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That's not just a slap in the face to those workers — it's a slap in the face to all of the military members, veterans and families who rely on us for support.
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"That's like a double slap in the face," Green said.
"That's almost like a slap in the face," she says.
It is a slap in the face to patriotism itself.
The farewell moment feels like a slap in the face.
These results were a slap in the face to Rajoy.
It's also a slap in the face to the Constitution.
So it's a bit of a slap in the face.
It's a bit of a slap in the face, really.
"It's like a slap in the face," her father said.
"It feels like a slap in the face," Tillman said.
"It's a nice little slap in the face," Curry said.
It was a total slap in the face of Birmingham.
It was "a slap in the face," Mr. Harrelson said.
To many, it's something of a slap in the face.
"It's kind of a slap in the face," he said.
I liken it to experiencing a continual slap in the face.
Anything less would be a slap in the face of democracy.
It's not authentic, and it's like a slap in the face.
"This was a slap in the face against Kim," said Moon.
That slow pace is a slap in the face to athletes.
The ruling felt like a "slap in the face," Haines said.
"It was a slap in the face to freedom," he said.
In veterans' circles, this amounted to a slap in the face.
"Last time felt like a slap in the face," she tells me.
With Trump, it feels a bit like a slap in the face.
The budget is a slap in the face for the European Commission.
And at first, it does feel like a slap in the face.
"It was a betrayal and a slap in the face," says O'Brien.
"I think the plea is a slap in the face," she said.
For Blur, it couldn't have been a bigger slap in the face.
It is a slap in the face to the constituents they represent.
A slap in the face of all victims of human-rights violations.
If it doesn't, it's gonna feel like a slap in the face.
"To me it was a big slap in the face," she said.
The move was widely considered a slap in the face to Netflix.
Both are a slap in the face to fiscal responsibility and conservatism.
When I lost Sean it was like a slap in the face.
Cruz's speech was a slap in the face to GOP nominee Donald Trump.
When people don't extend sizes, it's an ultimate slap in the face, really.
But to others, Trump visit to Patchogue was a slap in the face.
It's a slap in the face to anyone who believes Blue Lives Matter.
"These women were getting a last slap in the face," Ms. McSally said.
" But the move is a slap in the face to vocal critics. "Mr.
To many in the East Bay, it was a slap in the face.
A slap in the face A seal attacks a kayaker with an octopus.
It's like a big slap in the face that really gets your blood flowing!
And again, the slap in the face is made wose by the missed opportunity.
Law student Meghan Thomas called the agreement "a slap in the face" to students.
"It's definitely a slap in the face for her and her policies," said Jaeger.
It was instead a slap in the face for the central government in Berlin.
This is a slap in the face to the victims&apos families and communities.
Which is why the Grammy's Rihanna snub is like a slap in the face.
That's when my mean old self got a good old slap in the face.
"It is a slap in the face of the country's democratic process," said Touray.
"If true, this is a slap in the face to the intel community," Sen.
"It was a slap in the face," he told The Plain Dealer of Cleveland.
For some North Carolina Democrats, the GoFundMe campaign was a slap in the face.
Not just a slap in the face, that's a kick in the behind also.
He said the diversions were a "slap in the face" to the armed services.
He said the diversions were a "slap in the face" to the armed services.
Trump once called McCain's opposition a "tremendous slap in the face" to the party.
Some even saw it as an intentional slap in the face by the administration.
"It was such a slap in the face, it was a reality check," Krug says.
The result is a resounding slap in the face to an entire Ukrainian political class.
This new healthcare bill is a slap in the face to the American people. Surprise.
Some of us need a strong slap in the face to wake up from that.
Mr. Met called it a "slap in the face," and I wholeheartedly agree. #FreeMrMet. [NYDN]
It's also a huge slap in the face to the homophobic portion of our world.
" He added of the Trump administration's decision, "It's like yet another slap in the face.
"If true, this is a slap in the face to the intel community," he tweeted.
Coming from the French, the remarks amounted to a white-glove slap in the face.
The initial response to his inquiry, however, felt like a cold slap in the face.
The victim's mother called the pardon a "slap in the face," CNN affiliate WCPO reported.
But getting drummed like we did was a bit of a slap in the face.
You call a pelmen a pierog, and you can expect a slap in the face.
To me, the whole Brexit thing was the slap in the face you needed like.
