Last weekend, Melissa Harris-Perry hosted a despicable MSNBC panel that mocked Mitt Romney’s adopted black grandson. Transracial adoption? Hi-freaking-larious, according to her panel.
Her apology tweets — complete with self-serving hashtag — struck many as a faux-pology. So today, a choked-up Harris-Perry issued an on-air apology to the Romney family and “other families formed through transracial adoption.”
.@MHarrisPerry starts her Saturday show with an emotional apology for last weekend's comments about the Romney family. "Poor judgment."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/419483990442381312
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419485217897082880
Here’s video:
https://twitter.com/idolxfactor1/status/419487289601847296
https://twitter.com/CalebHowe/status/419502516217208832
What the comedians who have addressed this during the past week fail to realize is that they are not being chided for bad humor. They are experiencing the backlash against their presumption that everyone immediately agrees that white Republicans are to be naturally assumed racist.
So the only group due an apology yet to hear one, and who will almost certainly never hear one, are Republicans across the nation, who are caricatured and characterized as obviously racist every single day, based solely on their party affiliation. Unfortunately, as we’ll show later today in a follow-up post, the racist assumption about the right crops right back up in Harris-Perry’s show only a few segments after the above clip.
So, other than quickly descending into her usual shtick, did Harris-Perry get the apology right this time? Reviews are mixed.
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/419501020436500480
https://twitter.com/sprachenZ/status/419486043608330240
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419485812913623040
Crocodile Tears: After 5 days of scathing commentary:
MT: ".@msnbc An apology from Melissa Harris-Perry: http://t.co/v2k1MUaTg6"
— Beep Beep (@tx7549) January 4, 2014
@MHarrisPerry Give her some credit. Heartfelt apology. Think twice in future, pls. Do as u preach. Big pulpit. http://t.co/DkCberEr40 #tcot
— Deplorable Scarlett (@scarlettbama) January 4, 2014
Good on her: http://t.co/35PAS1XOwE
— Brittany (@bccover) January 4, 2014
I don't know if I buy the tears on Melissa Harris-Perry long winded apology this morning. iSorry
— Queen Boowee (@msboowee) January 4, 2014
Melissa Harris-Perry's tears are suddenly dry & she's magically happy again. Fake.
— Mister H (@ATHudd) January 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/419501067882479616
https://twitter.com/adamconner/status/419499802137989120
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/419505824218628096
Truth:
.@MHarrisPerry broke down on @MHPshow today over mocking Romney's grandson. Easy way to avoid that is to not be an asshole in the 1st place.
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) January 4, 2014
Mitt Romney is expected to address the attacks on his grandson on “Fox News Sunday.”
Mitt Romney Expected to Address Harris-Perry Controversy During Fox News Sunday Appearance http://t.co/NgD8GF6yIS http://t.co/vsxkz0bNci
— memeorandum (@memeorandum) January 3, 2014
Expect him to show a lot more class than Harris-Perry’s panel showed last weekend.
[Update]
Another piece worth reading on the latest #MHPapology:
MSNBC's Harris-Perry: Intent Was To Be 'Positive & Celebratory' About Romney Grandson http://t.co/VlIZryFfCi via @BreitbartNews
— The Curve Is Bent. Time to Free Us! (@NolteNC) January 4, 2014
Nolte notes that Harris-Perry says she “intended to say positive and celebratory things” about little Kieran Romney. That’s a tough sell:
I don’t know how anyone can watch what happened last Sunday and walk away believing that her intent was to say “positive and celebratory” things about the Romney family. Harris-Perry invited left-wing comedians to a segment designed specifically to snark on various topics, one of them being a photo of Mitt Romney and his grandchildren.
Related:
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Texas Supreme Court justice expertly mocks Melissa Harris-Perry’s lame apology hashtag
Telling: Adam Baldwin sums up Harris-Perry’s #MHPApology with devastating truth-boom [pic]
‘Height of conceit!’ Pathetic Melissa Harris-Perry slammed for ludicrous hashtag-apology to Romneys
‘Lunatic!’ Melissa Harris-Perry ‘apologizes’ to Romneys (with self-serving hashtag); Do you buy it?
‘Shame on MSNBC!’ Sarah Palin blasts ‘despicable yellow journalists’ for mocking Romney grandson
Marc Lamont Hill clarifies remarks about Romneys ‘hauling out a black person’
Actress Pia Glenn apologizes — sort of — after mocking Romneys’ grandchild on MSNBC
‘Mock me too!’ Proud adoptive dad Nick Searcy slams bigot Melissa Harris-Perry [pics]
‘Beyond the pale’: Fox Business’ Charles Payne blasts MSNBC for mocking Romney grandson
‘Wildly inappropriate’: Scott Brown calls on MSNBC jerks to apologize to Romneys
Romney grandson-mocking racist progressives of pallor at MSNBC in a truth-boom nutshell
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