Honoring women in sports…er…sort of…
A White House photo celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash due to the positioning of Donald Trump and a group of men, who overshadowed the female athletes by lining up in front of them.
No no, the men are standing in front of the women to shield them from bears.
The University of Georgia women’s tennis team was one of several collegiate teams to visit the White House on Tuesday to mark a recent NCAA championship win. In a photo shared by press aide Margo Martin, Donald Trump and five Georgia staffers and coaches took up the front row of a stage setup, with 11 women standing in the background on a riser.
Because bears. The White House is full of them, as everyone knows.
In a video shared by Martin, Trump approaches the group and shakes the hands of the five men, but does not do the same to the women.
Because he didn’t want to rile the bears. Bears think women should stay home and be modest.
Before 2019, no women’s championship team had made a solo visit to the White House under Trump. Some had participated in events celebrating men’s and women’s teams. Four of the teams honored at Tuesday’s event were women’s sports teams, plus one mixed-gender rifle team.
Earlier this year, the US women’s hockey team declined an invitation to visit the White House after winning gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics. The team cited scheduling and previous commitments, but the decision came after Trump joked about needing to invite the women’s team while on a phone call with the gold-winning US men’s team. The men’s team visited the White House and attended the State of the Union as Trump’s guests.
Hilary Knight, the captain of the women’s team, later called Trump’s remark a “distasteful joke” that had overshadowed the Olympic success.
Oh come on, where’s your sense of humor?! That’s a hilarious joke! The bears pissed themselves laughing!
The image at Tuesday’s event drew comparisons to previous instances in which men have dominated photos at events focused on women’s issues. In 2017, a photo of Trump signing an anti-abortion bill surrounded by eight male staffers in the Oval Office was met with outrage.
Ok ok ok. Women are stupid. Trump leaves them out when he can get away with it, and hides them behind the men when he can’t get away with leaving them out. You win: he does it on purpose, because women are stupid and weak and there only for sex. Ok?
The bears have been relocated to Lafayette Park.
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