Kayleigh McEnany is the former White House press secretary under twice-impeached Donald Trump. She is best known for calling Donald Trump racist and not “a serious candidate” on Fox News back in 2015 before saying that she was tricked by CNN headlines into believing that Donald Trump was a “racist.” Kayleigh’s tenure as Trump’s public-facing lie machine was so extreme that even Fox News cut away from one of her press conferences to fact check her. True story.
Kayleigh has a younger sister named Ryann. Ryann McEnany has an idea. It’s not a new idea and it may not be hers but her shadowy backers’, but it’s an idea that—along with $1.5 million of seed money from billionaire dark lord Peter Thiel—hopes to data mine the next generation of young Republicans. It’s a dating app for right-wingers searching for people who have the same point of view on the world: Donald Trump isn’t a huckster criminal, he’s a freedom fighter for white liberty, and girls have cooties.
A new ad for this very new dating app was released today, promising its appearance on the scene this coming September. The reactions are as fantastic as the promotional is cringe-worthy.
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Called “The Right Stuff” (there’s a famous book and film with that very name!), Ryann explains that what she loves about it is that it’s “invite only.” Once invited, it is “free to use.” Kinda. McEnany explains that for “my ladies” it’s always free as women receive a “premium membership” if they invite some unknown amount of others onto the application. For men, “if you want access to premium, that’s on you.”
There’s a lot to comb through here, but one important point that Ryann hits not once but twice is that “by the way, those are the only two options: ladies and gentlemen.” Get it? You might not be able to parse this fine slice of pastry, and so about 10 seconds later she hits that transphobic nail a bit harder with “no pronouns necessary.” I guess Log Cabin Republicans need not apply?
Hold onto your drink, pull out a spit shield, take a quaalude, and huff on some ether—here’s the video.
The responses have been elegant.
Jovial.
And even political!
There were also design questions.
And while some commenters seemed excited for an anti-woke dating app, others pointed out that the anti-woke crowd isn’t known for its dating prowess, or even relationship acumen.
There were those that had ideas about how some of these profiles might read.
And my personal favorite comment.
