Michael Avenatti Fires Back at Tucker Carlson And His 'Mop Hair': 'What Are You, 6 Yrs Old?'

[DonViejo]

by Aidan McLaughlin | 8:12 am, May 11th, 2018

Michael Avenatti fired back at Tucker Carlson on Friday morning, after the Fox News host mocked Stormy Daniels’ attorney as a “creepy porn lawyer” whose “eyes are too close together.”

In a segment blasting the media for devoting airtime to the porn star’s lawyer and his case against President Donald Trump, Carlson declared:

“Watch as this MSNBC panel, which is as close to a Democratic Party focus group you’ll find, gushes over the porn lawyer whose eyes are too close together, you know the one always on television,” Carlson said. He then claimed the “creepy porn lawyer” does not “appeal to middle America”

Avenatti responded on Twitter Friday morning, deriding Carlson as a “surrogate” who had to “resort to name calling.”

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[HipChick]

1. Lmao!

[Cha]

2. OMG.. Michael Avenatti

has a point!

[populistdriven]

54. be best

[Cha]

55. lol.. Idiot pos

[Haggis for Breakfast]

58. To my eyes

I always thought Little Pucker looked like he was in a state of perpetual constipation.

[Cartoonist]

3. Tucker won that battle

His hair? Reduced to name calling.

[we can do it]

4. Nope.

[Javaman]

5. and fucker carlson was okay by saying...

Avenatti's eyes are too close together

gotcha.

[Cartoonist]

30. Yep

Tucker baited him and he fell for it. What the hell does his hair have to do with anything?

[LanternWaste]

41. Avenatti simply held up a mirror to Carlson illustrating his petulance.

Precisely the same thing close-set eyes have to do with anything.

The relevant difference being, Avenatti's missive simply held up a mirror to Carlson's petulance

Satire. Try it just once... it's not just for the elites anymore.

[John Fante]

56. Tucker didn't bait him, he simply mocked Avanetti's looks.

It's hilarious how you guys act like these conservative simpletons are playing 4D chess.

[cyberswede]

7. That was the joke, of course

[billh58]

15. Most likely went over

Tucker's head too...

[emulatorloo]

9. Ha ha, no. Tucker won nothing.

[Wednesdays]

10. You're dancing a jig about that, eh?

[marble falls]

12. Yeah because "eyes too close together" and "porn lawyer" is a lofty argument.

[hatrack]

16. I believe that's called "opening the door" on them lawyer TV shows . . .

And Avenatti walked through with an RPG.

[gratuitous]

17. Thank you, Tucker's Mom

Someone should be on his side.

[oasis]

35. Cocoa and a slice of homemade pie to follow.

[smirkymonkey]

40. *snort*

[Tarc]

22. Avernatti pulled a punch there, could've easily called out Tucker's hairpiece

He instead went for a general ridicule of the style. If Tucker wasn't to throw punches, he'll get a fist right back...we're done with the "turn the other cheek" bullshit, thanks.

[MontanaMama]

38. Yes yes YES!

Done with turning the other cheek. Glad to have a street fighter instead of a hand wringer on our side for once.

[magicarpet]

59. Besides, I liked Tucker much better when he wore that...

.... alpha male manly silly little bow tie. He looked so lumberjackie and tough.

[NCTraveler]

6. Avenatti knows rolling in the mud provides results with these people.

Tucker is not a target but it’s a shot across the bow to all commentators. He will out Trump you.

[kentuck]

8. Avenatti has made a lot of enemies very quickly...

He has been very good on TV.

His work on the Stormy Daniels case has exposed many areas of possible criminal conflict by Donald Trump and his allies.

he gives hope to the underdogs.

[pandr32]

20. He has an excellent TV presence

Pleasant looking (Rachel Maddow called him photogenic), well spoken, discusses whatever new details have emerged and sometimes hints at what will come next, and always squares his appearances by reminding people that Trump and Stormy had a sexual relationship and Trump tried to hush her up.

