Denise McAllister’s public meltdown was indefensible and homophobic

Published April 1, 2019 8:00pm ET



I would be remiss if I let the day pass without challenging my colleague Eddie Scarry. Earlier today, he defended right-wing writer Denise McAllister — formerly of the Federalist and the Daily Wire, before she was fired from both — for a Twitter tirade against journalist Yashar Ali. The tweets, which I won’t relay here in their entirety, essentially amounted to McAllister attacking Ali’s homosexuality in response to this tweet.