The 25 Best Tweets about Variety‘s Chelsea Clinton Cover
Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Media Lists Chelsea Clinton
Yesterday, Variety’s Co-Editor-In-Chief tweeted an image of their new cover with Chelsea Clinton on it, and her tweet sounds like it was written by Chelsea’s mother.
How cool does Chelsea Clinton look on our Power of Women, NY, cover?
Read her great interview with @RaminSetoodeh in tomorrow’s issue! pic.twitter.com/M4cj9gXdEk— Claudia Eller (@Variety_Claudia) April 17, 2017
This sparked instant backlash from the internet, as the only people who want Chelsea Clinton to run for office are those emotionally and financially tied to America’s dynastic liberal family. I scrolled through the responses to find the best and most creative, and what you will see below is not representative of the majority of the 4,000+ responses to this tweet.
Most people tweeted back with either a shot about her looks, or #MAGA folks propagating Clinton conspiracies. That said, there was plenty of liberal and well, rational, objection to this forced PR campaign for a person whose most famed professional accomplishment is a failed stint at NBC News that would not have happened if her name was Chelsea Smith. She claims that she’s not running for office, but given that she’s also done features with People and Time in the last day, my bullshit meter is going ballistic right now. Here are the 25 best replies to this magazine cover.
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh not very
— Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Seriously?
— marinemajor (@marinemajor) April 18, 2017
@RepRepublic@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Uh, fetch isn’t going to happen. Neither is Chelsea Clinton.
Stop trying to make Chelsea happen! pic.twitter.com/QzQ7umdbAx
— Silly Elsa (@Silly_Elsa) April 17, 2017
I for one support @ChelseaClinton in her ambitions to follow in her mothers footsteps and never be President.
— Wizard of Cause (@wizardofcause) April 18, 2017
I know that you all resent Chelsea Clinton but I do the most bc I went to the same jr high as her & all my teachers kept her old dioramas
— Kaitlin Marone ???? (@immerspaetlin) April 18, 2017
both true: Chelsea Clinton rollout smacks of toxic status quo politics Dems must abandon; Ppl would be less dickish about it were she a man
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh A leather jacket doesn’t make you cool. Case in point: pic.twitter.com/hhDZgg5AU2
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) April 17, 2017
@RedwolfBC@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Mom did everything and did it all awfully; daughter does nothing but does it perfectly.
— J.F. Mailander (@jfmailander) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh i love it when my parents get me a PR campaign
— Sean Spicey 😉 (@panda_otter) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh she looks like she’s making a honking sound while laughing
— War = Piss Li’l Tree (@karengeier) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodehpic.twitter.com/vj5yKYWuBZ
— DemoshaqticSocialism (@TheShaunNavarro) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh The Clintons are like Freddy Krueger – a constantly reoccurring nightmare that gets more unwatchable with each new chapter.
— Scott Paterno (@ScottPaterno) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh It’s funny how liberals keep pushing the agenda to have Chelsea to be the next women president all they have 2 do is be patient she’s coming pic.twitter.com/HR2xOodToO
— Spaniard (@irenaissancemn) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodehpic.twitter.com/GDyjaubxWc
— David Quesada (@DQuesada) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘cool’ is.
— The Mental Recession (@rustyweiss74) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Endless number of extremely impressive women who are not products of nepotism. Chelsea Clinton is not one of them.
— meh.???? (@1twillback321) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh The only way she’d look cooler is if you added this … pic.twitter.com/BV51zeVW2o
— The Mental Recession (@rustyweiss74) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodehpic.twitter.com/eql8qKKAmH
— UGL | Main Event TV (@MainEventTV_AKA) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodehpic.twitter.com/QEsAzVW6×1
— Kathleen Murphy (@kathleenerin18) April 18, 2017
@yesnicksearcy@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Looking like the poster child for the lucky sperm club
— Walter Szy (@walter85395) April 18, 2017
@panda_otter@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Reminds me of Lena Dunham from age 11 on.
— Charmian Neary (@CharmianNeary) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh Do you guys ever walk out of your offices?
— Dustin Matthew (@dmschwart) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh not gonna happen folks, sorry pic.twitter.com/BlGlbf3DXE
— Guilherme Vogt (@guivogt) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh How is she a powerful woman again exactly? Could you refresh me on her accomplishments real quick? I must have forgotten.
— B (@bazu) April 18, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh As cool as Tagg Romney would.
— Wittorical (@Wittorical) April 17, 2017
@Variety_Claudia@RaminSetoodeh I’m embarrassed for you & your publication.
— Sally Culling (@sal_mac) April 18, 2017
Jacob Weindling is Paste’s business and media editor, as well as a staff writer for politics. Follow him on Twitter at @Jakeweindling.