A sparring match started Tuesday afternoon between the Twitter account of Rep. Matt Manweller’s and the Seattlish blog, following a KUOW segment where Manweller said the gender pay gap is a thing of the past.
.@MManweller: Most credible research done suggests gender pay gap has essentially gone away. It's nowhere near 77 cents #KUOWrecord
— KUOW Public Radio (@KUOW) April 4, 2017
The Ellensburg Republican responded, through Twitter, to people who disputed his claim. He cited articles from right-leaning organizations, Forbes and the Washington Post to back up his position.
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849349200269778945
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849350376495218693
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849353708668428289
The discussion got a tad more heated as more folks got involved, including the liberal-leaning publication Seattlish.
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849354577291948032
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849356888781271040
Matt. pic.twitter.com/vyWBsaQuiC
— Seattlish (@seattlish) April 4, 2017
Then the argument veered away from equal pay.
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849360300348510208
Yeah kind of can’t get over the fact that Matt Manweller thinks that people shouldn’t be able to vote if he thinks they’re stupid.
— Seattlish (@seattlish) April 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/MManweller/status/849363240278773761
Erin Fenner: erin@washingtonstatewire.com, @erinfenner
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