My college years brought a rude slap in the face from that bitch we call reality.
It's a poorly disguised slap in the face to Internet users from across the political spectrum.
But to Mininno, these are a combination of smoking gun and a slap in the face.
It was a slap in the face of every pro-liberty grassroots activist in the country.
But if he used them without telling Russia, that was a direct slap in the face.
This is a slap in the face to every American who helped bail these banks out.
" Republican commentator Ana Navarro said it was "a slap in the face to the Latino community.
Lina Keapu, photojournalist at PNG's Sunday Chronicle newspaper said it was a "slap in the face".
But some industry groups in Washington say picking Perez would be a slap in the face.
"It was just like a slap in the face to me and my son," Guardado said.
There's truth in the phrase that says a snub is like a slap in the face.
That's precisely why Kim sharing that Snap is like a slap in the face to many.
"I feel like my work is a slap in the face to the patriarchy," she said.
To the relatives of victims and the authorities, his celebrity was a slap in the face.
This transformative masterpiece was in many ways an uplifting slap in the face of white America.
"We're just one more little slap in the face away from another one," one resident said.
This is an intentional slap in the face to the women he assaulted and all women.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the decision "a slap in the face" to service members.
"It seems like a glaring slap in the face to not give anything," Ms. Robledo said.
That's a slap in the face for public schools, which desperately need more funding, teachers say.
That's a slap in the face to pro-Trump states like Iowa with large farm industries.
"A slap in the face for Merkel," quipped an editorial in the Tageszeitung, a left-leaning newspaper.
But the decision will be received as a slap in the face to his allies, analysts said.
"We were waiting for a helping hand; we received a slap in the face," says one protester.
Critics also say the pardons are slap in the face to the men who prosecuted the cases.
"To me, that felt like a slap in the face, because I felt appropriately dressed," Rowe said.
Johannesburg (CNN)Some had expected a slap in the face for the ruling ANC in this election.
It's a slap in the face of the refugees and terrible reversal of a longtime american commitment.   
Salzburg delivered a slap in the face to Mrs May (and forced Bagehot to eat his hat).
"It's such a slap in the face to people who love the books," fan Sarah Furniss said.
"It's definitely a slap in the face," former Army Specialist Jonathan Morita said in a phone interview.
That&aposs quite a slap in the face of the number one super power in the world.
That, say watchers in Whitehall, was a slap in the face of both Britain and the Commonwealth.
North Korea nuclear test 'slap in the face' for China What should the world do about this?
But his suspension of 30 hours is a slap in the face to justice in this country.
"That's a slap in the face of the institution; it's saying we don't care," Mr. Irminger said.
Repealing the Clean Water Rule is a shortsighted slap in the face to communities throughout the country.
"I think the plea is a slap in the face," said Vickery Blackney Whigham, the victim's mother.
This was a protest against our culture, and a slap in the face to his fellow employees.
Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of California, called the budget a "slap in the face" for minority students.
But many feel it's a "slap in the face" that they're not fully getting rid of it.
It was a clear slap in the face to those of us who put ourselves out there.
This was a protest against our culture, and a slap in the face to his fellow employees.
Sweeping in at the last minute is a slap in the face to the local Democratic volunteers.
The mother of Schoettle's victim called his pardon a "slap in the face," CNN affiliate WCPO reported.
It's kind of a slap in the face for an issue that we're facing in the community.
"That election was a real slap in the face to a lot of us," she told Bloomberg.
For that reason, Trump's pardon of Arpaio was a slap in the face, the 15-year-old said.
"To hear this is just another slap in the face," DPS parent John Wills told CNN affiliate WDIV.
"It's a slap in the face for us and a slap on the wrist for him," he said.
"That's like a slap in the face from her and from Garrett," the import/export manager, 24, says.
It's a real slap in the face to the Chinese and Beijing has got to be absolutely furious.
"The IPO is a slap in the face to investors of the 2014 round" of Dropbox, he added.
Maybe The New Colossus offers a slap in the face that speaks very directly to our current era.
Now that should be a slap in the face for anyone who considers cosmetic surgery a frivolous expense.
It's being done to embarrass us," the Michigan senator said, adding that it's a "slap in the face.
"Chronic" ends with a sudden, terrible slap in the face that is a final blow to your equilibrium.
Veterans who fought ISIS say Trump's 'betrayal' of a crucial ally was 'a total slap in the face'
"This is a slap in the face to voters here," said Ford County Democratic Party Chairman Johnny Dunlap.
