Federalist Editor Who Whined About ‘Third World’ D.C. Can’t Stop Instagramming It
Kylee Zempel called it the “District of Disgust” and “Third World” in an essay but said it was a “dazzling city” on her Instagram.
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An editor for conservative publication The Federalist called Washington, D.C. “the Third World” and the “District of Disgust” in a fiery essay arguing against the proposal to make the capital a state. But on Instagram, she’s telling a different story. Captioning a sunset photo of the Washington Monument, Kylee Zempel wrote, “I live here. Don’t think I’ll ever get over that…” In other posts, first shared by CNN fact checker Daniel Dale, she called D.C. a “dazzling city” and one of its snow-covered neighborhoods “beautywood.” She wrote that she hopes “they never find a cure” for “Potomac Fever” in another post. The House of Representatives recently passed bill that would make D.C. its own state but it’s unclear if it will clear the Senate.
LOL the Federalist person who wrote this garbage has an Instagram full of lovely shots of DC and captions in which she calls it a “dazzling city,” compliments one of its areas as “beautywood,” says she’ll never get over how she lives here, and refers to her “Potomac Fever.” https://t.co/Y0rhx7G1g7 pic.twitter.com/M0vrNBgtKE
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 1, 2021
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