The MAGA Double Standard

Let's just use Michelle Obama as one example, but there is a lot of mental gymnastics on the right. The left has hypocrisy too, of course.

Remember this New Yorker cover? Jesus H, right? OK. Moving on.

If you had to find a MAGA guy (not an actual Republican, but a dyed-in-the-wool MAGA dude) and ask him his most hated people of the last 10 or so years, I would actually (and sadly) think a lot of women would top the list. Hilary and/or Pelosi would be the №1 spot without any question, but some combination of Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, and AOC might be in the 2–3 spots. I have heard more than one person who is very Trump-y call Michelle Obama “an ape.” If you scroll Twitter long enough, you will find a few guys trying to “trans-vestigate” her, I.e. determine she’s a man. It is all varying degrees of absolutely ridiculous.

So, as you might have heard, Michelle Obama is skipping the January 20th inaugural of Trump 2.0. As of about 45 minutes before I opened Medium to write this, Pelosi is also skipping it.

This sorts us neatly into two camps, those being: