Mercedes Schlapp
Role at the time: Communications specialist and political commentator, in written remarks quoted by Fox News Digital
Condemned
Statement summary
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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Why we used this label
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.