Schumer Calls Mentally Disabled Children “Retarded,” Media Immediately Forgives Him


He has since apologized (Politico). The gentle tweet from Politico: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer used an outmoded word to refer to developmentally disabled children during a recent podcast appearance (Twitter). From Mollie Hemingway: The privilege of being a Democrat who is useful to the left’s agenda is that the propaganda press don’t destroy you when you do stuff like this. Not a slur worthy of cancellation — just an “outmoded word.” So nice for him! (Twitter). https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/ [login to see] 41248515
Remember when Trump was reported to have called an actress “retarded”? The media was all over him, and nobody called it an “outmoded word” (Time). https://time.com/4531902/marlee-matlin-donald-trump-deaf-retarded-comment/