“Hey Dems!” Apparently pederasty is exactly like infidelity among adults, according to Ann Coulter‘s latest whataboutism. Normally, it’s easy to ignore whatever attention-starved flimflammery Coulter is shilling, but sometimes Twitter makes so many jokes about a particularly questionable statement that it’s hard to ignore the humor potential of it all.
Coulter tweeted something in an apparent bid to defend Alabama senatorial candidate Ray Moore‘s reported (by the Washington Post) attempted sexual relations with underage girls, including a 14 year old he met at a child custody hearing (she was the child, by the way). Here’s the tweet in question:
Hey Dems! JFK had an extra marital affair with 19-year old Mimi Alford when he was 45 years old. https://t.co/E5l3ncflDG
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 13, 2017
There’s so much to ponder about this tweet. She shouts “Hey Dems!” — as if disapproval of sexual misconduct is a partisan issue — and then she brought up John F. Kennedy’s infidelity with a 19-year-old employee who later wrote that she felt taken advantage of. Committing adultery with someone whose job security depends on you is awful, yes. What isn’t clear is why that would let up any heat on Ray Moore or how it’s some “gotcha” moment that proves Democrats are hypocrites if they don’t look the other way when over 30 sources say Moore pursued minors for sex.
So Twitter did what Twitter does about tweets like this. Make ridiculous jokes.
Some folks cited other examples of egregious behavior, although they picked events that were about three decades more current than JFK.
Hey Dems! Ross had a one-night stand with the copy-machine girl that Rachel regarded as an act of infidelity even though they agreed they were ON A BREAK https://t.co/qGf3QApRs2
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/DoublePlusGoo/status/929962190198599680
Hey Dems! Jeff, in college and the manager of The Maxx, was dating a then 17 yr old Kelly Kapowski. Zack and the gang later found out Jeff was cheating on Kelly at The Attic. https://t.co/UJle4QWn4v
— JT (@iamJTWood) November 13, 2017
And some people shared other fascinating facts:
https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/929930224527175680
https://twitter.com/PhilipEastman/status/930025428428906498
https://twitter.com/ocularnervosa/status/929956343699595264
https://twitter.com/ocularnervosa/status/929957141435125760
https://twitter.com/EarlofSneed/status/929956348414124033
hey dems, let me tell you a little about your hero, martin van buren
— sexpatriot73 (@boxofmillipedes) November 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Cherry_Meadows_/status/929952927736885248
Others weren’t quite sure if they were reading what they were reading.
Just to be clear: are you still out here trying to justify a then-32-year-old Roy Moore’s sexual predation against a 14-year-old? https://t.co/6auZoqJ5sS
— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) November 13, 2017
hey dems! ann coulter can't tell the difference between 14 and 19! https://t.co/DSy9x42Ykm
— skippy the ⬛⬛⬛ kangaroo (@skippybkroo) November 13, 2017
I mean “a guy who’s been dead for half a century once had sex with an adult” isn’t much of a gotcha but you do you, Ann. https://t.co/HcMzMbpsAx
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 13, 2017
And people swiftly spread the word about the imperative “Don’t Vote For JFK Next Year” campaign.
Ann Coulter is of course correct — the next time JFK is on the ballot, his sexual misconduct should be considered by voters. https://t.co/7UVWB9K30h
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 13, 2017
I, too, will now not vote for JFK. Let's do this, Nixon. https://t.co/xF2mY1Flw6
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/rsiem/status/930024905994797056
Hypocritical Dems won’t vote for Roy Moore who has a complete head but would vote for JFK, a man with only HALF A HEAD
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) November 13, 2017
And a couple of the reactions went to a terrifying place.
Hey Dems! [The horrifying high-pitched shriek that pod people make in the Abel Ferrara version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS] https://t.co/Bin1uFn59G
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) November 13, 2017
Hey Dems! Deep within my soul, crippling insecurity and self-loathing create a caustic bile that I spew outward via abhorrent behavior because holding it in would be too much to bear! https://t.co/YK0HCGjIuD
— @dumb (@nipple_nuts) November 13, 2017
These final tweets weren’t replies to Ann Coulter, but they seem relevant here:
https://twitter.com/InternetHippo/status/929406139283988487
Women are just coming forward for all the free death threats.
— Genevieve “I’m Now on Threads” Rice 🦴 🦴 (@genevieverice) November 10, 2017
The whole GOP loves Milkshake racist, the racist senate candidate who also loves milkshakes. *5 seconds later* we regret to inform you the racist is also a pedophile.
*5 seconds later* The whole GOP loves Pedophile racist
— A.R. Moxon (juliusgoat.bsky.social) (@JuliusGoat) November 10, 2017
For the GOP, childhood begins at conception and ends when a popular Republican molests you
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) November 10, 2017