GOP Hypocrisy
Meghan McCain’s Homophobic Husband is Being Sued and She Freaking Out About it on Twitter
Boy does Meghan McCain have a bee in her bonnet this time. Her husband, Ben Domenech, co-founder of the very right-wing, anti-LGBTQ blog, The Federalist, is being sued and Meghan is madder than a wet hen.
“My husband made a joke on Twitter and now you’re all paying for the government to sue him,” McCain snapped in a fiery tweet. That was accompanied by a video of said husband explaining why he’s being sued.
My husband made a joke on Twitter and now you're all paying for the government to sue him. 🙄https://t.co/hGDTy8APwk
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 24, 2022
Queerty’s Graham Gremore gives a reasonable summary of the video so that readers don’t have to torment themselves with it. Unless, of course, they want to.
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Apparently, the fun started back in 2019 when Domenech tweeted a “joke” threatening the folks who work at his homophobic anti-LGBTQ hate blog that if they tried to unionize, he would send them “back to the salt mine.”
Cute.
Perhaps he belongs in the “Jerks ‘R Us” hall of fame.
FYI @fdrlst first one of you tries to unionize I swear I'll send you back to the salt mine
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) June 7, 2019
Domenech just happened to post that little witticism on the very day that Vox Media union employees staged a walk-out.
That led the National Labor Relations Board to file a formal charge against FDRLST, Media, LLC. The Board claimed the tweet constituted an “unfair” labor practice.
Following that a National Labor Relations Board administrative judge found the tweet’s timing, was meant to be a “threat” to Domenech’s employees, and therefore, violated federal laws.
“Obviously, the FDRLST employees are not literally being sent back to the salt mines,” Judge Kenneth Chu noted in his ruling. “Idioms, however, have hidden meanings.”
“In viewing the totality of the circumstances surrounding the tweet, this tweet had no other purpose except to threaten the FDRLST employees with unspecified reprisal, as the underlying meaning of ‘salt mine’ so signifies.”
The case has meandered its way through the court system over the past two years and now is pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit.
But along with making snarky “jokes” Domenech has long been known for his disparaging barbs about queer people on Twitter. He’s even had to issue an apology to SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan for trying to “out” her. His website frequently publishes homophobic and transphobic garbage.
What a guy!
And while Meghan calls herself an LGBTQ ally, she’s kept mum about her husband’s repulsive remarks. She’s also never publicly that she profits from the money he makes from publishing his anti-LGBTQ hate speech.
So let’s all do a happy dance that Meghan is getting barbecued on Twitter. It’s what she gets for remaining complacent in her husband’s nasty behavior and then complaining when he’s getting what he deserves.
Is the problem that the Government is wasting money pursuing this effort?
If so, fantastic! Ben can stop the whole process right now by admitting he willfully and publicly violated FEDERAL Labor Law, pay the appropriate fines, and walk away!
— Jonathan Kaine (@JonKaine) March 25, 2022
JFC John McCains daughter is posting on Twitter again after she said she was canceling her account. Please go crawl back under the pile of donuts you came from.
— H Erectus (@harleytwtr) March 25, 2022
Is there a place I can donate more of my tax dollars to this?! Would love to contribute to suing him 😂😂
— Brittany (@bossbossbritt90) March 25, 2022
Why do people think that freedom of speech it without consequences? He was free to say what he said. However that doesn’t mean it’s without consequence. That’s like saying making death threats is freedom of speech & there shouldn’t be consequences for it.
— Luna (@greenbug68) March 24, 2022
Oh no! The consequences of my actions.
— Mike Nagel (@MJNags) March 24, 2022
Do you experience any joy? Just curious
— Anya Alvarez 🏌🏾♀️ (@anya__alvarez) March 24, 2022
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