Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) on Thursday slammed former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer for a comment he made about Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
What kind of sexist scumbag says something like this? Diane Feinstein has more class in her pinky than Schweitzer has in his 20 gallon hat
— Rep. Mike Coffman (@RepMikeCoffman) June 19, 2014
And Feinstein could teach the Mouth of Montana more than a thing or two about foreign policy http://t.co/5JCWCfbw4E
— Rep. Mike Coffman (@RepMikeCoffman) June 19, 2014
In an interview with National Journal, Schweitzer criticized Feinstein’s stance on NSA spying practices with an inappropriate metaphor.
“She was the woman who was standing under the streetlight with her dress pulled all the way up over her knees, and now she says, ‘I’m a nun,’ when it comes to this spying!” he said about the senator. “I mean, maybe that’s the wrong metaphor—but she was all in!”
In the same interview, Schweitzer said men from the South like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) have “effeminate mannerisms.”
[H/t Huffington Post]
Ok, I may not be up on all the insults to women (and I’ve heard enough of them in my time by better than him), but I’m darned if I understand what the insult is. I suppose I should consider the source and simply ignore him.
Schweitzer was calling her a whore who then claimed to be a nun. It was incredibly sexist. He’s a jackass but no GOPer has any room to talk when so many of his ilk say so much worse.
This guy co-sponsored a bill with Todd Akin to restrict rape victims from getting abortions, so he’s got real credibility wit da wimmen folk.
Exactly. Schweitzer deserves to be loudly called out on this crap, but jerks like Coffman aren’t in the position to do so.
I’ve been touting Schweitzer as a vice presidential possibility, but this is beyond awful.