The New York Times published a story about how Trump’s former communications director Hope Hicks might respond to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) recent subpoena for her to testify before Congress regarding findings by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Nadler’s committee is investigating “obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuse of power by President Trump.”
The NYT posted a link to the story on Twitter with a “glamour shot” photo of Hicks, stating that she’s facing “an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena.”
Hope Hicks, one of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump’s White House staff, is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional subpoena https://t.co/8NXpfQvxQL pic.twitter.com/L7aWVMsIdq
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 24, 2019
If Congress is issuing a subpoena, there’s no choice in whether or not a person can comply. Why would the scenario be different for Hicks? It certainly isn’t for people of color.
Yup. Where’s the “no angel” take now?
In the immediate aftermath of shootings, media routinely post menacing photos of people-of-color victims + dredge up any questionable thing they’d ever done.
But when Hope Hicks considers not complying w a subpoena, it’s glamour shot time. https://t.co/ACnvXlKF7Q
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 26, 2019
AOC also tweeted that the NYT is framing Hicks’ story like a Lifetime drama:
What gets me is news breaks that this woman is weighing committing a crime before Congress &it’s getting framed by the NYT as some Lifetime drama called “Hope’s Choice.”
This is a fmr admin official considering participating in a coverup led by the President.
Treat her equally. https://t.co/XcNbSuU4QB
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 26, 2019
Many social media users agreed with AOC and Soledad O’Brien.
A Twitter user, Desiree Adaway, said, “The next time a Black man decides not to comply with a subpoena, I want @nytimes to do an f*****g glamour shot piece on him that highlights his existential angst.”
Her statement has been retweeted more than 16,000 times and liked more than 70,000 times.
“Existential Subpoena,” the new album from Hope Hicks, on NYT Records.#AlbumTitle pic.twitter.com/jIXcuWX7ap
— Found Band Names Я Us (@FoundNames) May 27, 2019