"We hired a female assistant"

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“As I said earlier, and I think you already know, we have hired a female assistant to go on staff and to ask these questions in a respectful and professional way.”

-- Mitch McConnell, describing Rachel Mitchell, a prosecutor with over a decade of sex crimes experience, who holds the distinction of being the first prosecutor to get a priest in prison for sexual abuse, and whom the GOP have hired to handle the questioning of Ford.

[rurallib]

1. Afraid the old Republican boys of the Senate would be too lewd, Mr. Turtle?

[Leghorn21]

2. DUer femmedem posted some fun "female assistant" tweets last night, Re:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11181752

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3. Amazing. Thank you! (nt)

[wryter2000]

4. He even hesitated after "female"

So, it sounded like "We've hired a female..."

Could they get any more out of touch about how to talk to and about women?

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5. The patriarchy is all in on this one, it seems

It would be funny to watch if less were at stake.