On Monday, a group of Hollywood celebs met with President Obama to discuss shoring up support for Obamacare. One of those celebrities, actress/comedienne Aisha Tyler, got right to work the following day, tweeting about how awesome the law is going to be. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know much about health policy, and it showed.
When some conservatives pointed out Tyler’s misstatements, she doubled down. Here she is defending her false statement that “all studies” show that spending more on preventive care will reduce overall health care costs:
@StormKensho It's not preventive care that's exp. It's needless preventive care. Revising guidelines contains costs, not withholding care.
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) July 25, 2013
https://twitter.com/aishatyler/status/360210847227854849
And she reminded people that she attended an Ivy League university:
Yes, I work in the entertainment business. I also have an Ivy League degree in Govt. I'm also a goddamn American and I can say whatever the
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) July 24, 2013
And she lashed out at her conservative critics for being uncivil:
hell I want on my Twitter timeline and anywhere else I feel like. If you don't have the courage of your convictions to have a civil…
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) July 24, 2013
dialogue about critical issues facing our nation, stick to talking to the voices in your head. If you want to talk respectfully…
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) July 24, 2013
She’s all about the civility, as you can see:
@NinaDriscol And since when is advocating civility in political discourse a bad thing? Are we completely past graciousness in this country?
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) August 11, 2010
@Fapland If you have something constructive to say, say it. Don't just hurl insults. It belies a total poverty of civility and ideas.
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) April 18, 2010
@DanRiehl I really want to thank you for taking time to engage w/me in a civil way. Too much discourse on the internet is hysterical & mean.
— Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler) August 18, 2011
This from a woman who once threatened to kick Twitchy CEO Michelle Malkin “in the nuts”:
STEPHANIE MILLER PRODUCER: I’m not sure, which is worse, if he actually believes all the crap he [Limbaugh] says, or if it’s just an act?
AISHA TYLER: I actually felt that way about Ann Coulter. She says the most outrageous things and I think sometimes she says them because she knows they’re going to get on. (Miller interrupts)
STEPHANIE MILLER: Of course, of course.
TYLER: I don’t know. I can’t decide either because okay it’s theater, so maybe there’s some kind of sophistication involved.
MILLER: I knew her years ago. I’ve said this many times on the air. She at some point went ‘oh, I have to say crazier bleep to sell books.’
TYLER: Yeah, but now she’s being out-crazied by Michelle Malkin, who by the way, I would kick right in the nuts if I met her. [Miller and staff laughing]
So Michelle, don’t let me catch you at the Beverly Center cause right in the nut sack is where my foot’s going. Wear a cup, lady.
We didn’t attend an Ivy League university, but we do know a hypocrite when we see one.
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