A group of angry protesters are getting all the wrong kind of attention when they showed up in D.C. wearing some serious head-turning outfits.
No, they weren’t the tired vagina suits donned by Code Pink wackos of the past, or the celeb-endorsed pussy hats that were all the rage just a few short months ago. These costumes project a much more somber tone of the mood over health care reform.
The Hill reporter Taylor Lorenz tweeted a series of pictures:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/879762656432992256
The protesters are dolled up like the characters in the much acclaimed “Handmaid’s Tale.”
The “Handmaid’s Tale” as described by Wikipedia is a novel set “in near-future New England, in a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the U.S. government.” The women are subjugated and the story explores the way they gain “individualism and independence.” Since the novel has become a series on Hulu where it’s enjoyed some success.
Even Jared Kushner couldn’t ignore Melania’s dress as she wowed everyone in the Rose Garden
And clearly the protesters here have drank the Kool-Aid to believe the party that arguably fought for women’s suffrage is out to erase all that and send them back to kitchens everywhere, barefoot and pregnant.
If you ever wanted to know just how badly our public school system has failed America, take a look at the video below:
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/879763167269842950
http://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2017/06/27/protest-fail-we-cant-stop-laughing-at-these-handmaids-marching-against-gop-health-care-bill/
Handmaids are now circled around an anti-GOP healthcare plan rally that MoveOn, PP and others are kicking off pic.twitter.com/kEeBBZ3G5n
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 27, 2017
It’s not clear if it was only women under the red capes, but men were represented at the scene:
Token megaphone dude shouting “BITCH” it stands for “Believe It Can Happen To You” pic.twitter.com/2uXGvfFlvr
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 27, 2017
Lots of these shirts around here too pic.twitter.com/5pxvF3OGuI
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 27, 2017
Because nothing says take me seriously, like a curse-laden fake quote from a political party you were trained to despise.
Meanwhile, Twitter got a kick out of the Handmaids:
Oh I thought it was women protesting the continuing sexual slavery of #Yazidi girls and women
Like what ACTUALLY happens in Handmaid’s Tale
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 27, 2017
“We saw your protest and changed our minds.”
-Nobody Ever
— Stage Seven Jade (@markand4503) June 27, 2017
Okay you changed my mind…… pic.twitter.com/cXc3dVmTMu
— Stage Seven Jade (@markand4503) June 27, 2017
OMG, how ridiculous.
— Elisabeth (@grizzlymamabear) June 27, 2017
Can we do one of these but with the Guilty Remnant? pic.twitter.com/h9MprUuuF2
— eric (@KengJuan) June 27, 2017
Stop doing this. Just for the love of god learn how to have principles without wearing a costume. How hard is that? https://t.co/TQ3hjLaAyq
— Alan Smithee (@ActualFlatticus) June 27, 2017
"Let's dress up like characters from a book that really has zero to do with the legislation we're protesting."
"YES!! Great idea!!" https://t.co/YsCfnsGEw5
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 27, 2017
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