Fetterman's hoodie vs. Boebert's handsy night: Why Republicans can't see their own hypocrisy

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Fetterman's hoodie vs. Boebert's handsy night: Why Republicans can't see their own hypocrisy
The Senate dress code whining isn't really about propriety, not from the party of Donald "Capitol Riot" Trump

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Let's just get this out of the way, since it will be tweeted at me a million times: Wilhoit's Law comes from a 2018 comment posted on the Crooked Timber blog. With devastating — and viral — precision, Frank Wilhoit wrote, "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

The searing truth of Wilhoit's Law has been on full display this week in the disparate reaction Republican reactions to two alleged breaches of propriety: Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn. wearing a hoodie to his office vs. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., getting to third base in the very public audience at "Beetlejuice: The Musical." Well, the latter is not "alleged" at all, as Boebert getting handsy with her date before getting kicked out of the play was caught on a widely spread security tape. But, measured by volume in weight and decibel level, Republicans clearly believe that Fetterman being comfy while doing the people's business is by far the greater offense against basic decency.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., loosened up the Senate's dress code, saying, "Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor." Republican levels of outrage quickly surpassed their anger at Donald Trump for unleashing a mob on the Capitol that broke the windows and smeared feces on the walls.

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"Double standard" doesn't adequately describe what's going on here, since Fetterman's sartorial choices harm no one, whereas disrupting a play with public sex acts is possibly criminal behavior. The word "hypocrisy" gets thrown around a lot by Republican critics. But that word fails to capture the situation, especially the lack of shame Republicans display when denouncing hoodies on Democrats while shrugging it off when members of their own party engage in public indecency, rape, and seditious conspiracy. ..............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/09/21/fettermans-hoodie-vs-boeberts-handsy-night-why-cant-see-their-own-hypocrisy/

[jimfields33]

1. I think republicans are planning a beach wear next week.

This should be frightening. Lol.

[Crowman2009]

3. I'm surprised the GOPers in Congress said nothing about Sellout Sinema's wardrobe.

[kimbutgar]

4. I'd change the headline to Fettermans hoodie to Boebert giving a woodie !

[Probatim]

5. Working a woodie...

Wanking a woodie...

Stuff just writes itself.