Cillizza Scolds GOP For Bringing Up Cory Booker’s Groping – Gets SMACKED With Reality

Chris Cillizza.has a problem with Republicans “weaponizing” Cory Booker’s groping incident. 

It’s just not FAIR to bring up that there’s actually MORE proof that Cory Booker molested someone in High School than there is against Kavanaugh. -Meanwhile, Booker grandstands about Kavanaugh being “unfit” and calls for an investigation.

STOP BRINGING THAT UP, YOU GUYS.

Weaponizing Cory Booker’s groping incident doesn’t change the Kavanaugh allegationshttps://t.co/0EH3tPGyQ2

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 21, 2018

What we don’t need amid all of this is an epic bout of “whatboutism.” What Booker did as a teenager wasn’t right. And he has been and will be judged by voters on them. But to turn Booker into a political missile to prove hypocrisy misses the mark. This isn’t about Booker. This is about Ford, Kavanaugh, and how we, together, figure out the right way forward.

TRANSLATION: Stop pointing out Booker’s obvious hypocrisy. It doesn’t MATTER what he did, because he’s a DEMOCRAT!

Here’s a neat little breakdown by The Weekly Standard‘s Jeryl Bier :

1/ “…it does make for a very different situation than faces Kavanaugh.” – yes, it’s different because it’s worse for Booker. Booker did it. Kavanaugh is accused. pic.twitter.com/IDqWoivd4p

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2018

BINGO.

2/ “Kavanaugh has never mentioned the alleged episode with Ford publicly before. (Kavanaugh and his defenders would insist that’s because he didn’t do it.)” It could also be… **because he didn’t do it**. pic.twitter.com/7RyZZMOQ08

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2018

3/”That’s not the situation in which Kavanaugh finds himself. He has been nominated to a lifetime appointment on the most powerful court in the country.” You seriously believe if it was proven later that he was guilty & lied that he would not be impeached? pic.twitter.com/i2vXdOEs3j

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2018

4/ "This is about Ford, Kavanaugh, and how we, together, figure out the right way forward."

Yeah, and one way to "together, figure out the right way forward" is to be consistent. pic.twitter.com/c9SKj2aYyl

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2018

5/ It's not "whataboutism". It's "why is Keith Ellison, #2 at DNC and running for attorney general not facing the same scrutiny and not being called on by Democrats to step down?"

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2018

6/ I vehemently oppose Ellison, but am not ready to condemn him based on the allegations against him yet. Still too many unanswered questions. Calling for consistency is not being partisan or whataboutism. It's wanting to stand on principle and not pragmatism.
/end

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) September 21, 2018

Keep in mind there is SIGNIFICANTLY more substantial evidence against Ellison.

PERFECT. This is all spot on.

PS, remember how Cillizza literally just said this:

Are you trolling now? pic.twitter.com/4Tfb0sjeQ5

— Jake R. (@jaker1419) September 21, 2018

HAHAHA.

What a HACK.