In a bold move from England captain Michael Vaughan, Australia were given a humiliating slap in the face.
"It's more a slap in the face (to the Russians), like they're taking away their toys," he said.
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the decision "a slap in the face" to service members.
"It would be like a slap in the face," one of the veterans, Stan Shaw, said this month.
Still, his murder is a slap in the face to China because Beijing was so publicly close to him.
To survivors of sexual assault, and harassment, and abuse, that seems like kind of a slap in the face.
"This is a slap in the face for survivors, & further confirmation that nothing at @USAG has changed," said Raisman.
"Trying to erase LGBTQ people from the history of HIV/AIDS is another slap in the face," he said.
While she felt honored, she says it also triggered a realization that was like a "slap" in the face.
I think it's a slap in the face when it comes to this federal-state partnership that we have.
DHILLON: It&aposs a slap in the face for the judge to say the taxpayers -- the parents are taxpayers.
" Michelle Cheng, 24, called Death Note's casting and the film's dearth of Asian visibility a "slap in the face.
Then to go where we went politically was a huge slap in the face for a lot of people.
This is another slap in the face to those of us who care about the future of our families.
This isn't so much a comedy sketch as it is a cold, hard slap in the face from reality.
Schumer added on Tuesday that the Justice Department decision was a "slap in the face" to the American people.
Castro failed to greet the president at José Martí International Airport upon his arrival, a slap in the face.
A renewed term is a slap in the face for shareholders ... he should be long gone, given this performance.
This is disrespectful on so many levels, just a huge slap in the face after that kind of performance!
Doug Ducey fired back at the sneaker company's decision, considering it a slap in the face to American history.
He said Trump's decision was "a slap in the face for the entire Muslim world," according to Al-Jazeera.
TORONTO — It was yet another slap in the face from the bellicose best friend and neighbor to the south.
The email we received yesterday from the ATP and AO was a slap in the face, conditions were 'playable'.
It is a slap in the face for the victims and witnesses whose tireless commitment brought him to justice.
What was "an honor to just be nominated" is now "a slap in the face" not to be nominated.
Is this is a slap in the face of corporate governance, or is this the market efficiency of the future?
President Trump's pardon of Joe Arpaio was a slap in the face for the communities he tormented and racially profiled.
For fans already unhappy with the Major's change into a white person, this is an extra slap in the face.
"It is like a slap in the face for me and a slap on the hand for him," Simmons says.
Then Luke suggests her nudity is a "slap in the face," since he wants her to meet his family soon.
But the election on February 26th of Iran's parliament, the Majlis, was a slap in the face to them nonetheless.
I see the selection of the Man Ray image for McVey's article as a diet-racist slap in the face.
The legislation was a GOP/Likud slap in the face of both Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Bill Clinton.
That guts the bill and the way it was done was a slap in the face of the democratic process.
You look at McCain -- what McCain has done is a tremendous slap in the face to the Republican Party. Tremendous.
This would be a slap in the face for a person who has spent his entire career in public service.
It's a stinging slap in the face to Trump and anyone else who dares to defend the ban as constitutional.
Time and again, the action swells and dips, like a wave, then suddenly delivers a salty slap in the face.
Valentine's Day can feel like a slap in the face for those of us who find ourselves untethered and alone.
It's so catchy and fun that you almost forget what a slap in the face of evolution Sarah Palin is.
And then, the officers won their cases or had their charges dropped- the ultimate slap in the face to citizens.
"To do all that work and still end up behind, it's kind of a slap in the face," he said.
" He also called the timing of the rescheduled meeting "a slap in the face to the legacy of Dr. King.
Maybe that's why Game of Thrones' final episode, "The Iron Throne," felt like such a personal slap in the face.
Trump has seized on the protests as some sort of slap in the face to the military, which it's not.
Birch, who made one of the recordings, told VICE it was a a "slap in the face" to the public.
The verdict in the Kate Steinle murder case is a slap in the face to every law-abiding American citizen.
"Duarte going missing is a slap in the face," Lucía García, of the Colectivo, told the news site Sin Embargo.
Given her outspoken position on matters cultural and political, many were anticipating a hard-hitting curatorial slap in the face.
At the time, a Vatican official said the move was a "slap in the face" for the pope and the Vatican.
