<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/met-gala"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Met Gala</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is known for over-the-top </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fashion"><span style="font-weight: 400;">fashion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> looks and A-list </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">celebrities</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, but this year it was literal vermin who stole the show.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photographers took a break from snapping pics of Jared Leto wearing a gigantic cat costume to capture stills of an unexpected interloper. “Roach Roacherson,” as People magazine dubbed the little critter, got all the attention while creeping across the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roach Roacherson has arrived! 🤭🪳 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> <a href="https://t.co/ag8OkbflNA">pic.twitter.com/ag8OkbflNA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; People (@people) <a href="https://twitter.com/people/status/1653212300902367235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The cockroach quickly went viral on social media. &#8220;Imagine a cockroach outdressing everyone at the met gala,&#8221; one person </span><a href="https://twitter.com/everytimepov/status/1653216130817830912"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Celebrity photographer Kevin Mazur proudly </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1653219269319217153"><span style="font-weight: 400;">posed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with his photo of the roach while grinning ear to ear. “That photographer is acting like he&#8217;s about to take the picture that will make his career,” one reaction said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ultimately, the roach met his demise on the carpet after getting squished.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It is with deep sadness that we must report the #MetGala cockroach was stepped on. #RIP,” Variety tweeted alongside an image of the squashed bug.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year&#8217;s Met Gala was a tribute to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019. The party featured eye-catching fashion to celebrate the theme. &#8220;Celebrities, designers, and change-makers are challenged to create costumes that serve as both a fashion statement and a tribute to the concept,&#8221; Vogue </span><a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-themes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the event’s fashion designs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though Lagerfeld was a titan of the fashion world following his decades-long work with the luxury brand Chanel, he was a controversial figure due to his “fatphobia.” He was also critical of the #MeToo movement. This led to some critics questioning this year’s Met Gala theme.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He offended people right and left, making as much of an art out of the cutting aside as the perfectly cut double-face gown,” New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote following the German designer’s death.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He judged, and knew he would be judged himself, but he didn’t care. Rather, he embraced it,” she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leftist activist Jameela Jamil was openly critical of Lagerfeld being this year’s theme. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Why is THIS who we celebrate when there are so many AMAZING designers out there who aren’t bigoted white men? What happened to everyone’s principles and ‘advocacy.’ You don’t get to stand for justice in these areas, and then attend the celebration of someone who reveled in his own public disdain for marginalized people,” Jamil said, per <a href="https://apnews.com/article/who-is-karl-lagerfeld-met-gala-b0b79b075176852738713635080c6e2a">AP</a>.</span></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/giselle-bundchen">Gisele Bundchen</a> definitely turned heads when she showed up at the 2023 Met Gala in New York City on Monday, solo for the first time in more than a decade following her divorce to NFL star Tom Brady in October 2022.</p>
<p>The 42-year-old supermodel hit the red carpet decked out in a feathered cape and a floor-length white sequined gown from the Chanel Spring-Summer 2007 Couture for this year&#8217;s theme of &#8220;in honor of Karl [Lagerfeld],&#8221; the famed German fashion designer who passed away in 2019 at the age of 85.</p>
<p>The model spoke briefly to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCTW4pckDo">Vogue</a> about choosing her look for the annual event.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gisele Bündchen shines while going solo on her first <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> carpet since her divorce from Tom Brady. 🤍 More pics: <a href="https://t.co/nH9Vw9K3aU">https://t.co/nH9Vw9K3aU</a>… <a href="https://t.co/bFLRtkFYDJ">pic.twitter.com/bFLRtkFYDJ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; ExtraTV (@extratv) <a href="https://twitter.com/extratv/status/1653168262560251904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;He [Lagerfeld] was a lovely man,&#8221; Bunchen said. &#8220;So, I&#8217;m happy to be here to honor him. This dress is vintage Chanel.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I wore this dress in a 2006 &#8230; or 2007 in an editorial with [Lagerfeld], I wore the same dress,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So when I was picking a dress, I was like, which dress that is going to be the dress.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And I thought, this is going to be the one,&#8221; Bundchen continued. &#8220;Bye guys. Take care.&#8221;</p>
<p>The editorial she referenced with Lagerfeld can be seen below.</p>
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<p lang="de" dir="ltr">Gisele Bündchen for the 2023 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a>. <a href="https://t.co/8gpoKWljo6">pic.twitter.com/8gpoKWljo6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1653161673522556934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The retired Victoria&#8217;s Secret model is a staple of the annual fashion showcase. She first attended back in 2003, <a href="https://people.com/style/met-gala-2023-gisele-bundchen-hits-red-carpet-solo-first-time-without-ex-tom-brady-photos/https://people.com/style/met-gala-2023-gisele-bundchen-hits-red-carpet-solo-first-time-without-ex-tom-brady-photos/">People magazine</a> noted.</p>
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<p lang="de" dir="ltr">Gisele Bündchen on her way to the 2023 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MetGala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MetGala</a> <a href="https://t.co/iS8fTkZZQH">pic.twitter.com/iS8fTkZZQH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; @21metgala (@21metgala) <a href="https://twitter.com/21metgala/status/1653161139033759753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>When the model hit the red carpet in 2006 at the Met Gala, it would be the last time she would attend as a single girl. Gisele and the Superbowl-winning QB would quickly become a staple, appearing together at the glitzy annual affair for the next 15 years.</p>
<p>The supermodel recently broke her silence on her divorce from Brady after 13 years of marriage and hit back at rumors about what lead to their divorce, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gisele-bundchen-breaks-silence-about-tom-brady-divorce-weighs-in-on-rumors">reported</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I was 26 years old and he was 29 years old, we met, we wanted a family, we wanted things together,&#8221; Bündchen explained. &#8220;As time goes by, we realize that we just wanted different things, and now we have a choice to make.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;That doesn’t mean you don&#8217;t love the person,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It just means that in order for you to be authentic and truly live the life that you want to live, you have to have somebody who can meet you in the middle, right? It&#8217;s a dance. It&#8217;s a balance.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;When you love someone, you don&#8217;t put them in a jail and say, &#8216;You have to live this life,'&#8221; she continued. &#8220;You set them free to be who they are, and if you want to fly the same direction, then that&#8217;s amazing.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-posts-cryptic-quote-about-betrayal-after-gisele-bundchen-breaks-silence-on-their-divorce">Tom Brady Posts Cryptic Quote About &#8216;Betrayal&#8217; After Gisele Bündchen Breaks Silence On Their Divorce</a></strong></p>


