'Very creepy': DNC adviser slammed as 'sexist' for suggesting Lauren Boebert do porn if she loses her House seat, MSNBC host Joy Reid bursts into laughter



An MSNBC contributor is being blasted as a "sexist" for suggesting that Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert do porn if she loses her seat in the House.

During Wednesday night's episode of "The ReidOut," MSNBC host Joy Reid discussed the 2022 midterm elections with former Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill and DNC adviser Kurt Bardella.

The trio were thrilled that Boebert was locked in a tight race with Democrat Adam Frisch. At the time of publication, Frisch was leading Boebert by just 64 votes, with 98% of the votes counted, in the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District.

Reid asked her guests, "What's the meaning if Lauren Boebert – the second most popular QAnon Congressperson in MAGA – what if she goes, what if she loses?"

Reid added, "And what job will she have? I don't even think Shooters exists any more."

Boebert previously owned the gun-themed restaurant Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado. The restaurant closed in July after a new landlord did not renew the lease for Shooters Grill.

Bardella proclaimed that Boebert would transition from congresswoman to a performer on OnlyFans – an adult website that features pornographic content.

"I guess it might be a gain for OnlyFans," Bardella stated. "I don’t know what she would do in this scenario."

The remark delighted Reid and sent her into a laughing, wheezing outburst.

McCaskill's jaw dropped in reaction to Bardella's comment.

Bardella said of Boebert's potential loss, "I think that symbolically to take out one of the poster childs of the MAGA movement – someone who has been an absolute disgrace to the office that she holds – would be a great feather in the cap. And would, I think, cement the fact that this has been an absolute unmitigated disaster for the MAGA wing of the Republican Party."

\u201cMSNBC's @JoyAnnReid: "What job will Lauren Boebert have if she loses?"\n\n@kurtbardella: "I guess it might be a gain for OnlyFans"\u201d
— Greg Price (@Greg Price) 1668044545

Bardella – a former publicist for Breitbart and the Daily Caller as well as a former senior adviser to the Lincoln Project – was slammed as a "sexist" in reactions on Twitter. Many online commentators decried hypocrisy and believed that there would be a far greater backlash if Bardella made the same comment against a Democrat politician.

Conservative commentator CJ Pearson: "So misogyny is ok, as long as it’s exclusively directed towards conservative women?"

Author Jim Hanson: "The shameless misogyny of the tolerant Left."

Reporter Alex Salvi: "Very creepy and misogynistic."

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald: "Demeaning, creepy, sexualized things you get to say about female politicians if you're doing so for the right cause and on the right liberal channel. Pick your most beloved liberal politician and imagine the uproar if this were said about them on Fox while the host giggled."

Writer Carmine Sabia: "If @KurtBardella was a Republican, @JoyAnnReid was on Fox News and Lauren Boebert was a Democrat people would be fired, apologies would be made and it would be a national news story. This is abhorrent."

Columnist David Harsanyi: "If this was a Republican, The Atlantic would have to dedicate an entire issue to the dark misogynistic heart of the party."

Former Trump adviser Jenna Ellis: "Gross. @kurtbardella is a pervert. If anyone had suggested this about Tiffany Cross when she was fired, the Left would have whined racism, sexism, misogyny. So maybe everyone just stop suggesting women do porn altogether, regardless of race or party?"

Entrepreneur Alok Bhatt: "Liberal privilege again at display - thanks to which this democrat strategist @kurtbardella, will get away with this utterly sexist remark!"

Journalist Brad Polumbo: "I am a big critic of Boebert, but this is sexist and demeaning. She ran a successful business before Congress."

Investigative reporter Chuck Ross: "I hope MSNBC keeps @kurtbardella on air because he’s a clown and he amuses me, but hard to see how they justify keeping him on after this when they just got rid of a black female show host for lack of 'standards.'"

Conservative commentator Kurt Schlichter: "Remember that much of the hatred of conservativism is cheesy class snobbery by mediocre people who have nothing but their ridiculous 'elite' status."

Reporter Tatjana Pasalic: "I am not a fan of Boebert at all but this is just disgusting trash. Why is misogyny like this OK on national TV? Shame on these two women giggling at the OnlyFans comment. Such feminism. Much wow. Gross."

Former Democratic Congressional candidate Alexandra M. Hunt: "I can’t stand Boebert, but this sexism isn’t cute. There’s no shame to having an OnlyFans. @kurtbardella do better."

Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella tweets, 'How long until Republicans start floating policies to impose a dress code on women'



Kurt Bardella, who indicates that he is a Democratic strategist, posted a tweet on Monday suggesting that the GOP may eventually start advocating for a dress code for women.

"How long until Republicans start floating policies to impose a dress code on women …" Bardella tweeted.

Christina Pushaw, who stepped down last month from her role as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' press secretary and became the rapid response director for the governor's campaign, responded to Bardella by declaring, "The only people calling to mandate face coverings are Democrats."

\u201c@kurtbardella The only people calling to mandate face coverings are Democrats\u201d
— Kurt Bardella (@Kurt Bardella) 1664202895

Tim Carney, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, tweeted, "I'm pretty sure the party mandating face coverings this decade wasn't the gop."

Mary Margaret Olohan of the Daily Signal tweeted "what is a women," in response to Bardella's comment.

Bardella has previously claimed that that the GOP is a "domestic terrorist cell."

"The Republican Party, the MAGA Republicans, are a domestic terrorist cell operating in America," he said during an appearance on MSNBC.

The death of a young woman, who died not long after being arrested by morality police in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been the subject of international attention, with some Iranians engaging in protest.

CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour noted last week that she had been scheduled to interview Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York, but that the interview fell through after she refused to acquiesce to a sudden demand that she don a headscarf.