So, in short, he is a perfect guest to interview on everyone's shows. He is sharp as a tack and does his homework. So far the thread he has pulled has revealed a whole lot more than just a tryst with a porn star that became inconvenient for tRump when he ran for top office. No matter how far along the pulled thread goes, Avenatti always mentions the beginning--Stormy, which must make the right-wing crazy. While manufactured distractions come from Twitler's "executive time" Avenatti is all over the media getting much more attention.

One more point: Avenetti is extremely successful and rich without compromising himself, and now as popular as can be and is like a bloodhound when it comes to Trump and all his second rate players. He has become a living legend.

[Scarsdale]

11. Avenatti attended law school.

Carlson got his job through his step father's nepotism. Poor little Tucker will never live that down. Pampered trust fund baby given a job because his mother married a rich guy.

[DeminPennswoods]

14. Interesting factoid

that Paul Butler, a frequent MSNBC panelist/legal expert, was one of Avenatti's law school professors. Forget which MSNBC show Butler was on and asked about and confirmed he did indeed teach Avenatti.

[pandr32]

21. Didn't know that. Wow!

[samnsara]

25. wow!!!!

[smirkymonkey]

43. He didn't just attend law school, he did exceptionally well.

Here is a bit about his academic background from Wikipedia:

"Avenatti earned a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a major in political science in 1996. In 1999, he earned a J.D. degree from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., where he worked with Professor Jonathan Turley on constitutional issues relating to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). He graduated Order of the Coif and first in his class. In 2003, George Washington University Law School established the Michael J. Avenatti Award for Excellence in Pre-Trial and Trial Advocacy, an annual award given to the member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrates excellence in pre-trial and trial advocacy. Avenatti also received George Washington University’s prestigious Alumni Recognition Award in 2010."

Not only that, but he's hot. Give any woman, or man, a choice between Avenatti and Tucker "Little Lord Fauntleroy" Carlson and Avenetti wins hands down.

[Hekate]

46. I had no idea...

Take that, Little Pucker.

[EffieBlack]

50. Turley raves about him

Said he was one of his best students.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

57. High praise coming from Turley,

who's own expertise with the intricacies of the law is staggering. I've read his papers for years. He's brilliant.

[Exotica]

64. Turley is pretty much hated by many here

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210373751

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029848492

He joined with the Republicans to sue Obama over the ACA

RWers often love him:

Turley Joins Republican Challenge To Obama's Lawlessness


https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/boehner-taps-turley-for-obamacare-lawsuit/

[Haggis for Breakfast]

70. I know

But that doesn't diminish his legal scholarship. I don't agree with all of the positions he has taken. But I do respect his intellect.

[LiberalFighter]

51. Good to know -- :)

[northoftheborder]

53. Wow. Impressive education. A scholar and a hot personality!

[misanthrope]

61. From Penn and G-Dub? Not shabby at all!

That's especially hilariously coincidental considering Trump's "bent" truth about his own collegiate background.

[Marthe48]

13. Hate to tell tucker

I could become a cougar because of Micheal Avenetti, while tucker makes me want to march for universal birth control

[Dr_Pretorius]

18. Great retort, but should not have made the hair comment.

Bad form to sink to Carlson's gutter level.

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. At least Tucker lost the bow tie. See, he can evolve...

Well, maybe not.

[Initech]

23. Aren't you glad the meltdown is all happening on the right side right now?

[samnsara]

24. please please OH please no inappropriate behavior in his past...

...we need him and cant afford for him to be drummed out of our side.

[LakeArenal]

34. They will make up stuff.. Just Like they do....

[7962]

26. So I wonder, WHO is paying Avenatti? 'Cause it certainly isnt Stormy.

And I doubt its a TV lawyer contingency fee.
Right now the most dangerous place to be is between Avenatti and a camera. It was cute to begin with, but so far the only thing he's succeeded in doing is raising HIS value for a future TV show. Saturation level was achieved about 2 weeks ago.

then again, I guess when you're going up against a Trump-type person, you want the same type person on YOUR side.

[LakeArenal]

32. Hmmm... Think I disagree with you completely...

What if he's doing it for free to "raise his value" (which is for far more than some future TV show)? That's what successful people do. Avenatti is so far from a "Trump-style" person. I watch him every time he's on so I guess "saturation level" is relative.

[Kingofalldems]

39. Except Avenatti doesn't lie like Trump.

[FailureToCommunicate]

42. Avenatti answered that question on Rachel's show: a mix of pro bono, reduced rate and a legal de-

fense fund pays all the substantial work his team is doing on Stormy's -and our- behalf.

As his tireless work is helping to possibly topple The Orange Menace, I for one have NO problem with him or how ever he gets funded to continue his work.

[misanthrope]

62. I think it's also this simple: this puts his career on a Saturn 5 rocket

He's making a reputation for himself that is going to pay off in spades down the road.

[marble falls]

65. AND help bring down cheetolini and the Teapublican Cingress. Win/Win.

[7962]

68. I agree. nt

[Kingofalldems]

45. Coincidentally that's what Fox News was asking last night.

Who is paying Avenatti? fortunately he answered here and I am sure it will alleviate all your concerns.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210604508

[7962]

67. So then its donors & such. Since she's a private citizen it doesnt matter; as opposed to a pol.

I may very well end up wrong, but I still think when all is said and done the only winner here will be Avenatti. He's not going to be who brings down trump, because this whole 130k think is meaningless. Theres No way theres going to be proof campaign money was used, and now that Cohens LLC has been shown to have received money From other sources that kinda ruins the whole story we were going with at the beginning; which was that it was set up solely for the Stormy deal.

[dalton99a]

27. Awesome.

[BobTheSubgenius]

28. I'd hoped that Jon Stewart's takedown of TC and its aftermath would have buried him.

Sadly, such is not the case. Next batter, please...

[LakeArenal]

29. dot dot dot..."gushes over the porn lawyer whose eyes are too close together...(dot dot dot)

dot dot dot..."you know the one always on television,"


Tucker, I am one of the gushers for Avanetti..... Who gushes over you? Zero point zero.. Makes you, Tucker, a Zero..

[IluvPitties]

31. Jon Stewart ate this punk alive back in '04.

[argyl]

33. Avenatti is such a meanie. Poor little Tucker is probably crying his eyes out right now.

[CincyDem]

36. Remember - "eyes too close together" is an anti-semitic dog whistle.

Often used in the what to look for pamphlets during Nazi Germany and RW boards.

Not a surprise that it would roll off Tucker Carlson's tongue like he uses the phrase every day.

[mikeysnot]

37. tucker was tolerable when he had the bow tie...

no he is just a petty mean loser.

On Fox News.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

44. On "Crossfire" Jon Stewart told Carlson, "What kind of grown man wears a bow tie?"

The man needs a fashion makeover. Turn him over to the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" cast.

[Hekate]

47. I can just see Little Pucker going eek-eek-eek ...

...in fear of gay cooties if he ever went on that show. I mean, a man who could go full-on Panda Porn as a form of distraction from the Orange One's woes is really something ese.

[former9thward]

48. Maybe these kind of grown men...

Jon Stewart could not hold a candle to either one.



Our great Senator from Illinois, Paul Simon

[7962]

69. I remember that picture!!

[TexasBushwhacker]

49. Why would Avenatti need to "appeal to middle America"?

Avenatti's job is to represent his client and fight her adversaries, nothing more.

[Siwsan]

52. Perhaps I am enchanted, but I think Michael Avenatti's eyes are dreamy.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

60. They are close together (or seem that way) But so are Richard Gere's

Hot!

He looks like a younger Gere.

[colorado_ufo]

63. Not a damn thing wrong with this guy's eyes!

All the parts fit together very nicely on his face, which is crowned with a helluva brain.

His most appealing trait? THE MAN WILL ACTUALLY ANSWER A QUESTION! I am so burned out on every person being interviewed answering a simply query like it is an essay question and in the end saying nothing. He can actually say a direct "yes" or "no" or give a straight reason why he cannot answer. No matter how many times he is on TV, he is worth the time to watch, because he has something to say.

[bdamomma]

66. Good for Avenatti

for calling him out.