Mercedes Schlapp tries to troll Pete Buttigieg over FAA outage. Gets repeatedly reminded about gay sexual assault accusation against her husband.

Mercedes and Matt Schlapp

An unfortunate feature of the modern day Republican Party is its tendency to mistake trolling on Twitter for actual legislative work. However Wednesday, one of its operatives learned a valuable lesson about the drawbacks of being a complete ass online.

Former employee of the Trump Administration and highly connected member of the Republican party, Mercedes Schlapp took it upon herself to troll Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Earlier that day, a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration grounded thousands of flights. The system is back up for now but during the time it was down, Schlapp was one of several GOP  operatives and legislator making cheap shots at Buttigieg and by association President Biden for the situation.

Schlapp sent out the following tweet:

Schlapp's tweet was an attempt to build on a conservative false narrative started last year that Buttigieg takes too many vacations and thereby isn't up to his job. Of course some folks have pointed out that attacks on Buttigieg is less about vacation time and more about the fact that he is the first openly gay cabinet member in United States history.

Various comments responding to Schlapp's tweet embraced this notion by making crude jokes about him needing to breastfeed his two infants which he and his husband, Chasten, became the fathers of by surrogates in 2021.

But  Buttigieg's sexual orientation quickly became a weapon against Schlapp. You see, last week her husband, Matt Schlapp, was accused of sexually assaulting a young man who was driving him around during last year's mid-term election. According to the young man, Schlapp groped and fondled his groin and wanted him to come up to his hotel room.

On Wednesday, the same day in which Mercedes chose to troll Buttigieg, more evidence came out which corroborated the young man's claim against her husband. 

Armed with these facts, other responder on Twitter chose to be, shall we say, less kind to Mercedes. 

Especially the following: 

 

My "Fondle Me Matt©™" doll is missing too... pic.twitter.com/iExOFlFm7S

— ShorePatrol420🏴‍☠️💀🏴‍☠️💀🍀 (@frostharding1) January 11, 2023

We know where Pete and his husband are, and they're doing just fine. I'd be worried about where *your* husband is.

— KarleeAg99 (@karleeAg99) January 11, 2023

So you know where Matt’s hands have been?

— John 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Kota4072) January 11, 2023

I’m amazed you asked such an open-ended question, with the current situation your partner is in.

— Björn in the USA (@theDarin77) January 11, 2023

Madam, I admire your willingness to proceed with your political commentary while pretending nothing has been reported about your husband’s unfortunate and not so secret weenie addiction.

— Carlos Turnbull (@cturnbull1968) January 11, 2023

Probably being chased around a desk by your husband.

— RJ🏒🥅🏳️‍🌈🌊🇺🇸🌊 (@AlexOCrosby) January 11, 2023

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— Rabbitt (@TexasRabbitt) January 11, 2023

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— john bowler (@irishace11) January 11, 2023

@mschlapp pic.twitter.com/IPsfTapWSc

— J (@AGPennyPacker13) January 11, 2023

I suspect that when all of this is over - how ever it ends - Mercedes Schlapp will play the martyr and complain about how the so-called "tolerant Left" was cruel to her and her family. But it's what happens when you "poke the bear," so to speak.  I understand how cutthroat the game of politics is, but there are times when you have to just turn it off. You need to sheath your claws and not bear those fangs. Her attempt to troll Buttigieg was tacky as it was.  But in light of the position she was in while doing it, she was practically walking into a fire. She shouldn't get angry because she got burned. Maybe she should have chosen a little more discernment.

Or to put it in street vernacular - "Don't start none and there won't be none."