RantCrush Top 5: March 3, 2017

That photo of Kellyanne Conway kneeling on the Oval Office couch is still stirring up trouble. Representative Cedric Richmond from Louisiana made a pretty inappropriate comment, seemingly meant as a cruel joke, on Wednesday night at the Washington Press Club’s annual congressional dinner. He brought up the photo in question, and said, “she really looked kind of familiar there in that position there.” He then said that he didn’t want to hear any comments referring “back to the 90s,” hinting at Republican Senator Tim Scott’s joke moments before. “Come on people. You remember the ‘90s. That couch has had a whole lot of worse things,” Scott said, alluding to President Bill Clinton’s affair. Richmond later issued a statement saying that his comment was misinterpreted and that he simply meant that Conway behaved too comfortably. But, many thought that Richmond should have never made the comment in the first place.

I’m a Dem. I’ve been super critical of @KellyannePolls.

But this “joke” by @cedricrichmond is beyond offensive.https://t.co/zq4MBWCrmh

— Mo Elleithee (@MoElleithee) March 2, 2017

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.