Mercedes Schlapp calls Ossoff's remark about Natalie Harp sexist
Mercedes SchlappCommunications specialist and political commentator, in written remarks quoted by Fox News Digital
Mercedes Schlapp wrote that she did not think any woman would want to travel with Ossoff, that Natalie Harp is smart, professional and successful, and that Ossoff has to make a sexist remark.
“I don’t think any woman would want to travel with Ossoff. Natalie is smart, professional and successful. Ossoff has to make a sexist remark”
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Jon Ossoff’s travel with Natalie remark about Donald Trump and Natalie Harp
At an Atlanta reelection rally, Senator Jon Ossoff said President Donald Trump did not want to do the work of the presidency and instead wanted to build a ballroom and “travel with Natalie” on a Qatari aircraft. Trump allies accused Ossoff of misogyny and of implying an affair with White House aide Natalie Harp. Ossoff did not apologize and said senior White House aides are powerful taxpayer-paid public officials whose influence is fair to scrutinize.
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Reproduces statements by Cheung, Ingle, Luna, Gill, Schlapp, Starbuck, and Trump.
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Fox News Digital reported that Ossoff, at a re-election rally in Atlanta, accused President Trump of neglecting his duties to focus on the White House ballroom and to "travel with Natalie," referring to Harp only by her first name.
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The same article reports that Ossoff sought to clarify his remarks on Monday on "The Briefing with Jen Psaki," saying he had heard the aide referred to as the president's security blanket.
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The case looks at Ossoff's "travel with Natalie" remark and whether it was a sexist insinuation about Natalie Harp. Schlapp says Harp is smart, professional and successful and that Ossoff has to make a sexist remark. That is a direct criticism of the remark, so we labeled it Condemned.
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