions for the next segment within earshot of Trump. At times it can be difficult to determine who is speaking to who; Brzezinski and Scarborough appear at several points to be speaking to producers who were not picked up by the mics at the same time they were speaking to Trump.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/leaked-audio-catches-mika-and-joe-chatting-with-trump-during-break-nothing-too-hard-mika/

Now, Brzezinski's taking Wolf out of context and caping for that lying POS Sanders?

I don't trust them NOW and never WILL no matter how much they go after their ex-BUDDY tRumputin.

[Honeycombe8]

25. I guess I'm missing what's very wrong with that.

Trump was jokingly saying, "Nothing too hard, Mika." She didn't respond. She was talking to someone else. Everyone was talking to each other and others, planning out the next segment. Then Joe says that they have to get to the (town hall) questions...in other words, they need to move it along and get to the town hall, which is what that's supposed to be.

This wasn't their Morning Joe regular show, where they do ask deeper questions and have a discussion about the issue.

I do know that Joe supported Jeb Bush for President. But it's odd that he sort of pumps up Trump for slamming Jeb Bush in the Repub debate. Kinda two-faced of him.

Not as professional as I would hope, but not really wrong. If it's not their regular show, which it says it wasn't. A town hall is when the audience asks the questions.

About the deportation question, here's an explanation via CNN:

One portion of the tape that received criticism on Twitter was misleading. It features Brzezinski saying, "You don't want me to do the [questions] on deportation?" to which Trump replies: "That's right. Nothing too hard, Mika."

However, sources at MSNBC said that Brzezinski was speaking to her producer Alex Korson and that Trump was voicing his approval of the decision from the sidelines.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/22/media/donald-trump-joe-scarborough-hot-mic/index.html

[LenaBaby61]

33. I guess I'm missing what's very wrong with that.

K ....

[Honeycombe8]

41. k.

[Honeycombe8]

22. She didn't call Sanders fat, did she? nt

[JI7]

24. No

[rurallib]

23. didn't Trumpy make some comment about Mika bleeding from a facelift?

did she ever demand an apology or anything for that.

There is so much crap happening I can't keep anything straight anymore.

[NewJeffCT]

28. Yes, he did make that comment

and since then, Joe has been 100% anti-Trump. Before that, he changed on Trump with the wind - one day, loved him, the next day, he despised him

[Prof.Higgins]

26. Rob Reiner went on Morning Joe in 2016 and strongly criticized them for enabling Trump.

Mika and Republican Joe were aghast and then got all self-righteously puffed up that Reiner told the truth about gifting Trump all that free airtime with feckless interviewing, especially via Trump's telephone ravings they had let go on and on. No surprise here that Mika misheard this Sarah joke and then couldn't be bothered to check a replay of Michelle's routine before throwing shade, aka manure, on Wolf.

This White House "press-gang", with a few worthwhile exceptions, have contracted a collective Patty Hurst syndrome during their loco quixotic quest to normalize Trump and justify their own well-paid, high-status stenography jobs.

Most MSNBC evening panels have one of these stenographers starting off panel topics and not only deadening the discussions but ripping off precious time from insightful panelists like David Corn, Eugene Robinson and Democratic Party Congress women and men. My remote's mute button is nearly worn to defunct!

[SaintLouisBlues]

29. Strong first post Prof

Welcome

[Pluvious]

32. First post, I'm honored :)

Welcome to posting on DU !!

That's great to know about Rob, I follow him on Twitter.

Here's what he had to say today:

Link to tweet

[calimary]

35. Welcome to DU, Prof.Higgins!

Heck, MSNBC actually has one of those stenographers ON STAFF. The smug, insufferable Hugh Hewitt. I hit the mute button as often when he's on as I do when trump is on.

[LenaBaby61]

36. "This White House "press-gang", with a few worthwhile exceptions ....

have contracted a collective Patty Hearst Syndrome."

Certainly sounds like it from what you wrote:

Mika and Republican Joe were aghast and then got all self-righteously puffed up that Reiner told the truth about gifting Trump all that free airtime with feckless interviewing, especially via Trump's telephone ravings they had let go on and on. No surprise here that Mika misheard this Sarah joke and then couldn't be bothered to check a replay of Michelle's routine before throwing shade, aka manure, on Wolf.

Brzezinski had to get on the "Let's protect sweet, innocent Sarah train," before she even bothered to see what Michelle Wolf had said. I wonder why Brzezinski never asked for an apology from tRumputin when he insulted her by saying that she was bleeding from .... 🤔

I guess it was much more IMPORTANT for her to go after Michelle Wolf (Even though she totally misread what Wolf SAID) than go after her ex-BUDDY tRumputin

I guess straightening out that darn comedienne was more important than going after the HOG in the Oval Office who DIRECTLY lied on & insulted HER .....

[oasis]

38. Excellent points. Welcome to DU.

[MustLoveBeagles]

40. Great post Prof.Higgins

Welcome to DU

[calimary]

34. The funniest part about all the complaining and whining against the job Michelle Wolf did

was the irony. They thought she was vulgar? TRUMP SUPPORTERS thought SHE was vulgar? Sheesh - what planet am I on?

If they've got their panties in a bunch about HER "vulgarity," and yet they stand by, and vigorously defend, the "grab 'em by the pussy" guy, then they're full of shit - by definition.

[MustLoveBeagles]

39. Exactly

[Prof.Higgins]

37. Muchas gracias for the warm welcome from you sagacious DU folks! 😎 n/t.