"I politely declined. We are in New York, where there is no law or tradition regarding headscarves. I pointed out that no previous Iranian president has required this when I have interviewed them outside Iran," Amanpour noted. "The aide made it clear that the interview would not happen if I did not wear a headscarf. He said it was 'a matter of respect,' and referred to 'the situation in Iran' - alluding to the protests sweeping the country," Amanpour added.

\u201cThe aide made it clear that the interview would not happen if I did not wear a headscarf. He said it was \u201ca matter of respect,\u201d and referred to \u201cthe situation in Iran\u201d - alluding to the protests sweeping the country. 5/7\u201d
— Christiane Amanpour (@Christiane Amanpour) 1663850355

DNC and DCCC adviser Kurt Bardella describes 'MAGA Republicans' as 'a domestic terrorist cell'



Kurt Bardella, who indicates that he is an advisor to the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has described "MAGA Republicans" as "a domestic terrorist cell."

"MAGA" is an acronym for former President Trump's well-known campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."

"The Republican Party, the MAGA Republicans, are a domestic terrorist cell operating in America," Bardella said during an appearance on MSNBC. He said that whenever there is "a group ... devoted to using violent rhetoric, extreme means, to incite violence against other people that is terrorism."

\u201cWhere's the lie?\n\n"The MAGA Republicans are a domestic terrorist cell operating in America. This is a group of people who have decided that it is acceptable to use violence & threats of violence to try to achieve their political means...that is terrorism."\n\n@AymanMSNBC @AymanM\u201d
— Kurt Bardella (@Kurt Bardella) 1661821830

But that was not the only time Bardella has employed that type of inflammatory terminology about Republicans. "They are basically a domestic terrorist cell operating within America. Their goal is to end democracy," he said during another MSNBC appearance.

President Biden has said that "extreme MAGA philosophy" is "like semi-fascism."

He has also claimed that "MAGA Republicans have awakened" American women. People on social media dragged the president for the comment, with some pointing out that liberals struggle to define the meaning of the word "woman."

Biden is slated to deliver a speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday in which he will discuss how rights are supposedly under assault in the country. NBC News White House correspondent Mike Memoli reported that an official said Biden "will talk about the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy, but how our rights and freedoms are still under attack. And he will make clear who is fighting for those rights, fighting for those freedoms, and fighting for our democracy."

The November midterm election is approaching, and Democrats are hoping to cling to control of both chambers of Congress. In the Senate, there are currently 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and a couple of independents who caucus with the Democrats. Vice President Kamala Harris can break ties in the chamber.

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MSNBC's Joy Reid and Lincoln Project adviser say Republicans becoming radicalized domestic terrorists who champion violence



MSNBC host Joy Reid and Lincoln Project senior adviser Kurt Bardella claimed that Republicans are becoming "radicalized" and that the GOP is "basically a domestic terrorist cell at this point and they should be treated as such."

During Thursday's episode of "The ReidOut," host Joy Reid was interviewing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) about the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump.

Reid posed the question, "Congressman Schiff, do we need to start having a serious conversation not just about Donald Trump being a bad guy, but about the Republican Party becoming a radicalized, anti-democratic institution?"

"You can't have a regular party like the Democrats, who have their flaws, and a party that is willing to seize power by force," Reid stated.

Schiff responded by saying that the Republican Party "doesn't have an ideology any more, it doesn't have principles any more."

This is why I talk about CNN and MSNBC wanting to label all Republicans as terrorists. Joy Reid: "Do we need to s… https://t.co/EEO45r0N2s
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck)1613089361.0

Reid floated the conspiracy theory that if Trump is allowed to run for president in 2024, he'll know that he has "paramilitary forces who are willing to be activated by him" to get into the White House "and never leave."

Also during the MSNBC cable news program, Reid welcomed Kurt Bardella, who is a member of the Lincoln Project, the "Never Trump" super PAC that has received scrutiny after accusations of sexual misconduct against co-founder John Weaver.

Regarding the Lincoln Project allegations, the Associated Press reported on Friday, "In June 2020, members of the organization's leadership were informed in writing and in subsequent phone calls of at least 10 specific allegations of harassment against co-founder John Weaver, including two involving Lincoln Project employees, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the situation."

During the cable news interview, Bardella proclaimed that you are a "sociopath" if you don't "feel something" from presentations from Democratic impeachment managers.

"If you watch the proceedings, the presentations that Democrats have offered over the last couple of days, and you don't walk away feeling something, you are a sociopath. There is something fundamentally wrong and broken with you," claimed Bardella. "What we are witnessing is the full embrace of the Republican Party of the most extreme and radical and racist elements of their base. There is no coming back from this."

"From this point forward, they are the party that champions anti-democratic values," the former Republican-turned-liberal said. "They are the party that champions the silencing of the votes of people of color in this country. They're the party that champions violence and insurrection and domestic terrorism."

"The Republican Party, if they allow this to happen and allow no consequences to befall the person who led the charge and literally instructed people to commit violence and mayhem on our Capitol, if they allow that to happen, the Republican Party is basically a domestic terrorist cell at this point and they should be treated as such," he said, NewsBusters reported.

CRINGE --> Joy Reid goes to Lincoln Project's Kurt Bardella to opine that the only thing that Republicans find impe… https://t.co/vER1oSXKaw
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck)1613090198.0

The assertion that Republicans are terrorists comes a week after another MSNBC host suggested that the U.S. government should use drone strikes to kill American citizens. MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace compared the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6 to Anwar Awlaki, the alleged former head of external operations for al-Qaeda who was assassinated in Yemen by a U.S. drone strike in 2011 during the Obama administration.