Louise Slaughter Dies; Trailblazing Congresswoman Was 88

The House of Representatives has lost one of its most courageous voices.

New York Rep. Louise Slaughter has passed away at the age of 88.

Slaughter had been hospitalized since being injured in a fall at her home last week.

She was the oldest sitting member of Congress.

News of Slaughter’s death was confirmed today by her chief of staff Liam Fitzsimmons.

“To have met Louise Slaughter is to have known a force of nature,” Fitzsimmons said in a statement issued to several media outlets.

Indeed, Slaughter was a true rarity in the House of Representatives – a stalwart ideologue and shrewd negotiator who was also beloved by her colleagues on both sides of the aisle.

First elected to represent New York’s 25th congressional district in 1986, Slaughter played key roles in shaping several historic pieces of legislation.

She co-authored the Violence Against Women Act in 1994, but she might be best remembered for her role in helping to build congressional support for Obamacare as Rules Committee chairwoman in 2010.

Slaughter was a longtime ally of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who paid tribute to her late friend in a statement issued moments ago:

“With her passing, the Congressional community has lost a beloved leader and a cherished friend,” Pelosi said.

“Her strong example inspired countless young women to know their power, and seek their rightful place at the head of the decision-making table.”

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan ordered the flags above the Capitol Building lowered to half mast in Slaughter’s honor:

“She was unrelenting in fighting for her ideas and the people back home in Western New York,” Ryan said today.

“But really, the thing that I keep coming back to is how she was tough, but unfailingly gracious. She was simply great.”

In the hours since the congresswoman’s death, Slaughter’s name has become a trending topic on Twitter thanks to thousands of heartfelt tributes from colleagues and admirers from all over the political spectrum.

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Treasury Secretary"s Wife Louise Linton Accepts Backlash for "Out of Touch" Instagram Post

The wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin deserved to get eviscerated for bragging about her fabulous lifestyle … according to her. You’ll recall Louise Linton last month posted this photo on Instagram and littered it with hashtags…

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Louise Linton Apologizes For Being Awful, Remains Adorably Out of Touch

If you’re like most Americans, you never heard the name Louise Linton before yesterday.

Just 48 hours ago the Scottish actress’ claims to fame were appearing in the 2012 remake of the horror film Cabin Fever and marrying US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin both revolting undertakings that no doubt tested the limits of Ms. Linton’s gag reflex.

Now, however, Louise has finally found the fame she’s spent her adult life in search of.

Unfortunately, it’s left her frantically switching her social media accounts to “private” like Marie Antoinette boarding up the windows at Versailles.

In case you missed Louise’s “let them eat cake” moment, here’s what happened:

Linton and her husband … recently traveled to Kentucky in a private jet in order to discuss tax reform with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

What former former Charlie Sheen co-starrer Louise brought to the table is anyone’s guess, but hey, this is the administration in which former handbag designers are shaping foreign policy, so anything goes.

Anyway, Woman of the People Louise posted a photo of herself arriving in Kentucky (a state in which 1 in 5 people live below the poverty line) that rubbed some folks the the wrong way.

The pic showed Linton stepping off a government plane looking like she’d been outfitted for a different kind of runway.

To ensure none of the poors got the wrong impression that she’s flying around in Target pajama pants and a neck pillow from Hudson News, Linton tagged the many high-end designers responsible for her outfit.

The hashtag “#HermesScarf” went viral shortly thereafter, but not because Twitter was so impressed by Louise’s fashion sense.

To drive home the point that she’s some sort of cartoon bad guy rich person, a la Monty Burns or Cruella De Ville, Linton attacked an Oregon mother of three who dared to suggest that her post was in poor taste.

“Have you given more to the economy than me and my husband? Either as an individual earner in taxes OR in self sacrifice to your country?” Linton wrote, in an emoji-laden screed.

“I’m pretty sure we paid more taxes toward our day ‘trip’ than you did. Pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you’d be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours.”

She went on to slam Miller for being “adorably out of touch,” before sarcastically quipping, “Your kids look very cute. Your life looks cute.”

After what we imagine was a hilariously WTF?! reaction from her husband (who, as the producer of the Entourage movie, is a man who knows good taste), Louise issues a half-assed apology … through her publicist:

“I apologize for my post on social media yesterday as well as my response. It was inappropriate and highly insensitive,” read a statement issued by Linton’s handlers.

As you can see, the apology is boring, boilerplate, and almost certainly not penned by Louise hereself.

Really, the only reason we’re reporting on it at all is so that we can bring you the exciting news that Louise literally played Marie Antoinette in an episode of CSI: NY!

Louise Linton on CSI: NY

But that wasn’t her only gloriously apt film role.

Louise also had a few lines on the now-defunct of Cold Case.

She played a woman named Louise in an episode titled WASP!

You can’t make this stuff up, folks.

Well, you can … but who would want to?

Oh, do yourself a favor and google Louise’s memoir – a harrowing account of her post-boarding school gap year living amongst black people.

It’s the “feel awful about the world we live” in book of the year!

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Louise Linton, Wife of Treasury Secretary, Slammed for Obnoxious Instagram Post

A new scandal is brewing in Washington D.C.

But this one has nothing to do with Donald Trump.

Instead, the wife of Trump‘s chosen Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, has sparked severe backlash after bragging in an Instagram post about her designer wardrobe …

… while stepping off a United States government plane.

Louise Linton, a 36-year-old Scottish-born actress, flaunted her very rich lifestyle in a message she shared yesterday, publishing a photo of herself and her husband after they and their plane touched down on a tarmac.

“Great #daytrip to #Kentucky!” she wrote in the photo’s caption, having just arrived from a day with Senator Mitch McConnell.

Linton then made sure to hashtag the labels she was wearing, including designers Tom Ford, Hermès, Valentino and Roland Mouret.

The citing of these designers didn’t sit well with Jenni Miller, a mother of three from Oregon who responded to Linton’s photo and accompanying caption as follows:

“Glad we could pay for your little getaway #deplorable.”

In reply to this critique, Linton lashed out at Miller, inciting a bit of class warfare in talking down to someone she assumes is far below her in status.

“Awe!!! Did you think this was a personal trip? Adorable! Do you think the US govt paid for our honeymoon or personal travel?! Lololol,” Linton wrote, before penning the sentence that really got her in trouble online:

“I’m pretty sure we paid more taxes toward our day ‘trip’ than you did.

“Pretty sure the amount we sacrifice per year is a lot more than you’d be willing to sacrifice if the choice was yours.”

It’s safe to assume that Linton and her husband pay more in taxes than Miller due to their top income bracket.

But many would argue it’s also safe to assume they can afford to do so, thanks to their multi-million dollar bank account.

Most annoyingly to Internet users, however, was the presumption that not only is Linton going through some kind of major “sacrifice” as a result of this tax burden… but that Miller would not do the same if she were also very well off.

Linton wasn’t done, either.

“Your kids look very cute. Your life looks cute,” she wrote in total condescension to Miller, adding:

“I know you’re mad but deep down you’re really nice and so am I. Sending me passive aggressive Instagram comments isn’t going to make life feel better.”

After getting roasted online for her responses, Linton went ahead and made her Instagram account private.

“If she hadn’t made her account private, I would have written back with a very snide Marie Antoinette joke,” Miller told the New York Times, noting that she thought Linton’s post was “wholly inappropriate.”

How come?

“I think my post was just five or six words, and she had to go on basically a rant about it to make herself look more important and look smarter, better, richer – all those things.”

It’s also worth asking:

What kind of person in general feels a need to alert the world about the designer clothes she’s wearing?

Let alone does so while walking off a government plane after, supposedly, conducting government business?!?

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Treasury Secretary"s Wife Louise Linton, Shame On You If You Don"t Own Hermes

She may be the most awful person in Washington, D.C., and there’s fierce competition for the title. Louise Linton, the actress/wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, went full-on Marie Antoinette, essentially telling people who don’t dress as…

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