LongGoneDec 22, 2022
Charlotte Clymer

Any pundit who is criticizing Pres. Zelenskyy's attire is failing to read the room, but moreover, they're just completely missing the point.

A country and its leader under immediate and existential threats have no time for suits and neckties.

He has no visible rank or medals or nametapes or epaulets or brass buttons or starched creases. He's wearing what women and men who are fighting on the frontlines in Ukraine are wearing.

He's wearing the urgency of the moment.

That's the point.

Dec 22, 2022 at 1:57amWeb
Show threadDaveDec 22, 2022

@charlotteclymer thank god he isn't wearing a tan suit!

#GOPHypocrisy

Show threadJohn D 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Dec 22, 2022
@Brightdave Oh my yes the horror, amirite?
Show threadRyan HenryDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer "He's wearing the urgency of the moment" is the perfect way to describe it.
Show threadtibbi ✨Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer
Anyone doing that just tells us they aren’t serious and just being 💩. Not worthy of being paid attention to.
Show threadFastusDec 22, 2022
@tibbi @charlotteclymer
One twitter'er, a minor celebrity now, even goes by the name of 'Cat Turd.' And wants to be taken seriously? I guess it's a kind of troll proofing - trying to 'own' someone who already calls themselves a POS
Show threadNandor 🏳️‍🌈Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Exactly! A big point I think he's making is that they have been in a state of active war for most of this year--and are determined to win it. (And they need help, which is why he's here)
Show threadLot⁴⁹Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer So right. That's why General Ulysses S Grant wore a coarsely-woven private's uniform with just his rank on the shoulder.
Show threadAlanHaleDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer ❤️👍
Show threadMyNameIsForMyFriendsDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer LMFAO at anyone commenting on his clothes.
Show threadBrian DrellDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Hear, hear.
Show threadRinguetteDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer AMEN. Also, for all the armchair fashionistas out there, please explain why this was getting a pass: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/12/21/multimedia/21onpolitics-sbf-1-e87a/21onpolitics-sbf-1-e87a-articleLarge.jpg
Show threadMr. Benny GDec 22, 2022
@ringuette @charlotteclymer yes yes yes! These same idiots are prob that same people that dumped gobs of money into this SpongeBob character.
Show threadJoão Tiago RebeloDec 22, 2022
@ringuette @charlotteclymer grifting and grafting doesn't have a dress code, it seems tan suits and combat ready clothing titillate people that don't have anything else to point against people fighting for a better world.
Show threadNick castellanoDec 22, 2022
@ringuette @charlotteclymer Who would send money to that guy? What could go wrong?
Show threadGauchohaulicDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Well said.
Show threadJoe KatzDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer I honestly think most of them know exactly what message the outfit sends, and it bugs them that it's effective.
Show threadgwangungDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer
What he's wearing IS a business suit. His business is fighting for his country's life.
Show threadMarshaDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer If he wore a suit and tie, they'd criticize him for that. I remember what happened when Cesar Chavez showed up in a suit and tie.
Show threadRousse Dec 23, 2022
@charlotteclymer @meshaiman Hoo boy. I can just imagine what that scene was like.
Show thread@[email protected]Dec 22, 2022

@charlotteclymer

Great way of putting it “He’s wearing the urgency of the moment”.

Show threadChrisDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer not to mention he’s wearing the exact same thing since the war started. It’s, in part, branding.
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.Dec 22, 2022
@chris @charlotteclymer He spiffed up a bit. It's a clean long-sleeve pullover rather than the T he's more often been seen in. I wondered after yesterday's news what he'd wear, and this works.
Show threadChrisDec 22, 2022
@roadskater @charlotteclymer I'm gonna be honest I saw an image and saw him in green and just assumed it was a t-shirt 😂
Show threadEllenInEdmonton Dec 22, 2022
@chris @charlotteclymer
Absolutely!! I think Zelensky's media background has really helped him to stay "on brand" since his country was invaded. I really admire his consistency.
Show threadj robinson ☕️ &🍸Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer
Anyone who thinks they can do Zelenskyy better is a fool. That bar is just impossibly high.
Show threadChristie Woolsey DemCastWADec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer
I read somewhere that he promised to dress in this manner as long as Ukraine is fighting this war. He'll go back to business suits when Putin is finally defeated. He is truly representing the fact that the people he is representing are fighting for their lives.
Show threadMerricontraryDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Gym and Gaetz? Y’all too, you absolute lowlifes. (Lowlives?)
Show threadsewstarsDec 22, 2022

@merricontrary @charlotteclymer

I think both versions apply.

