It’s quite simple: Some political relatives are more equal than others.
Agenda-driven journalists love to exploit familial dysfunction when a prominent politician is conservative and his or her kinfolk espouse liberal views. When a vengeful offspring, sibling, cousin, or distant relation wants to wreak havoc, instant fame and adoration are just a tweet or call away. The media schadenfreude over such bloody bloodline battles is thicker than California wildfire smoke.
By contrast, relatives who openly challenge powerful Democrats are dismissed as gadflies and publicity hounds. Remember when Barack Obama’s half-brother Malik criticized his younger sibling over his coddling of corrupt Hillary Clinton, support for gay marriage, and inattention to Kenya and his family overseas?
Left-wing Vox responded by calling Malik a “somewhat scammy opportunist.” A GQ writer decried “the inherent seediness of on-screen family dysfunction,” declared that “Malik has nothing to do with anything,” and condemned the “nonsensical stunt.” The Huffington Post was befuddled that Donald Trump invited Malik to the third presidential debate “for no reason at all.”
And Slate wrote: “Ugh.”
By contrast, the anti-Trump media’s favorite political family feuder this week was Dr. David Glosser, a retired neuropsychologist and outspoken liberal. On Monday, he penned a seething attack for Politico on his staunch conservative nephew, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller. An emotion-laden Glosser vented:
“I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.”
Immediately after publication and full-tilt Politico hype across social media, Glosser made the rounds on CNN and MSNBC. The latter network’s resident mouth-foamer Lawrence O’Donnell praised the “eloquent” uncle and dubbed him a new “leader of the resistance.” New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali called Glosser “brilliant.” CNN’s Kyung Lah, magazine magnate Bonnie Fuller, and identity politics journalist Maria Hinojosa all raved that Glosser’s hit piece against his sister’s son was “must-read.”
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