Chelsea Clinton on Tuesday failed to understand a joke made by President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, about the lack of on-camera White House press briefings, leading her to blame the White House for fat shaming press secretary Sean Spicer.
"The White House using fat shaming to justify increased opacity. 2017," Clinton tweeted.
The former first daughter's tweet stemmed from an article in the Atlantic on the White House daily press briefing.
"The daily appearance by the press secretary hasn't been canceled entirely, as President Trump threatened. Instead, it's been steadily diminished," wrote the Atlantic's Rosie Gray.
"Asked why the briefings are now routinely held off-camera, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in a text message "Sean got fatter," and did not respond to a follow-up," Gray reported.
Clinton appeared to take Bannon's joke literally and said the White House is "using fat shaming to justify increased opacity."
The White House using fat shaming to justify increased opacity. 2017. https://t.co/pWqupoAOXu
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) June 20, 2017
Charlie Spiering, a White House correspondent for Breitbart News, pointed out to Clinton that Bannon was making a joke and not being serious.
It’s a joke people… https://t.co/2mMNcX7GHY
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) June 20, 2017
Clinton responded to Spiering and continued to blame the White House for fat shaming Spicer.
Oh ok. So using fat shaming to avoid answering questions about increasing opacity. Got it. 2017. https://t.co/RbUSc6ipZS
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) June 20, 2017