Fact checkers on Twitter were quick to correct Meghan McCain after she called her homophobic husband, Ben Domenech, “sexy” and “brilliant” while promoting his appearance on Fox News this week.
Yesterday, McCain tweeted, “My sexy, brilliant husband @bdomenechis hosting @FoxNews primetime tonight and all week! Tune in!”
My sexy, brilliant husband @bdomenech is hosting @FoxNews primetime tonight and all week! Tune in! ????????????
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) October 4, 2021
Domenech is the co-founder of the vehemently anti-LGBTQ publication The Federalist.
In addition to publishing countless homophobic and transphobic hit pieces, he has a looooong history of making disparaging remarks about queer people on Twitter, and he once had to issue an apology to SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan for trying to out her in a blog post. (He later had to issue a second apology when his first apology ended up not being an actual apology.)
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Immediately after writing the tweet, McCain, who never misses an opportunity to crow about free speech or how much she hates cancel culture, quickly disabled the public comments. We can’t imagine why!?!?
But thank god for Tweet Quotes. Here’s what fact checkers are saying…
Super funny how you have to turn comments off on this one. Your husband is a racist punk whose platform is outrage porn. He also appears to be suffering from some sort of allergic reaction that has made his eyes constantly swollen. Yikes https://t.co/X2dPrZf3UJ
— Murphy (@Murphceee) October 5, 2021
Not your homophobic husband. https://t.co/xZzzkIyunt
— Cody (@20Cody20) October 4, 2021
He is neither sexy or brilliant but thank goodness he's yours @MeghanMcCain! https://t.co/9DSRyPJMZX
— KT ???? (@koffee4two) October 5, 2021
Unemployed whiner says what?? https://t.co/FVYoD7LGMx
— Anne??? #NYSTRONG ? (@lglnrse) October 5, 2021
Your mom is great. But, your husband is none of these things you claim. But, you must know a lot of people think this way since you blocked replies.https://t.co/CSM1faLt7e
— Debbie Fein (@mynewusername) October 4, 2021
You are such a control freak you’ve turned off your comments from anybody but your friends. I thought you were going to quit Twitter https://t.co/2hmc3GUKBl
— maryk (@maryaucontraire) October 5, 2021
nope just another lying insurrectionist Fox once again can't find honest good help, I guess what the cat dragged in will have to do. https://t.co/aI4CzyIQTE
— Joni Marchese (@JoniMarchese) October 5, 2021
truly don’t understand how you continue to associate with the network that uplifted and continues to uplift a disgusting man who was terribly disrespectful to your family and so many ppl who call you their friends there just stood by and practically said or did nothing https://t.co/K3sN71jAJ6
— danie (@himbottomusrex) October 4, 2021
Such a snowflake you won't even allow people to comment. Anyway, your husband is neither sexy or brilliant. ? https://t.co/ShffaPdd87
— Phyllis Jackson (PJ) (@mngalal) October 5, 2021
I got@news for you. @MeghanMcCain he’s not sexy. https://t.co/Cxid4W2VFi
— Esteban Cabral (@Esteban16174050) October 4, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Kangol2
Did Meghan McCain mention her fright-wing fanatic husband is a plagiarist?
You can Google “Ben Domenech plagiarism” to find lots of articles about the scandal, which he initially tried to defend, before he resigned in disgrace from the Washington Post, and apologized to his right-wing pals at National Review Online.
To quote Human Events: “Hours after offering his defense against charges of plagiarism, conservative blogger Ben Domenech last night apologized for using the work of other writers without attribution. The statement came at the end of whirlwind day for Domenech, who resigned from his job as a blogger for washingtonpost.com midday Friday amid mounting criticism about instances of plagiarism.”
Fahd
Neither sexy nor brilliant; just a bad person. Meghan and he are like two Huckabees, made for each other. My heart goes out to their child.
white-queer-african
They are both just so AWFUL! They sure deserve each other.
Mr. Stadnick
Meghan digs hateful out of shape men. He finds overly made up poorly dressed whiners hot.
woodroad34
Well, I guess it’s in the eyes of the beholder, like your hair styles and fashion sense….oh! and your logical sense, political sense, emotional sense, or just plain nonsense. I keep hearing that song, “she’ll be comin’ ’round the mountain when she comes…” She been around the bend for far too long.
PSHank3
Not a fan of McCain or her hubby. That goes without saying. But my question is: how can you “fact-check” whether someone is “sexy” or “brilliant”? Aren’t those subjective terms (e.g., opinions)? Let’s not our side confuse facts and opinions like McCain,her husband and all the other right-wing nutters do regularly. The ugliness of McCain and husband come from their viewpoints. What they look like is irrelevant.
Kangol2
Ben may be whatever she thinks he is in her eyes, but he’s a documented racist, homophobe, plagiarist, and fanatic. Those are factual claims!
Max
it’s obvious his language of hate is her turn on. that’s gross.
Cam
He also has a history of plagerism.
Essie
Her mother seems like a nice lady, conservative but nice and she doesn’t seem to be hateful. I mean, she stood up to all the ugly, nasty ‘publicians in Arizona and got kicked out of the party for her efforts. I wonder how she feels about her daughter marrying a man who is a nasty, lying, hateful homophobe? I imagine, because of the grandchild, she keeps her feelings hidden, which is what I would do, but it must be hard for her.
PerhapsYesNoMaybe
It was opposite day when she said it, so really unsexy and stupid.
cuteguy
Why are we still giving this fugly hag attention?
dhmonarch89
I’ve never seen him before… I had assumed he’d at least be attractive- all the money she’s pouring into his business to keep it a float- you’d think he’s be hot- but no….
Canadiancub
If he was gay he’d be considered a hot daddy bear. Yall are so rediculous lmfao
Cam
Awww, the right wing troll is trying out a new screename.
If you didn’t want to expose yourself you probably shouldn’t have already been over on the RuPaul thread attaching anyone and name calling if they said something nice about him.
But I love the fact that your trolling has been reduced to frantically defending McCain’s bigoted husband’s looks. You’ve really been demoted in your troll game.
IanHunter
She definitely can’t get a gay man to help her with that hair.
BaltoSteve
I guess no matter if your soul is as dark as Satan’s Anus or are capable of coming up with lies based on lies, wrapped up in more lies…someone somewhere will think you are sexy and brilliant.
bobmister250
I’m not a fan of Meghan McCain’s husband, but a fact check is something that deals with facts. You can’t “fact-check” an opinion.
Georgeiv2
I don’t know why I did but I thought of them “doing it ” and felt physically sick Thank God hes straight (although I suspect ardent anti gays , actual 100% hetrosexuals don’t worry about who someone else sleeps with ) as In wouldn’t wish him on my worst enemy and although handsomeness is in the eyes of the beholder The little mean mouth and the tiny eyes would rate him ugly by most definitions but on reflection they are a match made in , maybe not Heaven but the Republican equivalent , Perhaps its the only “man” she could get as shes no prize !