Politician Who Joked About Women's March Just Lost -- To A Woman He Pissed Off With His Joke

Women inspired by the Women’s March are unseating GOP men

Last January, millions of people took to the streets in support of women’s rights and participated in the Women’s March. It became the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. And it was amazing.

During the march, Atlantic City Freeholder John Carman shared an image of a woman in a kitchen, with the words “Will the women’s protest be over in time for them to cook dinner?” His pathetic “joke” would be seen by the woman who yesterday unseated him.

Democrat Ashley Bennett saw the meme and decided to do something about the anger she was feeling in response to it. She ran against him.

“I was angry about (the Facebook meme), because elected officials shouldn’t be on social media mocking and belittling people who are expressing their concerns about their community and the nation,” Bennett told PBS. She works at as a psychiatric emergency screener in the crisis department at Cape Regional Hospital.

PBS reports Carman said the meme was a “bad choice” but that the women in his life were “strong and confident” enough to not be offended by his joke. Mkay. He was also spotted wearing a jacket with a confederate flag patch last month. He said the patch didn’t have any “racial overtones.”

Bye, Felicia.

The seat Bennett won is in a Republican district, and she still managed to win by over 1,000 votes out of 14,000 votes cast. The beauty of the moment is not lost on Twitter.

Looks like Carman now has plenty of time to make his own damn dinner.