The partnership is a bit of a slap in the face to Uber, which just like Lyft is backed by Alphabet.
Your comments are another slap in the face to women, whether intended or not; whether taken out of context, or not.
"It's really a slap in the face for President Trump to enact those tariffs just after the Shanghai talks," he said.
NSEERS treated citizenship from majority-Muslim countries as suspicious; that felt like a slap in the face for many American Muslims.
Transphobic is a particularly sharp, slap-in-the-face debut that asserts itself and its creator's existence to the fullest extent.
People want to give a slap in the face to their sectarian leaders without taking a huge risk for the country.
"That statement was a slap in the face to first responders and everyone who died on that horrible day," he said.
"To us, it often feels like a slap in the face in the midst of trying to move forward," Sanchez says.
"This can't be interpreted as anything other than a slap in the face," said Per Hansen, economist at investment firm Nordnet.
It felt like "a slap in the face," said James White, an Elaine resident and director of the Elaine Legacy Center.
But now ... this is a big slap in the face because the public has showed their real position in record numbers.
"It's a slap in the face, bro, when UCLA wants to go after a coach and they get denied," Hollins says.
Chyna says she's happy her son enjoyed the birthday double up, but as a mother ... it was a slap in the face.
Right after saying, "I don't think this is a good idea," Viall gets a slap in the face during a rose ceremony.
So, for me, Black History Month is a little bit of a slap in the face in terms of what we deserve.
Spann's daughter Alison wrote a letter President Donald Trump saying it felt like his early released was a "slap in the face."
Not to mention the slap in the face it would be to the city if it actually got viral, which it did.
Robert E. Lee, but one school board member said the new name amounts to "a slap in the face" to black residents.
"As someone who's between full-time jobs in journalism right now, it just felt like a slap in the face," she said.
The track and performance sparked outrage among right-wing types who saw it as "a slap in the face to law enforcement".
"It is a slap in the face because it's things we've been saying all along that needed to be fixed," Kade says.
"Minnesota's Iron Range got a real slap in the face and a punch in the gut by Washington bureaucrats this morning," Rep.
Deadnaming was 'like a slap in the face' for familyCathalina James had tried to avoid trouble, her sister Dee Dee James said.
Anything less would be a slap in the face of justice, the search for truth and the rights of sexual assault victims.
For a lot of people in America, that was like slap in the face to the black community, particularly to black women.
It's a complete abdication of responsibility, and a slap in the face to any notion of justice, particularly for victims of color.
" He said it was a "slap in the face," and that management thought they could "give a gift card, shut them up.
Many felt Jamil's casting as judge, versus someone actually familiar with the culture, was a slap in the face to those roots.
They should have kept it that way, because the new, heart-shaped "GO" logo is a slap in the face to Daddy.
And it is a slap in the face to the local communities that rely on tourism to those areas for their livelihoods.
Considering this dichotomy, it's a slap in the face for viewers when Kapoor says he has nothing to say as an artist.
That they have to ask at all is a slap in the face and a sign of national priorities run far astray.
On his flight back to Rome, Francis issued a rare apology for what he called a "slap in the face" to victims.
His words were a slap in the face to Lopez Obrador, who has refused to answer back to provocative comments from Trump.
In a similar way to the Russian group of futurists 'Hylaea' issued their statement entitled "A slap in the face of public taste".
But for Israeli Arabs, who make up one-fifth of Israel's 22018 million citizens, the new law was a slap in the face.
"It's a slap in the face and further demonstrates our government's lack of concern and commitment to address campus sexual assault," Lennon said.
"Such strong public criticism from people we do not know, have never met, is more than a slap in the face," she wrote.
" But this morning, Aly Raisman, three-time gold-medal Olympic gymnast, tweeted that this appointment "is a slap in the face for survivors.
"It was like a cold slap in the face, a reminder that this is Brazil," recalls James McCormack of Fitch, a ratings agency.
It was the proverbial slap in the face I needed to remember that I'm just planning a party, it's not life or death.
Merely resigning from office would be like "a slap in the face" after all she and her family have been through, she said.
Still, transgender troops and their advocates have said the precarious status of their service is a slap in the face and harms readiness.
As with the name, the sleight of hand was interpreted not as a nod to tradition, but as a slap in the face.
"Guys, stop tagging me in s--- like this it was a slap in the face the first time ew ew ew," he wrote.
"It is just a slap in the face for the city," said Rams fan Jermaine Chambers, sitting at the bar of Stanley's Lounge.
This is a slap in the face to millions of Americans who are waiting on POTUS to take action to lower drug prices.
This was interpreted as a slap in the face to victims in those states, which are among the most violent in the country.
BRANTLEY You might have thought that a stage production of good old, direly prophesying "1984" would be an energizing slap in the face.
A Vatican official said at the time that the U.S. move was a "slap in the face" for the pope and the Vatican.
"Defacing it by taking the arms off or anything of that nature -- it's just a slap in the face for veterans," Shaw said.
Moore's defeat is a startling slap in the face for the president from a state he won by almost 30 points over Clinton.
And from that viewpoint, a "Rich Chigga" using an anti-black slur in a black genre felt like a slap in the face.
Lanfranco Aceti listed "One Unit of Slap (Slap in the Face, Medium to Strong, Colorful)," for instance, as a $500 gift certificate that would entitle the buyer "to own a slap in the face," dealt by Aceti to a collaborator; this would entail a numbered and signed receipt, as well as the opportunity to witness the slap via Skype or FaceTime.
"For him to stand there and blame it on the war and PTSD, it's a slap in the face to every veteran," Newman said.
" Sanders' national co-chair Nina Turner called the appointment of some old Clinton allies to the DNC's convention committee "a slap in the face.
Why it matters: Qatar's withdrawal from OPEC is a slap in the face of Saudi Arabia, which plays a leadership role inside the organization.
"It's a slap in the face to all investors," Aleksei Krivoshapko of Prosperity Capital Management, a minority stakeholder, told Vedomosti, a Russian business daily.
IN 1912 a group of Russian avant-garde poets, calling themselves futurists, published an almanac entitled "A Slap in the Face of Public Taste".
And to have an upstart competitor accomplish what they couldn't would be a real slap in the face for a company already under fire.
" Jim Parsons, who plays Paul Stafford, said receiving the news of Glenn's death while promoting such a movie was a "slap in the face.
The election outcome was "a resounding slap in the face" for the government coalition, said Wolfgang Bachmayer, who founded the OGM market research institute.
"That is a slap in the face for Ms. Merkel," Frauke Petry, the leader of the Alternative for Germany, told the public broadcaster ZDF.
The Israeli embassy in Colombia called the decision a "slap in the face" in a statement released on its official Facebook page late Wednesday.
A few feet away, a group of Muslim vendors said the proposal to limit the muezzin was a slap in the face to them.
The announcement came as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was visiting Israel, and was viewed in Washington as a slap in the face.
They cover Blac Chyna's takes on politics, her life with Rob, and a possible slap in the face to new sister-in-law Kylie.
"It's a slap in the face," said Dawn Elliott, an Indiana woman who received steroid injections and was subsequently bedridden for over a year.
That he is so dismissive of the issues we point to by referring to them as "overblown rhetoric" is a slap in the face.
Brexit supporters say a do-over would be a slap in the face to those who voted the first time, and predict a backlash.
So, it's a slap in the face to me, to all the lightweights, and to really the standard that we f**king do here.
The Justice Democrats called that email a "slap in the face" to the grass-roots movements being led by teenagers after the Parkland shooting.
"A slap in the face," said L. Brent Bozell, the founder of the Media Research Center, a conservative group that critiques the news media.
For an award show that was meant to be a breath of fresh air, many felt like this was a slap in the face.
Still, YouTube's public statement confused and enraged many onlookers who felt it was a slap in the face to the platform's queer community members.
Left-wing groups also celebrated the political newcomer's shock win, seeing it as a slap in the face to the establishment that isn't progressive enough.
But Eli Schiff, a technology design consultant, tweeted that the show was a "huge slap in the face" to the "near-death" independent developer community.
But Serowski said it was a slap in the face to him, the grandson of immigrants from Poland, someone who has long supported immigrant labor.
For Latinxs, who bore the brunt of Arpaio's hateful tactics for more than two decades, the move is more than a slap in the face.
The way Abby sees it, Lara's mockery is a slap in the face to Prince George and kids around the globe who love to dance.
The judge who sentenced Bergdahl gave him a slap on the wrist and gave a slap in the face to our military men and women.
It'll cost you $129, and a slap in the face you should apply to yourself if you actually pay that much for a wireless keyboard.
I mean, what's a bigger slap in the face than choosing homelessness, and then inviting people who are right on the brink to join you?
It is a slap in the face and undermines the trust that local officials need to have in their solemn responsibility to hold police accountable.
But for others it would be a small catastrophe, a slap in the face mucking up the one celebratory occasion in an otherwise heartbreaking week.
May's decision to call a snap election six weeks ago was, among other things, a slap in the face of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
"What President Trump is doing is a slap in the face to our military that makes our border and the country less secure," Reed said.
What sets the show apart isn't the surface quality of its humor but its restless, almost feral energy and its slap-in-the-face attitude.
"What President Trump is doing is a slap in the face to our military that makes our border and the country less secure," Reed said.
As Sebald delivered his syntactically complex sentences, grace and lightness and, oddest of all, humor were present, as clear as a slap in the face.
Thus, for many military families, showing disrespect for the flag, the National Anthem or other American symbols can come as a slap in the face.
And his bet on "reform" turned what was once a helping hand into a slap in the face—and an utter disaster for the vulnerable.
They're an active threat to public health and a slap in the face to the millions of Americans trying to lead longer and healthier lives.
Big Sean got a slap in the face -- literally -- at a CD signing in Queens, and the guy who did it is probably hurting today.
Abbas has called Trump's Jerusalem declaration a "slap in the face" and has rejected Washington as an honest broker in any future talks with Israel.
Initially, that seemed like an all-too familiar slap in the face for gay Americans, perhaps even a step back for their collective social standing.
Dukes insists that these monuments are "a slap in the face and it's a disgrace" for African Americans given their history as slave owning presidents.
Or even as a more concrete slap in the face; Mr. Trump, after all, has threatened to ban Muslims from terror states from entering America.
"For him, it was like a slap in the face, the sentence that said Ukraine and Georgia will be members of NATO," Mr. Stefanini said.
The inclusion of a Confederate symbol is a "slap in the face" to most African-Americans in the state, who make up 38% of the population.
But back to Samantha Bee if she is isn&apost fired it is major slap in the face to Middle America, to Conservatives and to women.
It is frustrating when you have a song that's a hit everywhere else but your home country — it almost feels like a slap in the face.
United Nations human rights experts called the pardon an appalling "slap in the face" for his victims and a major setback for the rule of law.
I moved straight out of my parent's house to LA, and it's kind of like a slap in the face when you get there at first.
Gavin Newsom's blanket moratorium on California's death penalty is a slap in the face to crime victims and their families who have waited years for justice.
There are a lot of headlines today about tech getting a slap in the face on Wall Street — particularly Apple which is down more than 3%.
A commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday warned that the U.S. will "receive a strong slap in the face" if it underestimates Iran's military power.
"We are utterly disappointed with the offer at Sibanye-Stillwater Lonmin," Joseph Mathunjwa told a news conference, describing the offer as a "slap in the face".
To be accused of wanting my marriage to fail when I felt I was being patient and giving my all, was a slap in the face.
"When they got paid for nothing, it was like a slap in the face," said Fuerstenberg, who filed a complaint with Minnesota health officials last year.
NALEO executive director Arturo Vargas called the snub by both candidates this year a "slap in the face" in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
"Sean Spicer on ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars' 2019 is a slap in the face to every American he lied to," Kurt Bardella wrote for NBC.
Similarly, well-meaning parents who pick out a favorite child as trustee are giving their other children a slap in the face from beyond the grave.
"When you speak like that about us, it's a slap in the face," Ortiz said in a Spanish-language interview with USA Today Sports published Tuesday.
"What a slap in the face for people who are waitlisted, or people who are academically smart but can't afford college," wrote one Instagram user, @tyleranny.
"I feel like it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers and any other support staff we have," Hargrave told the board.
Mr. Rajab's sentence on Wednesday was "a slap in the face to justice," Heba Morayef, the Middle East director at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
The red-team idea is a waste of the government's time, energy and resources, and a slap in the face to fiscal responsibility and responsible governance.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the strikes were a "slap in the face" to the US. The attack came after the remains of Gen.
It felt like a slap in the face when you have over 24 superheroes you can choose from to show that sort of representation on screen.
Before DeVos's speech, she said any rollback of the 2011 guidelines would be a slap in the face to sexual assault survivors, discouraging them from reporting assault.
This was a slap in the face to the hard work of the nominees in those categories, especially when announced less than two weeks before the ceremony.
