Much like our president, television analyst Clay Travis loves boobs and is not qualified for public office.
When he appeared on CNN last week and told anchor Brooke Baldwin, a UNC graduate and last year's keynote commencement speaker, that he loves two things: “the First Amendment and boobs,” it was cringey, to say the least.
Baldwin asked him to clarify his comments before justifiably cutting the interview short.
Most of those who watched Travis were caught entirely off guard. Even if they agree with his sentiments, one has to wonder why he would interject fifth-grade humor into a discussion about free speech, especially on national television.
Travis tweeted following his appearance that CNN called him back immediately after the filming and asked him to come back, but CNN has denied doing so.
While most of us can brush the incident off as nothing more than crass humor, there may be something more to be worried about.
Travis recently announced that he has ambitions to run for the Senate in Tennessee if “Bob Corker doesn’t run for re-election and Peyton Manning doesn’t run.”
And, as we’ve seen in recent times, comments about a woman’s physical appearance, as well as inappropriate sexual innuendos, haven’t stopped candidates from winning public office.
We can go through every single misogynistic thing President Trump has said about women’s bodies, but this editorial isn’t long enough for that.
