McConnell Campaign Manager Says Boys Will Be Boys Over Photo of Teens Groping, Choking AOC Cutout

[Mrs. Overall]

From The Daily Beast

After Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for a photo posted on Facebook of a group of young men wearing “Team Mitch” shirts shown choking and groping a cardboard cutout of the Democratic congresswoman, the Senate Majority Leader’s campaign manager responded by saying, in essence, boys will be boys. In a statement, Kevin Golden said the media is using the image to “demonize, stereotype, and publicly castigate every young person who dares to get involved with Republican politics,” adding that “these young men are not campaign staff, they are high schoolers.” Some of the young men in the photo, which was posted with the caption “break me off a piece of that,” attended Lexington Christian Academy, and the photo was taken while they were attending a “non-school” event, a school spokesperson said Tuesday. “Lexington Christian Academy officials are aware of a photo circulating on social media which includes LCA students attending a recent, non-school event,” Dan Koett wrote in an LCA statement. “This matter has been addressed with the students and the families involved.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-campaign-manager-boys-will-be-boys-over-photo-of-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cutout-being-groped?via=twitter_page

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[Afromania]

1. Fuck that motherfucker and fuck that statement.

[NewJeffCT]

2. The Twitter Account

has a blue (official) check mark meaning they're verified by Twitter and they call themselves the McConnell 2020 campaign.

Nancy Pelosi has a Team Pelosi account that doesn't behave like that.

[LanternWaste]

3. A gold-standard MRA line designed to justify any and all piggy behavior.

Problem for the idiots though, is that people are onto it these days.

[CentralMass]

4. Appaling but not unprecedented, There was that incident in 2008 with the Hillary cutout

[cwydro]

7. I remember that too. Can't remember that idiot's name, but I lost all respect for him at that point.

I believe he was older than these fools too.

[CentralMass]

8. He was a young speech writer, but no need to drag up his name.

[cwydro]

14. Well, we always want to dox these right wing kids.

If our side does it too, that’s only fair. That’s in the past now, but I hope he caught some blowback for it.

Women know this behavior is not confined to one political group.

[CentralMass]

19. Non of the individuals involved were fired in that incident.

[cwydro]

27. Well, boys will be boys.

[demmiblue]

33. Jon Favreau

I seem to remember the Clinton campaign making light of the photo (ugh).

[blugbox]

52. Also, just to mention...

A speechwriter Jon Favreau, not movie actor/director Jon Favreau.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Piss poor comment from moscowmitch and team..these are kavboys..their future looks bleek...

media is using the image to “demonize, stereotype, and publicly castigate every young person who dares to get involved with Republican politics,

Blame the kavboys..not the media....

[onethatcares]

50. definitely not

every young person......................blah blah blah.

just the assholes that have no respect and white priveledged lives.

Imagine if you will, the participants being POC with a Palin cut out.

[Joe941]

55. One of them might end up on the scotus.

[atreides1]

6. Republican "Christians"

Too damn many of them and never enough lions...

[Tanuki]

9. Interesting comments in the Twitter feed of the segregation academy these jerks attend

Link to tweet

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Moscow Mitch uses same excuse as Kremlin Don and Kavanaugh

[Freethinker65]

11. More like white boys will be boys

Minority boys will be gang bangers, MS-13, or thugs.

[dlk]

12. "Boys Will Be Boys" is the Cliche that Gives Males a Pass on Sexual Assault

It goes right along with male privilege and entitlement.

[GulfCoast66]

22. You mean white Males!!

Can you imagine the reaction if a group of white or black high school boys were doing this to a cut-out Malaria?

[gelsdorf]

25. What would happen??

Network break-ins
1/2 inch pearls clutched to a 1/4 inch
A bout of vapors that may set a record
IMMEDIATE laws against that
After all, THESE boys aren't allowed to be boys

[Hav]

31. It is the negligent attitude that leads to more severe crimes

But it is also the ultimate insult for hopefully the majority of guys who wouldn't even think about acting rapey like that.

[procon]

13. I'm confused, is it christian values or Republican politics

that now include:


Sexual Harassment
Violence against women
Sexual assault
Racism
Misogyny


Their mama's must be so proud. No doubt the Christian colleges they will apply to will credit them with community service.

[Backseat Driver]

29. Chips off the old blocks, Im guessing

Learned it somewhere...and I have no hope that their submissive, modest and humble(?) oh-so christian mama's will ever wake up. Furthermore, she will speak for Dad; after all, Mom and Dad need be on the same page - No confusion, one and the same.

