The BeyHive did not take kindly to Trump surrogate Betsy McCaughey calling Hillary Clinton a hypocrite for criticizing Donald Trump’s sexist remarks despite also being a fan of Beyoncé.
“Hillary Clinton expresses that she finds the language on that bus horrific,” said McCaughey on CNN on Monday, noting that she herself did not like “rap music”. “But in fact she likes language like this: ‘I came to slay bitch, when he fuck me good, I take his ass to Red Lobster,’” quoting Beyoncé’s song Formation.
“That happens to be a line from Beyoncé, her favorite performer, whom she says she idolizes and would like to imitate,” McCaughey continued. “There’s a lot of hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton expressing such horror.”
The former New York lieutenant governor was attempting to defend Trump’s 11-year-old remarks that surfaced in a leaked recording on Friday. In the 2005 Access Hollywood clip, Trump can be heard inside a bus having a lewd conversation with host Billy Bush in which he brags about having sex with married women, claiming they let him do whatever he wants because he’s a celebrity, going so far as being able to “grab them by the pussy”.
The video has sparked national outrage and led a number of Republican politicians to withdraw their support from the candidate, while Clinton has gained in the polls.
The BeyHive, Beyoncé’s most fervent fans, were also quick to mobilize. Bee emojis flooded the Facebook comments on McCaughey’s page and swarmed McCaughey on Twitter.
Kindly keep Beyoncé’s name out of your mouth. @Betsy_McCaughey
— Ellery Queen (@MZGunter) October 11, 2016
Betsy McCaughey so dumb she kicks the Beyhive 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝https://t.co/pexeT1uKsR
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 11, 2016
Update: The #BeyHive is also stinging in the CNN crazy lady's Twitter mentions. pic.twitter.com/ZsnvWsop2m
— Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) October 11, 2016
Listen .. they need to leave Beyoncé OUT of their discussions or the #beyhive will be getting into FORMATION real soon.
— ST✰RBOY (@mattayo_) October 11, 2016
The #BeyHive is about to light this fool #BetsyMcCaughey mentions up. https://t.co/MzS3WHvjCc 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
— Taren Danielle (@DaniTheDiva85) October 11, 2016
On The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this year, Clinton did say that she had seen some of Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade and liked it.
However, Beyoncé has yet to make a public endorsement during this campaign. Beyoncé was spotted at a Clinton fundraiser, and Bill Clinton was photographed backstage with the performer in Philadelphia.
