Vanity Fair faced sharp criticism on Wednesday from supporters of Hillary Clinton after the magazine posted a video with "New Year's resolutions" for the former presidential candidate that included retiring from politics.
A video posted on the magazine's Twitter account Tuesday featured Vanity Fair writers suggesting new hobbies for the 2016 Democratic nominee, including "knitting" and taking "more photos in the woods."
“Get someone on your tech staff to disable autofill on your iPhone so that typing in ‘F’ doesn’t become ‘form exploratory committee for 2020,' ” advised another writer.
Clinton has repeatedly denied that she is planning a 2020 presidential run, and spent much of the year on a book tour for her memoir, "What Happened."
The video was swiftly condemned by prominent Clinton supporters on Twitter, including consultant and CauseWired founder Tom Watson, who called the video "the nastiest, most sexist disgrace."
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The backlash prompted an apology from Vanity Fair, but the magazine did not delete the video.
"It was an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark,” Beth Kseniak, a spokeswoman for Vanity Fair, told multiple media outlets.
"The demographic most opposed to President Trump is not a racial minority, but a cultural elite." Daniel Greenberg
"Failure to adequately denounce Islamic extremism, not only denies the existence of an absolute moral wrong but inherently diminishes our chances of defeating it." Tulsi Gabbard
"It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will." Donald Trump's Victory Speech 11/9/16
INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT -- Frontpage mag
Yes, Vanity Fair has received a great deal of criticism for the video, and rightly so. They were poking fun at not just anyone, but at Hilliary, a personage about whom humor is completely forbidden. I say burn the place down.
After numerous complaints, Vanity Fair issued a statement apologizing for the video: “It was an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark."