KUALA LUMPUR – A tweet has backfired on the daughter of Senior Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali after she praised Democrat Kamala Harris as the first woman of “black (Asian)” descent to become a US vice-president-elect.
Twitter users reminded her of how Malaysia had a woman deputy prime minister not too long ago, until the “Sheraton Move” in February caused Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to lose the position.
Amira Azmin this morning tweeted: “a black (Asian) woman as VP is proof that we can all do the impossible. So here’s to smashing our own glass ceilings.”
Within minutes, Muzakkir Syah (@muzakkirsyah) replied that Amira’s father “smashed the ceiling so hard” that the country’s first woman deputy prime minister lost her job.
Your Dad smashed the ceiling so hard our first female Deputy Prime Minister lost her job. pic.twitter.com/BXFdk353w3
— Muzakkir Syah (@muzakkirsyah) November 8, 2020
Dawn D (@DDinihari) said: “She became VP by being voted into office by the people. That’s how democracy works I hear.”
Raison D’etre (@hafeez3103) shared a GIF image, asking whether he could “mute” Amira.
— Raison D'etre (@hafeez3103) November 8, 2020
Mujahid Cyber (@bumilangit) posted a GIF of Dr Wan Azizah laughing, and in another tweet, asked if the former deputy prime minister “wasn’t enough”.
“We once had a woman deputy prime minister. Who pulled her down? Her own people. I rest my case,” said another reply to Amira’s tweet.
Satesh Nair (@sateshme) said: “We (Malaysia) had a lady too sadly Sheraton happened.”
Er dik
— NHM (@nurhalimatun) November 8, 2020
Lupa ke DS Wan Azizah our previous TPM
Ala before kena topple by your...ermm abaikan
Nurhalimatun (@nurhalimatun) said Amira must have forgotten about Dr Wan Azizah, “before she was toppled by your... ermm abaikan”.
Amira’s tweet had 32 retweets, 1,058 quoted tweets and 138 likes as of 7pm.
Her account has 6,274 followers, and follows only 78 people. – The Vibes, November 8, 2020
