Donald Trump Spokeswoman Fires Back Over Bullet Necklace, Threatens to 'Wear a Fetus'
After being criticized for wearing a necklace made of bullets, Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson fired back at her critics by threatening to "wear a fetus" in order to spread an anti-abortion message.
Pierson wore the unusual necklace during her appearance on CNN's "The Lead" Tuesday afternoon, where she defended Trump's recent attacks against Hillary and Bill Clinton, including the former president's highly publicized marital affairs.
Following the interview, CNN host Jim Sciutto sent Pierson a follow up question via Twitter, asking her if there was a message behind her odd accessory.
"We noticed your bullet necklace on our air. Is there a message behind it?" he tweeted.
.@KatrinaPierson We noticed your bullet necklace on our air. Is there a message behind it? #TheLead pic.twitter.com/NZuQyvNV4f
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 29, 2015
In response, Pierson tweeted, "Made in #Texas! Real ammo. #2A Support your local small business owners! #Trump2016."
Made in #Texas! Real ammo. #2A Support your local small business owners! #Trump2016 https://t.co/6T4zYWDqeR — Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) December 29, 2015
That's when Shannon Watts, a gun control advocate and the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, jumped in. She tweeted that Pierson wore the necklace "to bring attention to 90 Americans fatally shot daily" along with the hashtag #GunSense.
Surely @KatrinaPierson wore bullet necklace on #CNN to bring attention to 90 Americans fatally shot daily #gunsense pic.twitter.com/o45m0V1hXe — Shannon (@shannonrwatts) December 30, 2015
Watts' tweet, however, seemed to have struck a nerve with Pierson, who responded by suggesting that she should wear something that would be even more politically divisive to spread her message: a fetus.
"Maybe I'll wear a fetus next time & bring awareness to 50 million aborted people that will never get to be on Twitter," she tweeted.
Maybe I'll wear a fetus next time& bring awareness to 50 million aborted people that will never ger to be on Twitter https://t.co/UTomoyYXLK — Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) December 30, 2015
"This seems slightly impractical," tweeted a reporter for The Daily Beast in response. Pierson replied to him by saying that she did not intend to be taken literally.
This just seems slightly impractical https://t.co/TIibwojZUB — Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) December 30, 2015
"Of course it will be interpreted literally. Never min the point being made. Smh," she wrote.
Pierson then continued the conversation on Wednesday, saying "liberals freaking out about my accessories" were being "sexist." She also made a reference to MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, who wore a pair of tampons as earrings back in July 2013, after state troopers in Texas prohibited protesters from carrying tampons in fear that they would throw them at lawmakers in the Texas legislature.
The liberals freaking out about my accessories are sexist. They only approve of women in pant suits and jackets. Oh, and tampon earrings. — Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) December 30, 2015
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