Tom Taylor, the Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Mia Love for Utah’s 4th congressional district, wants his newborn daughter Colette to know he’s a fighter for the “resistance,” so he made a memento to show he’s committed to the cause.
Tom Taylor for Congress posted a picture on Twitter of the congressional hopeful cradling his young daughter as they both don the left’s infamous “pussy hats,” the ridiculous pink head warmers that debuted at last year’s Women’s March.
Colette,
You were born on the #WomensMarch2018 when millions declared they will stand up against a president that openly brags about assaulting women. Things are scary now, but we’re shaping the future to make the world a better place for you.
Welcome to #TheResistance.#utpol pic.twitter.com/jhWdi80pHm
— Tom Taylor for Congress (@tomforutah) January 22, 2018
He also wrote Colette a little note commemorating her birth, which apparently coincided with this year’s Women’s March.
“Colette, You were born on the #WomensMarch2018 when millions declared they will stand up against a president that openly brags about assaulting women,” the post read. “Things are scary now, but we’re shaping the future to make the world a better place for you. Welcome to #TheResistance.#utpol”
The post garnered a lot of responses, from both sides of the political spectrum.
“Oh Lord,” GoneNaturalGirl responded, along with an eye-rolling emoji.
“#Cringeworthy,” Gon Schweppe added.
Yes I did. When she gets older and she wants to know how crazy it was when @realDonaldTrump was President, I want to don a hat I made myself and tell her I did everything I could to #resist.
— Tom Taylor for Congress (@tomforutah) January 22, 2018
Another Twitter user, CC95135978, asked: “Did you knit it yourself?”
“Yes I did,” Tom Taylor for Congress wrote back. “When she gets older and she wants to know how crazy it was when @realDonaldTrump was President, I want to don a hat I made myself and tell her I did everything I could to #resist.”
— Ann Hanson (@CynicalAnn) January 23, 2018
Twitchy picked up on the post and pointed out the obvious.
“Everything you could? Like knitting a pussy hat for your newborn daughter? Yeah, that’s really sending a powerful message,” the site opined. “And that message is: ‘I am not a serious person.’”
Still others took issue with the congressional candidate using his daughter’s birth to promote his campaign.
I understand wanting to make the world a better place for your child.
I’ll never understand making them a political prop for cheap retweets. https://t.co/A7GjSm7JSE
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) January 23, 2018
“I understand wanting to make the world a better place for your child,” Anthony Abides wrote. “I’ll never understand making them a political prop for cheap retweets.”
Mia Love, incumbent for Utah’s District 4, defeated Democratic challenger Doug Owens by about 30,000 votes in the 2016 election, a rematch of the 2014 election, when she defeated Owens by about 7,500 votes, according to Ballotpedia.
The 2018 race features Love and four Democratic challengers – Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, Taylor, Darlene McDonald, and Adam Homer. A poll conducted in October shows Love in the lead.
Currently, Republicans hold both of Utah’s U.S. Senate seats, all four of its U.S. House seats and retain total control over state government.
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