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<p><em>This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Manhunt For Accused Illegal Alien Murderer</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Texas authorities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-5-neighbors-in-texas-was-deported-5-times-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are offering a $130,000 reward</a> for information leading to the arrest of Francisco Oropesa. Oropesa is accused of killing five individuals, including an eight-year-old child Friday night. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oropesa is reportedly an illegal alien who has been deported multiple times. </span></p>
<p><strong>Ford Motor Company To Import SUVs From China</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a historic first, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-decline-ford-to-manufacture-import-lincoln-suvs-from-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford Motor Company</a> will soon begin importing the Lincoln Nautilus SUV from China. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> This marks the first time ever that Ford will manufacture a car in China for U.S. import. The SUVs will be an electric-gasoline hybrid powertrain and a Ford executive said that making the SUVs in China was the most practical decision. Previously, these vehicles were manufactured and imported from Canada.  “We’re already building Nautilus in China,” Lincoln President Dianne Craig </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in mid-April. “It just made sense to centralize our Nautilus production.” Now, industry experts are calling for higher auto tariffs on China to encourage car companies to increase U.S. domestic production of vehicles and manufacturing. </span></p>
<p><strong>American Airlines Authorize Strike</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Airlines pilots have voted to authorize a strike just as the busy summer travel season begins. The union, which represents 15 thousand pilots, is asking for a raise and better working conditions from the Texas-based company. A spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association says the current scheduling has them feeling maxed out. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">But don’t cancel your travel plans yet – both sides say they are close to reaching an agreement. </span></p>
<p><strong>Banking Update</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">JPMorgan Chase</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jpmorgan-chase-the-nations-largest-bank-acquires-first-republic-bank-after-government-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> assumed</a> control of First Republic Bank on Monday after it collapsed due to turmoil in the financial sector. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The San Francisco-based bank, which collapsed in March after a run from depositors, was acquired Monday by JPMorgan Chase – already the largest bank in the U.S. and the largest bank in the world by market capitalization. JPMorgan will now acquire all of First Republic’s $103.9 billion in deposits and most of the bank’s $229.1 billion in assets. The offices controlled by the First Republic opened today as branches of JPMorgan Chase.</span></p>
<p><strong>National Police Association Suing For Nashville Shooter Manifesto</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The National Police Association is <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-national-police-association-files-suit-to-obtain-the-nashville-shooter-manifesto-301811954.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suing the governments</a> of Nashville and Davidson County for their refusal to disclose the manifesto of the Nashville shooter. </span><b> </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">The police association’s open records request asked for all writings by Audrey Hale recovered by Nashville PD during the March 27th raid. The request also asks for all records and communications, including emails and texts, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">to and from</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Nashville PD that mention or relate to the writings. The association wants to find out whether Nashville PD has faced political pressure to keep information hidden related to the shooting. </span></p>
<p><strong>Met Gala Monday Night</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, tonight, stars will take to the red carpet for the Met Gala in New York City, which is always held on the first Monday in May. This year&#8217;s event will be centered around the late Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld is best known for revitalizing Chanel in the 1980s after the luxury brand experienced a period of decline after the death of its namesake founder. </span></p>
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<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez truly despises the 1%, so much so that when she attended the world’s number one social event for the rich and famous — attended by the top 0.000002% — she wore a dress emblazoned with a slash of red that said &#8220;Tax The Rich.&#8221;</p>
<p>But the Democratic socialist has, once again, proved her deep hypocrisy and sense of entitlement. She had begged for free tickets (worth $70,000), stiffed the makers of her dress and the hotel where she stayed for months, and then sought to cover up the whole mess, according to House investigators probing her for ethics violations.</p>
<p>AOC makes $174,000 a year — putting her far ahead of the average American — drives a Tesla, and lives in a luxury apartment building in a posh D.C. neighborhood where even a studio apartment costs more than $2,000 a month (she&#8217;s got an infinity pool, which might equal her ego).</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s <em>still</em> not enough. The 33-year-old former bartender decided she wanted to rub elbows with the rich and beautiful people in Manhattan at the 2021 annual Met Gala. But she didn&#8217;t want to pay. Please. A pair of tickets costs $70,000 — if you could get them. It&#8217;s pretty much an invite-only kinda&#8217; deal.</p>
<p>So the media darling traded off her position to get an invite — helped along &#8220;after much prodding by her campaign staffer,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/05/aoc-begged-to-go-to-met-gala-even-if-it-meant-breaking-the-rules/">reported</a>. She cozied up to the super-famous Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who runs the Gala, and got an invitation for her and her boyfriend that said they&#8217;d be &#8220;guests of Vogue.&#8221;</p>
<p>But new documents from the Congressional Ethics Committee investigation into her attendance revealed that her lawyers had cautioned her against attending the Gala, noting that she couldn&#8217;t accept a gift that large. The rule is clear: Lawmakers are prohibited from accepting gifts from companies that use lobbyists which Vogue&#8217;s parent company, Advance Media Publications, does.</p>
<p>In a message to her staff before the Gala, an attorney for AOC advised her how she could attend legally. &#8220;&#8216;The Congresswoman could accept an invitation from [the Met], but not from Vogue,&#8217; he wrote, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11813881/Substantial-reason-believe-AOC-violated-ethics-committee-says.html">according</a> to the Daily Mail. &#8220;Since Advance Publications is a registered lobbyist, we&#8217;ll need to be extra careful!&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s seems pretty clear. But AOC attended anyway, making a splash with <em>that</em> dress. Shortly afterward, the documents show she (or maybe her staff), sought to downplay it all. Damn the little people, let them eat &#8230; whatever they eat, who knows.</p>
<p>Then the coverup began, The Mail reported.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The day after the gala however, Vogue staffers reached out to AOC&#8217;s office to inform them they had received a number of media inquiries about the nature of the congresswoman&#8217;s attendance, and to say they were telling outlets she had been Wintour&#8217;s personal guest instead of saying she was a guest of the magazine.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;&#8216;Hope the [C]ongresswoman had a great time last night!,&#8217; a Vogue staffer wrote. &#8216;We have had a number of inquiries re: AOC&#8217;s invitation and if she paid for her ticket. Mainly from Page Six,'&#8221; of the New York Post.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;We also alerted the museum. Given that she was a guest of Vogue, we were planning to say on background that she was a guest of Anna [Wintour]&#8217;s. Of course wanted to check with you before responding.'&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Huh. Sure seems like a lot of revisionist history. So, there&#8217;s that.</p>
<p>But there&#8217;s so much more that has emerged from the House probe that shows the true nature of AOC.</p>
<p>The documents also show that AOC was billed $1,300 for her dress, but her staff was able to cut $1,100 cut off the price tag, along with getting the price of her $635 shoes knocked down by listing them as rentals, too, the Mail reported.</p>
<p>The socialist then failed to pay back thousands of dollars in bills from the Gala night, including $344.85 in makeup costs that had to be passed on to a collections agency as &#8220;extremely overdue.&#8221;</p>
<p>She also took so long to pay back $477.73 for hair styling that a a rep for the stylist &#8220;reached out to her staff and said &#8216;it would look terrible if we had to file a complaint with the NY Dept of Labor against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,'&#8221; the Mail reported. It took her nearly a year to pay that bill, Business Insider <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/aoc-only-paid-for-her-met-gala-outfit-and-other-possible-impermissible-gifts-after-investigators-asked-about-it-ethics-agency-finds/ar-AA189m9Q">reported</a>.</p>
<p>And it took eight months for her to pay more than $1,000 for transportation that was footed by Conde Nast, and she took nearly a year to pay $4,602.92 in bills at the Carlisle Hotel from the evening, according to the Post.</p>
<p>&#8220;In addition, a publicist associated with the company that supplied Ocasio-Cortez with her rental items — a gown, a handbag and shoes — provided a final invoice to the campaign staffer in September 2021 for about $990, but it went unpaid for months. The company then identified in April that $5,579.99 worth of unpaid goods and services had been provided to Ocasio-Cortez and her partner for the event, the report said,&#8221; NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-ethics-panel-investigate-ocasio-cortez-met-gala-gifts-rcna73182">reported</a>.</p>
<p>By the way, it&#8217;s worth noting that AOC only paid her bills after House investigators began their probe.</p>
<p>As liberals do, AOC passed the buck. It wasn&#8217;t her, it was her incompetent staff.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just never, ever, ever would have allowed that to happen knowing what I have learned, but that I wasn&#8217;t privy to the invoices, wasn&#8217;t privy to the ones that had been sent,&#8221; she told investigators, the Mail reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;And it is just a deeply regrettable situation. I feel l terrible for especially the small businesses that were impacted.&#8221; She then pulled a great Nixonian excuse: &#8220;There was a ball that was dropped.&#8221;</p>
<p>Aw, poor AOC. Everyone she has hired is incompetent. That&#8217;s horrible.</p>
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<p>AOC brought in her lawyer, David Mitrani, to explain. He said the congresswoman &#8220;finds these [payment] delays unacceptable, and she has taken several steps to ensure nothing of this nature will ever happen again.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ocasio-Cortez talks a good game about the oppressed &#8230; but the businesses she owed money to <em>are </em>the oppressed. And AOC didn&#8217;t give a whit about them until investigators came asking questions.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s another Democratic socialist in Congress, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He owns three houses and is a multimillionaire.</p>
<p>AOC is well on her way to following in his footsteps.</p>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>
<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.</em></p>


