{"id":668299,"date":"2026-09-14T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=668299"},"modified":"2026-09-14T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:44:46","slug":"aaron-rupar-called-her-a-blonde-flunkie-the-white-house-came-out-swinging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=668299","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rupar called her a \u2018blonde flunkie.\u2019 The White House came out swinging."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aaron Rupar earned the internet\u2019s ire after his tasteless jab at White House press assistant Ellie Acra.<\/p>\n

Video shows Acra herding photographers away from President Donald Trump\u2019s family as they stood on the tarmac in Ireland, performing her job as a press wrangler. While this could normally be considered a pretty standard moment during any other administration, Rupar found it so offensive that he felt the need to insult the young woman about it.<\/p>\n

Watch:<\/p>\n

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another blonde Trump flunkie starts literally shoving photographers away from Trump pic.twitter.com\/F0cxPb3LMi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAnother blonde Trump flunkie starts literally shoving photographers away from Trump,\u201d he wrote on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The bizarrely hateful comment was quickly called out by X users, including the official White House rapid response account:<\/p>\n

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This is a press wrangler doing her job \u2014 and doing it well.<\/p>\n

Aaron, meanwhile, is gutter trash (in his 40s) who spends his days hiding behind his keyboard and making disturbing comments about women doing their jobs. Truly a sick freak! https:\/\/t.co\/m9zvkAbm37<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis is a press wrangler doing her job \u2014 and doing it well. Aaron, meanwhile, is gutter trash (in his 40s) who spends his days hiding behind his keyboard and making disturbing comments about women doing their jobs. Truly a sick freak!\u201d the account wrote.<\/p>\n

Others called Rupar out as well:<\/p>\n

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A hardworking White House staffer \u2014 who coordinates closely with the press to give them more access than any other admin \u2014 is doing her job.<\/p>\n

Rupar is a pathetic basement dweller whose entire job is attacking female staffers for RTs from other basement dwellers. https:\/\/t.co\/qQ6UZtgjxc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Abigail Jackson \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@abigailmarone) September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That\u2019s a White House press wrangler doing her job. What an ignorant, misogynistic post. https:\/\/t.co\/tW7jFIhtKP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A weird and oddly personal post. https:\/\/t.co\/MZBwekXa8X<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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She\u2019s a press wrangler who plays a critical role in ensuring those of us in the White House Press Corps have access to the president\u2014 while also keeping things on schedule.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a new concept, even when things get chaotic.<\/p>\n

This post is demeaning and ignorant. https:\/\/t.co\/fzS1jG1Zrn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cameron Arcand (@cameron_arcand) September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But it wasn\u2019t just people on the right taking issue with his commentary. Former Obama aide Stefanie Feldman slammed the remark as harmful to \u201cthe cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This tweet is a great example of how X rots the brain \/\/ makes ppl go too far.<\/p>\n

This woman is a press wrangler acting well within the norms of her job.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s focus on the actually outrageous actions of the Trump Admin \u2014 there\u2019re plenty of them!<\/p>\n

Tweets like this hurt the cause. https:\/\/t.co\/aBiMb8voeu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stefanie Feldman (@StefFeldman) September 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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