[world wide wally]

15. CORRECTION:

Incels will be incels

[durablend]

17. Yup

That's likely the closest they'll *ever* be to a woman.

[DownFromTheMountain]

16. Al Franken.

This is what they look like when the sheets are off.

[lunasun]

44. +1

[Miigwech]

18. "Many a true word is spoken in jest"

"The first author to express this thought in English was probably Geoffrey Chaucer. He included it in The Cook's Tale, 1390"

I wonder how many young women have been sexually harassed or assaulted by this gang of wimps? If they are doing this stuff with a cut out of AOC, I feel sorry for the women exposed to these fine young repub turds. Looks like they graduated from the judge kavanaugh school of morality.

[maxrandb]

20. Let's see the reaction if a bunch of young Dems

Groped and choked a cardboard cutout of Princess Ivanka Netherworld Barbie

Of course, it would be hard to tell the cutout from the real one

But, nevermind, Dems would never tolerate that

[MarcA]

30. The M$M would be running over itself with bothsiderism.

Of course, you're right, Democrats would Not tolerate or excuse it.

[calguy]

21. more like.....

assholes will be assholes

[dustyscamp]

23. Get a group of Dem Teens and ask them to pose with a stand up poster of Mconnel & Trump

Dangle handcuffs out infront of the posters or like paint them wearing clown/criminal outfits

[mitch96]

24. " Manager Says Boys Will Be Boys"

Till they start shooting..... then they are terrorists......
"gee they seemed like such nice god fearing kids"
fuckers......
m

[lpbk2713]

26. Lexington Christian Academy

It sounds like the kind of school that would be extremely proud of their product.

And I can't help but wonder how many PoC are enrolled there?

[Backseat Driver]

32. I googled images of LCA and did see a few token PoC - A-A and Asian n/t

[philf99]

28. Other than their blowup dolls

That is probably the closest those morons will ever get to a female

[OliverQ]

34. McConnell is a legitimate sociopath. The man belongs in prison, not running the Senate.

[Fresh_Start]

35. I am insulted on behalf of the 95% of boys who would never do something like this.

Its not boys will be boys...its assholes will be assholes.
And these assholes are already well developed assholes.

[GoCubsGo]

36. "Boys." Yep.

They sure as hell aren't men. Not even close.

[Catherine Vincent]

37. That's mighty christian of them. :eyes:

One of them apologized.

Too late.

[4TheArts]

38. What he meant to say

was "racist, rapist, spoiled privileged white boys will be racist, rapist, spoiled privileged white boys.

[Me.]

39. I Take Them At The Word Of Their Team Mitch Shirts

[CrispyQ]

40. The entire Republican Party is just loathsome.

Every last goddamned one of them are deplorable.

~insert flip-the-bird smilie here.

[jberryhill]

41. Ah, of course, "Christians"

[50 Shades Of Blue]

42. What a group of losers.

[Nevermypresident]

43. $10,298 tuition for high school... Entitled, rich, connected, rethug, white boys doing

their "thing".

Same shit, different day.

[ooky]

45. This next election can't come fast enough.

[lunasun]

46. These Christian colleges are almost all RW hatching grounds from what I can tell

Nothing decent about these young men just a creep in a T-shirt add dockers

[Proud Liberal Dem]

47. Hmmmmm

I was raised "male" and never encouraged to act like this and my father sure as hell didn't model such behavior.

[Thunderbeast]

48. Christian academies are the madrasses of evangelicals.

Segregated academies appear to be incubators for new generations of entitled racists.

[tanyev]

49. Might be a future Republican Supreme Court Justice nominee in that pic.

[Chemisse]

51. What was the non-school event to which they all wore TeamMitch T-shirts?

A GOP event? If so, what was a cut-out of AOC doing there in the first place?

[Golden Raisin]

53. More like good ol' boys will be good ol' boys.

[pecosbob]

54. I live in a hispanic neighborhood in Las Vegas

Come by for a visit boys...make sure your health insurance is paid up, though, 'cuz I got a friend I keep behind the counter name Louis that's just dyin' to meet ya.

My tolerance threshold has been exceeded at this point. I'm old enough to not be scared of going to jail for busting up assholes like these guys.

[tritsofme]

56. This is a pretty sick post.

Talk to someone about your issues.