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<p class="p1">Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) is being <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/11/21/rep-maloney-facing-ethics-investigation-over-met-gala-attendance/?sh=2b0b3ce4ae30" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigated</a> over her attendance at the Met Gala in recent years.</p>
<p class="p1">In June, the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/OCE%20Report%20and%20Findings_14.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">created</span></a> its report related to the allegations made against Maloney and her attendance at the 2021 Met gala.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The board found that “there is substantial reason to believe that [Maloney] solicited or accepted impermissible gifts associated with her attendance at the Met Gala.” The board recommended that the House of Representatives&#8217; Committee on Ethics continue to look into the allegation that she “may have solicited or accepted impermissible gifts associated with her attendance at the Met Gala.”</p>
<p>The Committee on Ethics put out a press <a href="https://ethics.house.gov/press-releases/statement-acting-chairwoman-and-acting-ranking-member-committee-ethics-regarding-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release</a> on Monday, explaining that it will continue to review the subject. It also released the OCE&#8217;s Report and Findings.</p>
<p class="p1">The board&#8217;s findings detail that even though Maloney told the OCE that she had always been invited to the Met Gala, and had never asked to be invited, that wasn’t true. In 2016, she called a former president of the Met to ask to be invited. The former president said Maloney was “unhappy to say the least that she is not receiving an invitation to the party of the year,” adding how Maloney “went on about how much she does for The Met.”</p>
<p class="p1">Maloney has also taken steps to get federal funds and grants for the Met. One of the witnesses explained how Maloney has helped the Met saying,“…all of them [government officials], as I like to say, have been our champions and have really articulated what we do here in terms of education and community outreach with their various colleagues at those levels of government. For us it has been invaluable just like being, I like to say, a cheerleader for the museum.”</p>
<p class="p1">When questioned, Maloney doubled down and said she did not remember ever calling people at the Met over whether or not she was invited to the gala.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">Further evidence showed that Maloney might have asked to be invited to the Met Gala in 2020, as well, which was <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/21/ethics-panel-probes-rep-carolyn-maloneys-met-gala-invites"><span class="s1">canceled</span></a> due to the pandemic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p1">The OCE discovered that Maloney was invited to the Met Gala every year after her 2016 request. White House regulations allow Members of Congress to go to charitable events only if they “accept unsolicited offers of free attendance,” according to the report.</p>
<p class="p1">“Representative Maloney is confident that the House Ethics Committee will dismiss this matter,” a spokesperson for Maloney told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Although the Committee has not made any determination a violation occurred, she is disappointed by the unproven and disputed allegations in the report issued by Office of Congressional Ethics and strongly disagrees with its referral.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">Maloney is <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/23/jerry-nadler-beats-carolyn-maloney-in-ny-house-democratic-primary.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="s1">leaving</span></a> office in January after she lost her primary to Representative Jerry Nadler for the twelfth congressional district in New York that was recently <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/final-new-york-congressional-map-sets-thorny-democratic-primaries-rcna30011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-drawn</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>


