At 25, First Daughter, Ella Emhoff would be older than Chelsea, Malia, and Sasha were as First Children, so be prepared for more attacks like these, by Hal Brown, MSW

 

Can you guess what this MAGA Paroxysm of Rage article about Ella Emhoff is about?

Here's a hint:

That's right. It is about her tattoos. Here's an article about them. It includes photos and descriptions.

Excerpt from RawStory article:

“A chorus of conservative commentators like Tucker Carlson and Charlie Kirk lost their minds at the sight of this young woman, she wrote.

“They complained that she's "covered in tattoos," which is held out as proof that [her dad] Doug Emhoff "messed up." (Real men, to the MAGA right, control their daughter's body from her skin to her hymen to how she dresses. Not weird at all!) 

“They said she wore a "man's suit" and looked like "something out of a horror film." They were especially incensed that her father showed affection for his fun, fashionable daughter, and freaked out that he gave his daughter a fatherly side hug during the convention."

It used to be taboo for the media to criticize White House children, but living on her own at 25 Ella Emhoff is a millennial (considered someone between 25-40) so all bets are off as far as her being insulated from media attacks.

Ella is a 2021 graduate of the prestigious Parsons School of Design. She is persuing her career as a fashion designer, artist, and model. (Read her Wikipedia profile.)

This is from the generally apolitical Women's Wear Daily: ‘We Did It, Joe’: Kamala Harris’ Stepdaughter Ella Emhoff Designed Her Final DNC Dress With Viral Fashion Designer Joe Ando."

We already had vicious right-winger Ann Coulter calling Tim Walz's son "weird" for crying. Now we have MAGAs wringing their hands over Ella Emhoff expressing herself with tattoos and fashion. 

This is supposed to prove that Ella is weird and by extension I am sure they want everyone to believe Kamala is also weird in some convoluted way for marrying a man who has a daughter who sports an array of unique tattoos. 

Hello! That is what's supposed to be weird! Really? This is coming from people who are supporting Donald Trump who has these adult sons...

and who married this woman:

I won't get into why Trump himself is an exemplar of (one might say perverse) weirdness beyond sharing this (click to see video):

Addendum:

Ever since tattoos moved from the primary domain of men to the mainstream it is impossible in areas like Portland, Oregon where I live, to go anywhere and not see numerous people with tattoos. In fact, it isn't possible to go out to eat or shopping and not see many people with tattoos. The other day we were eating at Holy Taco, one of our favorite restaurants, where most of the servers were between the ages of 18-25, and I think all of them had tattoos.

Here's a website with tattoo statistics. 

PS: I was quoted in Salon yesterday…

Chauncey DeVega is senior politics writer for Salon, the American progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995.

 His essays can also be found at Chaunceydevega.com. He also hosts two weekly podcasts, The Chauncey DeVega Show and The Truth Report. Chauncey can be followed on Twitter and Facebook. For the third time he quoted me in a column. You can read the column here:

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