Thread by @MatthewFoldi

NEW from me @TheSpectator:

#MI03's Hillary Scholten is hiring a Senior Comms Director with odd stipulations about gender identity and gender fluidity.

"We strongly encourage women (and all individuals who do not identify as male)...to apply."

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Are you a man? Need a job? Well, former labor lawyer and current Michigan congresswoman Hillary Scholten would really rather you didn’t apply to be her new senior comms director in DC, according to a job posting obtained by @TheSpectator.

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The #MI03 job posting stipulates that “our office deeply values staff diversity (both because we recognize we are a better office for it and because we know that it is objectively the right thing to do!)”

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“We strongly encourage women (and all individuals who do not identify as male), people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, veterans, and members of other underrepresented communities to apply,” the post continues.

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Ironically, #MI03's Scholten previously worked as a labor attorney, so she ostensibly would know how to craft these job postings that heavily infer gender-, race- and sexuality-based discrimination without directly running afoul of the law.

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For those men and those who identify as men who seem to think that Scholten’s office is uninterested in hearing from them, never fear! Her office includes fancy legalese that says that “all applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

This could prove awkward for the freshman Democrat. The posting indicates that “Michigan/Midwest ties” are a preferred skill for applicants to have. But she is, in essence, discouraging a significant tranche of #MI03 from applying.

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Per Ballotpedia’s estimates, 50 percent of Michigan’s 3rd district. Of that half, the men who aren’t “of color,” gay, bisexual, trans, disabled or a veteran had better find another role that “strongly encourages” them to apply.

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Scholten represents one of the purest toss-up districts in America in #MI03. Could Scholten's job preferences prove an electoral liability?

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After @RepMeijer beat Scholten in 2020, Scholten became a labor lawyer.

Now she's cleverly phrasing job postings in a way that seems to just narrowly avoid breaking the law.

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