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Ethics Committee Investigating Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Over Met Gala Invites

House Committee On Ethics Investigating New York Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Over Met Gala Invites

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<p>Ripley&#8217;s Believe It Or Not! slammed claims that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a> &#8220;in any way&#8221; damaged Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s iconic dress after a collector said the gown was &#8220;significantly damaged&#8221; after the reality star wore it to the 2022 Met Gala.</p>
<p>In a statement posted Thursday on its <a href="https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/debunking-dress-damage/">website</a>, Ripley&#8217;s said during the brief time &#8220;The Kardashians&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">star</a> borrowed the dress to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-hits-met-gala-in-dress-worn-by-marilyn-monroe-when-she-sang-happy-birthday-mr-president-to-jfk">wear on the red carpet</a> in May, great care was taken and that she &#8220;did not, in any way, damage the garment.&#8221; Monroe famously wore the dress when she sang &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; to former President John F. Kennedy in 1962.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our mission is to both entertain and educate visitors and fans, and sparking conversations like the discourse around Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s dress does just that,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;No matter which side of the debate you are on, the historical importance of the dress has not been negated, but rather highlighted. An entirely new group of young people have now been introduced to the legacy of Marilyn Monroe.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Kim Kardashian wearing the &#8216;Happy Birthday&#8217; dress has been hotly contested, but the fact remains that she did not, in any way, damage the garment in the short amount of time it was worn at the Met Gala,&#8221; the statement added.</p>
<p>&#8220;From the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in,&#8221; Ripley&#8217;s VP of Publishing and Licensing, Amanda Joiner, noted.</p>
<p>The statement shared a report in 2017 on the dress that it said noted &#8220;a number of the seams are pulled and worn. This is not surprising given how delicate the material is. There is puckering at the back by the hooks and eyes,&#8221; among other examples of damage.</p>
<p>Earlier in the week, Collector Scott Fortner called the decision by Ripley&#8217;s to allow the reality star to wear it &#8220;irresponsible&#8221; and showed what he said was proof that the dress was &#8220;significantly damaged&#8221; and is &#8220;irreparable,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marilyn-monroes-iconic-dress-is-significantly-damaged-after-kim-kardashian-wore-to-met-gala-collector-claims">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I do feel that it [was] irresponsible, this is not just a dress,&#8221; Fortner explained. &#8220;This is a cultural icon. It’s a political icon. It’s a Hollywood icon. It&#8217;s part of American history from an event that happened 60 years ago and … it should have been archived and preserved and taken care of.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fortner, who is the curator of the world&#8217;s largest private collection of Monroe’s personal property and archives, shared several before and after photos on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cev-Ur4Lfas/?hl=en">Instagram</a> of the sparkling, sleeveless form-fitted gown embellished with thousands of crystals, noting how after the reality star wore the dress, it was now &#8220;missing crystals&#8221; with some &#8220;left hanging by a thread.&#8221;</p>
<p>The collector said he wasn’t upset with Kardashian for wearing it, but with Ripley&#8217;s for loaning out a piece of Hollywood history. After Ripley&#8217;s released the statement Thursday, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce4ED3mvpx1/">Fortner once again took</a> to his social media and disputed the claim that the dress was not in great shape in 2017.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s look at before/after photos, taken 52 days apart,&#8221; the collector&#8217;s post read. &#8220;These are screenshots from Ripley&#8217;s IG from May 2, and this fitting occurred on 4/21. The right photo was taken by @1morrisette on 6/12. By my count, there are seven crystals missing from the gown in the after photo, which were present during the fitting. The screenshots show only a portion of the dress. There are likely many more missing.&#8221;</p>


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Ripley’s Slams Claim Kim Kardashian ‘In Any Way’ Damaged Marilyn Monroe’s Iconic Dress

Ripley’s Rebuts Claim Kim Kardashian Damaged Marilyn Monroe’s Dress

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<p>Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s iconic dress has been &#8220;significantly damaged&#8221; and is &#8220;irreparable&#8221; after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a> wore it briefly to the 2022 Met Gala, a collector claimed.</p>
<p>The Hollywood legend famously wore the dress when she sang &#8220;Happy Birthday&#8221; to former President John F. Kennedy on his birthday in 1962. It has since been preserved until the &#8220;Keeping Up with the Kardashians&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-hits-met-gala-in-dress-worn-by-marilyn-monroe-when-she-sang-happy-birthday-mr-president-to-jfk">wore</a> it in May to the annual gala. Collector Scott Fortner has called the decision by Ripley&#8217;s Believe It or Not! to allow the reality star to wear it &#8220;irresponsible&#8221; and more, Yahoo News <a href="https://nz.news.yahoo.com/kim-kardashian-significantly-damaged-marilyn-150346269.html">reported</a> in a piece published Tuesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I do feel that it [was] irresponsible, this is not just a dress,&#8221; Fortner explained. &#8220;This is a cultural icon. It&#8217;s a political icon. It&#8217;s a Hollywood icon. It&#8217;s part of American history from an event that happened 60 years ago and … it should have been archived and preserved and taken care of.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the disappointment that I&#8217;m experiencing is Ripley has made multiple statements that they were doing everything that they could to protect and preserve the gown,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Fortner, who is the curator of the world&#8217;s largest private collection of Monroe&#8217;s personal property and archives, shared several before and after photos on his <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cev-Ur4Lfas/?hl=en">Instagram</a> of the sparkling, sleeveless form-fitted gown embellished with thousands of crystals, noting how after the reality star wore the dress it was now &#8220;missing crystals&#8221; with some &#8220;left hanging by a thread.&#8221;</p>
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<p>He also shared that the damage is &#8220;irreparable&#8221; because the fabric no longer exists.</p>
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<p>&#8220;So much for keeping &#8216;the integrity of the dress and the preservation&#8217;,&#8221; the collector shared in his post. &#8220;Was it worth it? Without question, the damage is significant.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Fortner made it clear that he wasn&#8217;t upset with &#8220;The Kardashians&#8221; star for wearing it, but with Ripley&#8217;s for loaning out a piece of Hollywood history.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think a lot of people are really kind of coming down really hard on Kim Kardashian and that&#8217;s not my attempt here. It&#8217;s the most famous dress in the world,&#8221; the collector told Yahoo News.</p>
<p>According to Yahoo News, after the gala, Ripley&#8217;s Believe It or Not! responded to the initial backlash about allowing the dress to be worn and said, &#8220;Great care was taken to preserve this piece of pop culture history. This was no easy decision for Ripley&#8217;s, however, Kim Kardashian has continued to show the utmost respect for this opportunity and historic garment.&#8221;</p>


