Social media slams Politico for 'Woman Macbeth trope' in Casey DeSantis piece

A latest article written in regards to the spouse of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Casey DeSantis, brought about a stir on Twitter on Friday.

Politico printed the highlight article early Friday and had but to tweet a hyperlink to it when readers started discussing it on the social media platform. The article included a 2022 Telegram submit by Trump adviser Roger Stone that referred to Casey DeSantis as Woman Macbeth and included the character's quote within the Shakespearean play: “What’s executed ... can't be undone.” Woman Macbeth notably killed the king of Scotland on behalf of her husband so he might grow to be the subsequent king and she or he the queen.

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Twitter customers had been fast to level to Politico's earlier protection of Hillary Clinton, Jill Biden, and Gisele Fetterman, all wives to distinguished Democratic leaders, the place the reference to Woman Macbeth was deemed a "trope." The creator even went so far as to put in writing that at any time when the nickname Woman Macbeth is used, it's an instance of "how gender roles can nonetheless be weaponized in political assaults."

"LOL at Politico evaluating Casey DeSantis to Woman Macbeth, what is that this??" reporter Mary Margaret Olohan tweeted.

"Politico, November 2022: Evaluating girls in politics to Woman Macbeth is a sexist trope," former Washington Examiner contributor Nate Hochman tweeted. "Politico, Could 2023: You realize, come to consider it, there's this one Shakespeare character that Casey DeSantis actually jogs my memory of..."

"As 21 million Floridians can verify, Casey DeSantis is completely nice. Gov. DeSantis is all of the wiser for listening to her," Twitter consumer Giancarlo Sopo wrote. "These assaults will backfire."

The governor's workplace didn't return the Washington Examiner's request for remark.