S.E. Cupp, a centrist Republican political commentator for CNN, has long been known for her lack of patience with some of her party's baser instincts.
So when a local Republican candidate knocked on her door with a "straight out of the 1950s" approach, calling her a "housewife" and requesting to speak to her husband, it was only a matter of time before Cupp made an example of him.
She took to Twitter and told the whole story, and while she was kind enough to not name him, she made sure to rake him over the coals and use him to teach other male politicians a lesson.
Some retail politics advice I learned today I had to give to older gentlemen: \n\nWhen you go door to door, campaigning for local office, don\u2019t say to the woman who answers (me), \u201cHello! Wow. You look so put together\u2026for a housewife.\u201d pic.twitter.com/7Vbc7rkLGC— S.E. Cupp (@S.E. Cupp) 1652153945
Cupp began her tweet thread by sharing the politician's opening salvo and... well, yikes.
She wrote:
"When you go door to door, campaigning for local office, don’t say to the woman who answers (me), 'Hello! Wow. You look so put together…for a housewife.' 🙄"
Cupp included a gif of Yoda telling Luke Skywalker, "That is why you fail," surely a reference to how right-wing politicians tend to fail at attracting younger voters and more educated women.
The conversation didn't get much better from there.
"Then he asked if my husband was home. Because of course he did. Little did he know I run this sh*t."
He then asked for my husband. It was straight out of the 50\u2019s. I almost felt bad for him.— S.E. Cupp (@S.E. Cupp) 1652154100
In the end, she got her revenge with a simple but perfect reply.
He was the candidate. I told him my husband was unavailable, and I\u2019d make sure he got his brochure just as soon as I asked him to take the trash out. Guess what was on top of the trash pile.— S.E. Cupp (@S.E. Cupp) 1652154688
Cupp wrote:
"I told him my husband was unavailable, and I’d make sure he got his brochure just as soon as I asked him to take the trash out."
"Guess what was on top of the trash pile."
Cupp then wrapped up with some all-important advice for not just the "time traveler" who came to her door, but politicial candidates everywhere.
Bottom line: Women vote, too, you Neanderthals. When a woman answers the door, she\u2019s your voter. Talk to HER. And just bc she\u2019s home doesn\u2019t make her a housewife. It might make her the ruler of her domaine. Stop looking past us. We are running it all.https://twitter.com/secupp/status/1523870211048366080\u00a0\u2026— S.E. Cupp (@S.E. Cupp) 1652157306
Cupp wrote:
"Bottom line: Women vote, too, you Neanderthals. When a woman answers the door, she’s your voter. Talk to HER..."
"...Stop looking past us. We are running it all."
On Twitter, people shared Cupp's disbelief at the candidate's outdated approach to a female voter.
"Mornin', buttercup, you look scrumptious, is the man of the house at home, or can I just tell you that voting for my candidate will make him love you even more?"— Tom Nichols (@Tom Nichols) 1652154017
Was he the candidate or a supporter? Bad either way, but I feel like it\u2019s way worse if it was the candidate himself.\n\nAnd if he was the candidate, how did he not know who you are?— Dr. John Biggan \ud83c\udf3b (@Dr. John Biggan \ud83c\udf3b) 1652154533
A Latina friend of mine was asked if she was the maid by a Republican going door to door asking for votes. She verbally beat him like a rug.https://twitter.com/secupp/status/1523870211048366080\u00a0\u2026— Johnny Yuma (@Johnny Yuma) 1652158614
\u201cHey hun, sorry to interrupt your cookin\u2019 can you get your man for me? I got some important politicin\u2019 stuff I need to talk to him about, nothin\u2019 to bother your pretty little head about.\u201d\n\nOof. (My wife better not see this.)— Mark Johnson (@Mark Johnson) 1652160663
I beg you to post the doorbell cam footage \u2026 perfect for TikTok lol— Jackie Pepper \u270a\ud83c\udffd\u262e\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\ude37 (@Jackie Pepper \u270a\ud83c\udffd\u262e\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\ude37) 1652155828
Cool that you got visited by a time traveler from 1840 though.— John Moe (@John Moe) 1652155859
Sounds like when I go car shopping or anyone comes to fix literally anything in my house\u2026— Jessi Gold MD MS (@Jessi Gold MD MS) 1652158745
I worked in construction and boy can I relate to this. Hun, sweetie, little lady. But one boss, the first one when I got in construction, told one guy that did it and asked for the man in charge, that if the guy wanted to submit a bid for work, he had to talk to the little lady.— Melissa L (@Melissa L) 1652154364
"Hey, you're not going to believe this, but- they let us vote now!"— James Rezner (@James Rezner) 1652157021
We've heard of being stuck in the past, but this is ridiculous.
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