Show threadfoxeyDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer well said!
Show threadMKSinSADec 22, 2022

@charlotteclymer Any pundit who is criticizing #Zelenskyy's attire is the same mindless jackass who bleeds ink on tan suits and lady pantsuits rather than paying attention to some actual news or policy.

#blockthem
#mockthem

Show threadEd SeedhouseDec 22, 2022

@MKSinSA @charlotteclymer

I think Senators should be required to wear Togas, just like the originals.

Show threadBruno PhilipeDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Also, he is not wearing any sort of camouflage, which distances his attire from that of crazy 1970s dictators, which I also thought was in good taste.
Show threadAnnekeDec 22, 2022
@brunoph well spotted!
Show threadLindaNYC2VT Ⓥ 🌊🐖🐄🐓🦃🐬🐝🦋🦇Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer 💯!!! Thank you.
Show threadLavender GoomsDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer They're not doing either of those. It's a willful and shameless attack because these are people who would rather oppose ANYTHING that Democrats are in favor of than have any morals or ethics of their own to stand on.
Show threadAmbros 🤨Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer I noticed this too and I agree with you. With the advent of war on the doorstep, what’s more of a proclamation that something is wrong when the leader of the country wears dress-down military fatigues to meetings with other world leaders. It’s a public statement and it works.
Show threadErnie SmithDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer thank you for saying that.
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞Dec 22, 2022

@charlotteclymer

They should be embarrassed for even bringing up what he is wearing.

Show thread@billclassifiedDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer the personification of bravery and leadership
Show threadMichael GemarDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer @ernie Exactly this. It’s messaging, “branding”, but it is very effective. (And the pundits complaining about it who don’t also say they recognize its messaging value are either naive, stupid, or lying.)
Show threadLizbonDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer I loved that - noticed it right away & read exactly that in his attire. 💚
Show threadCuriosa 🕊️Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer
🎯
Show threadLillianDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer 💯👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
I'm floored by the disrespect 😭
Show threadJohn MastodonDec 22, 2022
@TheViking @charlotteclymer
How was this not expected? I mean, ya, call it out.
Show threadOnlyspumoni 🇺🇦Dec 22, 2022
@TheViking @charlotteclymer Ahhh - Jim Jordan, Ohio’s homage to the unmade bed. Such an embarrassment to so many of us Ohioans. And probably his mother. @charlotteclymer You’ve summed up my feelings, exactly! 🇺🇦💙💛
Show threadConnieDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer
I hate that this country is so hung up on what people wear.
WTF
Show threadKayVayDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Very well said. That’s what they’re complaining about now? Oh, ridiculous. If some people can’t find significant fault with an important event like this, they have to stoop to the lowest level, just in order to complain. Reminds me of a certain tan suit. Do they realize how petty and laughable they look? And jealous because this was a meeting between 2 respectable leaders, not one between a leader and an orange buffoon.
Show threadJessicaDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer I find it strange, however have not criticised. I made a post anout it and the responses were all in support of him with sound reasons why he is not wearing a suit. I can see why, it pays to consider others views.
Show threadMaryDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer well said!
Show threadBrian WooleyDec 22, 2022

@charlotteclymer

I’d be willing to bet that criticisms of his attire are not being made in good faith.

Show threadBrilliantcrankDec 22, 2022

@ernie

…he’s also working remote so, hall passes all around.

Show threadElias FoxDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer if he had worn a suit, they would criticize him for that as well. Their arguments are whatever they need them to be.
Show threadSavah RellcastDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer well said
Show threadDr.Susan BushinskiDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer he could wear a Speedo for all I care- the man is a hero in my book and has more balls than all the GOP in the House and the Senate put together
Show threadDeeplyAwareDec 22, 2022
@BushinskiSusan @charlotteclymer word!
Show threadBellison22Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer let's face it, republicans and their lackeys are serious bottom feeders, completely uninterested in Any civility, ethics and morals.
The only thing left is to call an exorcist for them and pray it works.
Show threadnaught101Dec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer Seems like a bonkers thing to be concentrating on..
Show threadPlmktDec 22, 2022
@charlotteclymer jeez, he's come from an active war zone. Put down on your dress code ideas.