Well that didn’t take long. Right after Vanity Fair released what seemed to be a lighthearted 63-second video mocking Hilary Clinton by suggesting a few New Year’s resolutions, the liberal Hillary backers had a complete meltdown, demanding the glossy magazine issue an apology to their favorite twice-failed presidential candidate.
The video features a few Vanity Fair staffers giving a few tongue-in-cheek New Year’s resolutions, such as one staffer recommending Clinton start a sequel to her book, “What Happened,” aptly titled, “What the hell happened?” Another staffer suggested Clinton disable autofill on her iPhone so that whenever she typed in the letter “f,” it wouldn’t automatically populate “form exploratory committee.”
One staffer thought it would be a great idea if Clinton taught a class about her infamous “alternate nostril breathing” conversation she had with Anderson Cooper, while another said Clinton should take more photos in the woods because, “How else are you going to meet unsuspecting hikers?”
Other ideas consisted of knitting, volunteering, comedy…anything that would keep Clinton busy and not focused on running again in 2020. The video ended with another staffer toasting a glass of champagne in honor that “It’s a year later and time to move on.”
Well, imagine the surprise when snowflakes on twitter had a complete meltdown, with former Clinton adviser Peter Daou taking to the Twitter universe with a hashtag campaign to #CancelVanityFair, asking his followers to do the same.“So @VanityFair decided that the best way to end 2017 was to take a repulsive cheap shot at @HillaryClinton, one of the most accomplished women in the history of the United States,” Daou wrote. Actress Patricia Arquette scream-tweeted, “Hey STOP TELLING WOMEN WHAT THE F--- THEY SHOULD DO OR CAN DO. Get over your mommy issues.”
Others took out their anger by burning copies of Vanity Fair, some even stating that the magazine should “stick to determining which celebrity was best dressed on the red carpet.”
Vanity Fair confessed to angry Erik Wemple at The Washington Post that the video was “an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark." Wemple complained "The cynical politics of Trump and his followers have managed to raise Clinton’s contemporary profile far beyond what would be expected from a failed presidential candidate who had disavowed future political campaigns. And that’s, in part, what makes this treatment so irksome: Create your own stupid political narrative, Vanity Fair!"
Maybe it's time for Hillary Clinton to take up a new hobby in 2018 pic.twitter.com/sbE78rA5At
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 23, 2017
Clinton wasn’t the only thing mocked during the little video fiasco. President Trump took to twitter to mock Vanity Fair for caving in and apologizing for taking a shot at Clinton.
"Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H…Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Amb to Court of St James's & a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!"