The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” – Street Sightings

Marilyn Monroe’s Iconic Dress Is ‘Significantly Damaged’ After Kim Kardashian Wore To Met Gala, Collector Claims

Marilyn Monroe’s Iconic Dress Is ‘Significantly Damaged’ After Kim Kardashian Wore It, Collector Claims

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amber Heard said in court that her relationship with Elon Musk began when then-husband Johnny Depp stood her up at the 2016 Met Gala.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actress explained the connection as part of her testimony during Depp’s ongoing defamation trial, Mediaite </span><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/amber-heard-says-relationship-with-elon-musk-sparked-at-2016-met-gala-after-depp-stood-me-up/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Heard began by telling the jury how she arrived at “fashion’s biggest night” solo that year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I got out of the car and walked the red carpet by myself, escorted by somebody from Ralph Lauren’s team and I sat next to an empty place setting for Johnny that they cleared as soon as they realized he had effectively stood me up on the red carpet,” the “Aquaman” alum explained.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heard next explained her run-in with Musk.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I didn’t recognize him until we started talking. He’d reminded me we’d met once before,” she said. “We spoke on the red carpet in the waiting line. He seemed like a real gentleman, he was really nice.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heard recalled how Musk “sat at a nearby table” during the gala and that the pair “got to speaking” and “eventually became friends.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Musk and Heard were romantically linked beginning in 2016, a month after she filed for divorce from Depp. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor claims that Heard was cheating on him with Musk way before that and throughout their marriage. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Daily Wire </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-about-elon-musk-and-amber-heards-relationship-revealed-during-defamation-trial"><span style="font-weight: 400;">previously reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Musk and Heard’s text communications were subpoenaed as part of the investigation but that the world’s richest man would not be required to testify.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Court documents indicated that Musk visited Depp’s penthouse “late at night” while the actor was not at home. The 50-year-old Tesla founder was also allegedly given parking garage access. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Musk’s first appearance in Mr. Depp’s penthouse occurred shortly after Ms. Heard threw a vodka bottle at Mr. Depp in Australia, when she learned that Mr. Depp wanted the couple to enter into a post-nuptial agreement concerning assets in their marriage. Ms. Heard’s violently aimed projectile virtually severed Mr. Depp’s middle finger on his right hand and shattered the bones,” court documents state.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A representative for Musk denied that Musk and Heard’s relationship overlapped with her marriage to Depp.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Elon and Amber didn’t start seeing each other until May 2016, and even then it was infrequent. Their relationship didn’t become romantic until some time later,” the statement said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One email exchange between Heard and talent agent Christian Carino provided more insight. “I hate when things go public,” Heard wrote in August 2017.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You weren’t in love with him and you told me a thousand times you were just filling space,” Carino replied.</span></p>


“Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala – Arrivals

Amber Heard Said She Connected With Elon Musk When Johnny Depp ‘Stood Me Up’ At The 2016 Met Gala

Amber Heard Spoke To Elon Musk When Johnny Depp 'Stood Her Up' At The 2016 Met Gala

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<p>Elon Musk slammed multiple stories Friday that he deemed as &#8220;false&#8221; while also revealing what his focus will be when he becomes Twitter&#8217;s new CEO.</p>
<p>Two of the stories related to his acquisition of Twitter last month, which was unanimously approved by the company&#8217;s board of directors in a $44 billion sale valued at $54.20 per share and is in the process of being finalized.</p>
<p>&#8220;If Twitter acquisition completes, company will be super focused on hardcore software engineering, design, infosec &amp; server hardware,&#8221; Musk tweeted. &#8220;I strongly believe that all managers in a technical area must be technically excellent. Managers in software must write great software or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride a horse!&#8221;</p>
<p>Musk also addressed a report from the New York Post that <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/donald-trump-quietly-encouraged-elon-musk-to-buy-twitter/">claimed</a> former President Donald Trump had quietly &#8220;encouraged&#8221; Musk to buy the platform.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is false,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;I’ve had no communication, directly or indirectly, with Trump, who has publicly stated that he will be exclusively on Truth Social.&#8221;</p>
<p>Musk has previously called the name of Trump&#8217;s company &#8220;terrible,&#8221; saying that &#8220;it should be called Trumpet instead.&#8221;</p>
<p>Musk also addressed a post from a random Twitter account, which originally had <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20220505221848/https://twitter.com/newypost/status/1522339844139196416">pretended</a> to be the New York Post before changing its name and photo, that claimed Musk had asked a woman out to attend the recent Met Gala and that he was rejected.</p>
<p>&#8220;It girl, model, singer, songwriter, Sky Ferreira declines date with Elon Musk after being asked by his team at the 2022’s Met Gala,&#8221; the tweet claimed without evidence.</p>
<p>Musk&#8217;s mother, Maye Musk, who attended the event with her son, responded to the tweet, &#8220;There was no team. I was with Elon. So, NO.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn’t ask anyone out or request particular seating,&#8221; Musk responded. &#8220;This rumor originated from a parody account, but got picked up by real media &amp; twitter trends (sigh).&#8221;</p>
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The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” – Arrivals

Musk Slams ‘False’ Stories About Trump And Asking A Woman Out; Reveals Focus For Work At Twitter

Elon Musk Slams 'False' Stories About Talking To Donald Trump, Asking Woman Out At Met Gala; Reveals Upcoming Twitter Focus

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<p>&#8220;Riverdale&#8221; actress Lili Reinhart slammed stars who she said &#8220;openly&#8221; admitted to &#8220;starving themselves&#8221; to fit into their outfits for their appearances at the Met Gala, calling it beyond &#8220;wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riverdale-star-apologizes-for-topless-photo-to-demand-justice-for-breonna-taylor-death">25-year-old</a> didn&#8217;t name any specific celebrities in her posts on her Instagram story, but made it clear that stars who gave interviews on the red carpet of the big gala in New York City Monday were completely forgetting that &#8220;millions of young men and women are looking up to you,&#8221; <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1329585/lili-reinhart-slams-starving-celebs-at-met-gala-after-kim-kardashian-admits-to-strict-diet?cmpid=social_instagram_bio%26source%3Dinstagram-enews%26medium%3Dlink-post">reported</a> E! News.</p>
<p>&#8220;To walk on a red carpet and do an interview where you say how starving you are&#8230; because you haven&#8217;t eaten carbs in the last month&#8230;all to fit in a f***ing dress?&#8221;  Reinhart shared. &#8220;So wrong. So f***ed on 100s of levels.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;To openly admit to starving yourself for the sake of the Met Gala,&#8221; she added.  &#8220;When you know very well that millions of young men and women are looking up to you and listening to your every word. The ignorance is other-worldly disgusting.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Please stop supporting these stupid, harmful celebrities whose entire image revolves around their bodies,&#8221; Reinhart continued. &#8220;I am not generally an angry person but I swear to god, the toxicity of this industry sometimes really gets to me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Reality star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-hits-met-gala-in-dress-worn-by-marilyn-monroe-when-she-sang-happy-birthday-mr-president-to-jfk">Kim Kardashian</a> did an interview with <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/kim-kardashian-met-gala-2022">Vogue</a> magazine about cutting out &#8220;all sugar and all carbs&#8221; so she could fit into the actual dress that Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe wore in 1962 when the late star famously sang &#8220;Happy Birthday, Mr. President,&#8221; to John F. Kennedy.</p>
<p>&#8220;I always thought she was extremely curvy,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-laughs-about-sex-tape-after-previously-breaking-down-when-6-year-old-son-gets-pop-up-ad-about-unreleased-footage">Kardashian</a> shared. &#8220;I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. So when it didn&#8217;t fit me I wanted to cry because it can&#8217;t be altered at all.&#8221;</p>
<p>So, Kim said there was only one plan to fit the dress, which was to be &#8220;so strict&#8221; with herself.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein,&#8221; &#8220;The Kardashians&#8221; star explained. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t starve myself, but I was so strict.&#8221;</p>


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‘To Fit In A F***ing Dress’: Actress Slams Stars ‘Openly’ Admitting ‘To Starving’ Themselves For Met Gala

Lili Reinhart Slams Stars Admitting To 'Starving Themselves' For 2022 Met Gala

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cardi B insists she was just joking around when she urged partygoers to “turn the f*** up” and “take a line” while partying after the Met Gala Monday night. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Bodak Yellow” rapper reacted to backlash following her comments, insisting she’s always getting into trouble with media and fans and wishes she could return to anonymity. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, turned heads while walking the red carpet in a gold Versace dress. Later she was caught on camera trying to get the party started by encouraging everyone to get hyped with alcohol and cocaine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/05/03/cardi-b-was-just-joking-about-cocaine-at-met-gala-party/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Six</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Cardi stood on top of the bar of the Standard and told the crowd, “Take a shot right now, everybody take a line.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A video clip revealed the “WAP” singer saying, “Make sure you got your drinks, make sure y’all do your little [lines]. Whatever the f*** you have to do. We got to turn the f*** up. I want everybody dancing!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some people weren’t pleased with these comments, which led Cardi B to do an Instagram Live to defend herself. That’s when she explained the whole thing was a “joke.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The singer went on to describe herself as the celebrity “that always be in the principal’s office.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Fame has turned me into a prisoner,” she said. “I make one joke as a hostess because I am hosting a party and it gets twisted. Why can’t every celebrity joke around and say slick s***?” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m tired. I can’t be myself anymore,” Cardi B continued. “Anything that will go on social media is always bad. If I could click my f***ing feet three times and go back to f***ing 2013 when I was just a regular b****, dancing and making money every single night, that is where I want to be. That’s when I was me.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to becoming famous, the “I Like It” rapper worked as a stripper and is proud of that past.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There was also alleged drama between Cardi B and singer Billie Eilish that the rapper says was not true. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the clip where Cardi tells the crowd to do cocaine, Eilish can be seen turning to a friend and saying, “&#8230;so weird.” The two performers addressed what happened via social media, according to </span><a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-billie-eilish-met-gala-video-drama-1235066361/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Billboard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I hate the internet cause one, how do y’all turn one of the most lit parties into drama? Two, Ocean eyes is the song I cater to my daughter. Three,Billie is my fuckin baby.Yesterday, from the met to the party, everything was drama free. Why do yallwanna turn everything into mess? <a href="https://t.co/cyph1XbmE2">pic.twitter.com/cyph1XbmE2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Cardi B (@iamcardib) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1521541820966129664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh my god I was so worried that you were going to see that. I was f***ing calling the people around you weird because everybody was coming up to you and shoving your their phones into your a**! And I was  like, ‘Just look at her with your eyes!&#8217;” Eilish says in an audio clip. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cardi B replies, “The internet is trying to divide us. They don’t understand you’re my baby.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I hate the internet cause one, how do y’all turn one of the most lit parties into drama?” the “Bodak Yellow” singer put in the caption. “Two, Ocean Eyes is the song I cater to my daughter. Three, Billie is my f***in baby. Yesterday, from the Met to the party, everything was drama free. Why do y’all wanna turn everything into mess?”</span></p>
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Cardi B Addresses Claim She Told Crowd To Do Cocaine At Met Gala Afterparty, Said It Was ‘A Joke’

