In a discussion about the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday on Anderson Cooper 360, CNN's legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin revealed an incredible level of hypocrisy by pronouncing America as a lot more sexist than is generally acknowledged. Really, Jeffrey? Because a prime example of being sexist would be you.
It seems that Toobin forgot his own past as a deadbeat dad who refused to pay child support for his son born out of wedlock until the mother of the child threatened to have his salary garnished. Before we get to the way he treated the mother of his child which was covered by the liberal New York Daily News, let us watch Toobin's hypocrisy on display yesterday as he responded to former Trump campaign aide, Michael Caputo.
MICHAEL CAPUTO: You people think you're challenging Donald Trump when you do this and that's not what's happening here. Donald Trump is standing up for his appointee. But so is the entire Republican Party. Today's press conference was Donald Trump's Ted talk to Republican Senate leaders. Teaching them how to put quarters in a sock because we are not going to take this from you anymore.
JEFFREY TOOBIN: I think that's totally right. I think Donald Trump is right where the Republican Party is on this. And, you know, good luck to them. And I think the country is a lot more sexist and racist than some of us acknowledge, but Michael, you could not be more right. That he was talking to the Republican Party and the Republican Party agrees with him overwhelmingly when he talks about women that way.
Sexist? Do you really want to go there, Jeff? Because the first place you can find sexism is yourself and the way you treated the mother of your child. The May 8, 2010 New York Daily News revealed the sordid way Toobin behaved toward her.
Sunday could be a bittersweet first Mother's Day for Casey Greenfield.
Greenfield is a pretty, ginger-haired, Yale-educated lawyer and writer who last March gave birth to a love child. The baby's father is married CNN star and best-selling New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin. (Casey's father is esteemed political pundit Jeff Greenfield.) Ever since we broke the news of her pregnancy, Casey has remained silent about the baby drama. But now some of her friends are fed up with what they claim is less-than-gallant behavior on Toobin's part.
..."Jeff and Casey saw each other off and on over the years," says one source. "She was married to someone else for two years. After her divorce, she started seeing Jeff again. He said he was going to leave his wife for her. But, by then, Casey had begun to distrust him. She suspected he had several other mistresses."
In 2008, when Greenfield became pregnant, and when she told Toobin the news, he offered her "money if she'd have an abortion," says a source. He also allegedly offered to pay for her to have another child later via a sperm donor.
"When Casey wouldn't have an abortion, Jeff told her she was going to regret it, that she shouldn't expect any help from him," claims another source.
Greenfield underwent a risky DNA test while pregnant, but Toobin didn't provide his sample and stopped talking to her, according to sources. On the day she gave birth, Greenfield e-mailed Toobin, inviting him to meet his son, Rory. A source says Toobin didn't reply.
Toobin ultimately cooperated with a DNA test that proved he was Rory's dad. In February, a Manhattan Family Court judge ordered him to pay child support. When he refused to pay the full amount, say sources, Greenfield's lawyer threatened to notify his employers and garnish his wages; Toobin then paid up.
Yeeesh! Sorry, Jeff, but you should definitely not be one to lecture about America being sexist.
