New Romney Spokesman Erases Tweets, Posts Attacking Women And Media

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New Romney Spokesman Erases Tweets, Posts Attacking Women And Media

Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney’s brand new spokesperson on national security and foreign policy, has deleted hundreds of tweets in which he made condescending and sexist remarks about several women and Democratic politicians, including Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and Callista Gingrich.

The Huffington Post looks at the extent of the scrubbing:

On Friday afternoon, Grenell still featured a link to his personal site (http://www.richardgrenell.com) on his Twitter profile, which then showed that he had tweeted 7,577 times, according to a screenshot taken Friday by The Huffington Post. By Sunday morning, Grenell’s Twitter feed only listed 6,759 tweets and his personal site is no longer available.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who’s been a target of Grenell’s tweets, pointed out that his comments about women might not go over well with voters, wondering on her show if there’s “any sign that they understand that a long, string of really nasty, sexist tweets about Callista Gingrich’s appearance might be alienating to people who might otherwise consider voting for Mr. Romney.”

Grenell offered a general apology to Politico on Friday for making fun of the Gingriches and other prominent Americans, including many women:

my tweets were written to be tongue-in-cheek and humorous but I can now see how they can also be hurtful. I didn’t mean them that way and will remove them from twitter. I apologize for any hurt they caused.

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/new-romney-spokesman-erases-tweets-posts-attacking-women

New Romney Spokesman Used Twitter For Sexist Attacks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002589315

[immoderate]

1. Understanding Republican "humor." -- Insult is funny!

And that's really the best they can do.

--imm

[PatSeg]

5. Unless Democrats

insult THEM. Then it is outrageous.

[Angry Dragon]

2. he has no idea what humor is

[bigtree]

3. yes he does

he's lying

[nobodyspecial]

4. They really don't get this whole internet thing, do they?

[Ship of Fools]

6. That cracks me up, too.

You'd think by now someone, somewhere would have made SURE
that they understood it. But hey, keep on tweeting and blogging, idiots ...