Cardi B At Met Gala Afterparty Tells Crowd To Do Cocaine, Later Calls It 'A Joke'

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<p>Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday evening attended the star-studded 2022 Met Gala, where the maskless liberal politician took some heat for tone-deaf messaging.</p>
<p>Photos snapped at the event show Clinton, maskless, posing in her Joseph Altuzarra-designed silk satin gown, as people seemingly working the event fix her dress behind her.</p>
<p>In one glaring photo circulating on social media, a black male, who is wearing a mask, fluffs up the back of Clinton&#8217;s dress, as the former secretary of state smiles on.</p>
<p>Notably, Clinton is a big time proponent of advocating masking. In 2020, she linked up to <a href="https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/j-j-pitches-masking-for-a-friend-campaign-joins-pandemic-coalition-working-for-now-and">star</a> in a social media campaign backed by Johnson &amp; Johnson to urge others to mask-up. And as recently as February, the Democrat was spotted sporting a mask outdoors.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one of the moments captured at the ritzy event:</p>
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<p>&#8220;A picture&#8217;s worth a thousand words,&#8221; conservative Greg Price captioned a similar photo of Clinton.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A picture&#39;s worth a thousand words <a href="https://t.co/LJIJsHcnjh">pic.twitter.com/LJIJsHcnjh</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1521288370994954243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;They are better than you,&#8221; Ian Miles Cheong succinctly put it.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">They are better than you. <a href="https://t.co/UU9BzAJDKy">pic.twitter.com/UU9BzAJDKy</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1521290529266597888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Popular podcast host and political Twitter account @ComfortablySmug posted the image without comment.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) <a href="https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1521507525325205504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Writer Stephen L. Miller remarked, &#8220;What a photo.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a photo. <a href="https://t.co/8iPFPJVEN1">https://t.co/8iPFPJVEN1</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1521513174708629505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Cheong also posted a photo of Clinton giving photographers the &#8220;Okay&#8221; sign, which in recent years the Left has claimed is a sign synonymous with &#8220;white power.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Hillary Clinton flashes the &#8216;white power&#8217; gesture at the Met Gala. Hiding in plain sight,&#8221; the commentator sarcastically captioned the picture.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hillary Clinton flashes the “white power” gesture at the Met Gala. Hiding in plain sight. <a href="https://t.co/3EqRIQ28QK">pic.twitter.com/3EqRIQ28QK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1521290855944187904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The same night, Clinton via Twitter railed against reports of a leaked Supreme Court opinion draft to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, effectively kicking back abortion law to the states.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not surprising. But still outrageous,&#8221; Clinton said of the report. &#8220;This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, &amp; lives of women, not to mention decades of settled law. It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace.&#8221;</p>
<p>Clinton, who has radically promoted abortion through every moment of pregnancy, has in the past acknowledged abortion as <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/hillary-clinton-abortion/494723/">morally wrong</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;How was your Gala?&#8221; Miller commented on Clinton&#8217;s post.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hillary partying with elite celebrities as this leaks is absolutely perfect. Gamma spent more time with the cast of Hamilton and Hollywood than she spent in Wisconsin in 2016 and here we are,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hillary partying with elite celebrities as this leaks is absolutely perfect. Gamma spent more time with the cast of Hamilton and Hollywood than she spent in Wisconsin in 2016 and here we are.</p>
<p>&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1521380367315333120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Clinton&#8217;s off-the-shoulder dress reportedly included the names of 60 famous women in American history who &#8220;inspire&#8221; the politician, Vogue <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/hillary-clinton-met-gala-2022">reported</a>.</p>
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<p>&#8220;When someone like Hillary goes to The Met, it&#8217;s not just, like, &#8216;There&#8217;s Hillary at The Met and she&#8217;s wearing a dress.&#8217; It has a lot of significance,&#8221; designer Joseph Altuzarra <a href="https://people.com/style/met-gala-2022-hillary-clinton-famous-women-history-gown-photos/">said</a>. &#8220;I felt like I had to be very thoughtful about what the dress would mean to the theme and to the occasion.&#8221;</p>
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