This dude SERIOUSLY has no chill!
As we reported, Vogue released four covers of its highly-anticipated September issue, where one features Jennifer Lawrence standing in front of the Statue of Liberty.
Unfortunately, not everyone is a fan of the Annie Leibovitz-shot portrait.
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On Thursday, John Carney — who runs Breitbart‘s finance and economics coverage — interpreted the cover as an attack on the right and their conservative ideals. He wrote:
We’re going to have to create a full #MAGA shadow cultural industry because the Opposition Media can’t even do fashion without attacking us pic.twitter.com/NRPf2JUfsy
— John Carney (@carney) August 10, 2017
When asked for clarification, the editor asserts the picture is an “allusion” against Donald Trump‘s recent plan to limit legal immigration.
As illustrated by a recent feud between Trump adviser Stephen Miller and CNN‘s Jim Acosta in August, many believe the new immigration proposal is in direct opposition to Emma Lazarus‘s poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty which reads, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
Tired of the BS, Vogue director of communications Zara Rahim responded saying the cover was shot in June, before the recent immigration debate even happened. Sadly, Carney wasn’t satisfied with the explanation.
A) I was teasing about the left’s insistence that it’s a symbol of open immigration. B) But when did you choose it as the cover?
— John Carney (@carney) August 10, 2017
When word of the controversy broke out, the Twitter universe couldn’t contain their laughter! See the best reactions (below)!
If you take a picture of the Statue of Liberty as an attack on your beliefs, maybe that says more about your beliefs than about Vogue.
— Kevin Todd (@kvntodd1) August 10, 2017
“Grandpa, what did people do during the Korean nuclear crisis of 2017?”
“Well, mostly they argued online about a Vogue cover …”
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) August 10, 2017
“I’m so upset about this month’s issue of Vogue!”
– a person who would never buy Vogue anyway
— Erin 🎶Gloria🎶 Ryan (@morninggloria) August 10, 2017
Like IDK but if you are this upset by a picture of an actress next to a Statue of Liberty, maybe Vogue isn’t the problem.
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) August 10, 2017
The Breitbart editor triggered by the Statue of Liberty on the cover Vogue’s September issue is a little ray of comedy sunshine.
— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) August 10, 2017
If you consider Vogue to be your Opposition Media, then you’re … what, Glamour? https://t.co/7SypR3P6lb
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 10, 2017
Me, on the “controversy” over the Vogue cover: pic.twitter.com/zeEWD0SI3P
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 10, 2017
[Image via Annie Leibovitz/Vogue.]
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