Marcotte calls Ossoff's Harp comment relatively tame
Amanda MarcotteSalon senior politics writer publishing a column
Marcotte defended Ossoff's remark and attributed the backlash to male insecurity.
“Beneath the right's meltdown over Ossoff's relatively tame comment about Harp was a molten layer of male insecurity.”
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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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Marcotte calls Ossoff's comment relatively tame and attributes the backlash to male insecurity.
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The column discusses conservative criticism of Ossoff's remark about Trump and Harp.
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Marcotte argues that Ossoff's style unsettles conservative political figures.
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She calls the disputed remark relatively tame and criticizes the reaction to it.
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