Now the tables have turned, and the contrast between the two companies was a slap in the face for Cramer when the companies reported diametrically opposed quarters.
Trump called that "a tremendous slap in the face of the Republican Party" in a call to the "Rick & Bubba Show," an Alabama-based talk radio program.
"I think that's a slap in the face to women and that says we don't take you seriously," said Leyva, who sponsored the rape kit testing bill.
Obama may view the announcement of the latest construction plans and its timing, less than four months before he leaves office, as a slap in the face.
Mail workers — who made an average of $6,176 ($37,900 in 2016 dollars) and worked in rain, sleet, or snow — saw this as a slap in the face.
While I personally do appreciate Apple's Voldemortish embrace of its pro user base, one aspect of it all still feels like a slap in the face. Price.
The choice to cast a white actor as a Black icon is a slap in the face — particularly during the high-tension atmosphere surrounding the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
To have their financial livelihoods wrapped up in one of the most partisan political battles in recent American history is akin to a slap in the face.
"Trump's abrupt cancelation is a slap in the face to South Korean President Moon Jae-in," says Zhiqun Zhu, an East Asian politics expert at Bucknell University.
"That is a slap in the face to 11.6 percent of our state's population that identifies as African American," West said in a statement after the endorsement.
The pardon is also a slap in the face of the judge who had held Mr. Arpaio in contempt of court and was yet to sentence him.
"When they took the award away, it was definitely a slap in the face," Lora Haddock DiCarlo, the company's founder, told CNN Business in a recent interview.
Though Lu characterized North Korea's behavior as a slap in the face for the US, the North Korean announcement is also seen as an indignity for China.
Ed Day, the county executive of Rockland County, where the killings took place, called the parole board's ruling a slap in the face to the victim's families.
Brazil's new openness to wheat imports will mainly benefit U.S. exporters and was a slap in the face to neighboring Argentina, another major trade partner, Barral said.
Trump makes no secret that he views any setback to his imposition of his power as a slap in the face and an act of unacceptable impertinence.
"For many survivors, a new publication is a fresh slap in the face that damages Germany's international reputation," said Rüdiger Mahlo, the German representative of the claims conference.
These meetings are a slap in the face to survivors—especially to those who came forward to file complaints with the Department in hopes of changing their school.
Proponents of the death penalty and those who think Newsom is overstepping his powers criticized the moratorium as illegal and a "slap in the face" of victims' families.
Allowing Rosneft to buy Bashneft, Mr Simonov says, is an "open slap in the face" to the government's more liberal economic advisers, who sought to prevent the sale.
"And cynical government attempts such as extending the mandate without broader refo rm, as directed by the highest court, is a further slap in the face," she said.
Burger King's complimentary slap in the face seems to be a Secret Menu item but, thanks to that kid, at least we now know how to order it.
Her nomination is a slap in the face to those who embrace the rule of law, and who view the program as a stain on the United States.
The see-saw is unbalanced, as Russian President Vladimir Putin takes Ukraine's desire to tip towards democracy and do away with cronyism as a slap in the face.
This is not the only slap in the face that Americans have experienced at the hands of the AMA, but we hope it will be the last. Drs.
They thought attempts to have it removed were mere political correctness, even though it served as a slap in the face to the state's 30 percent black population.
"This is a slap in the face to millions of Americans who are waiting on (the President) to take action to lower drug prices," Cummings wrote on Twitter.
Knowing that I would thoroughly enjoy giving many in the Trump administration a good slap in the face, I would choose not to if presented with the opportunity.
It launched a missile hours before a major speech by President Xi Jinping of China on Sunday, a move Chinese analysts called a diplomatic slap in the face.
It's a slap in the face to the American dream and to the other kids in the Chicago Public School system who believed what their parents told them.
"We're just one more little slap in the face away from another one," said Nathan Smith, 53, bringing his index finger a thimble's-breadth away from his thumb.
He is vehemently opposed to the "career political class," and his campaign and victory were going to be the ultimate slap in the face of the GOP royalty.
It's not absurd to envision another Castro — this time Raúl  — turning to Russia again, this time in response to Trump's slap in the face insulting the current regime.
Jessica now reportedly feels a slap in the face when she sees Mandy on billboards all over L.A. and resents she was never taken seriously as an actress.
"To read what Mr. Bounds wrote was a slap in the face & I imagine there are millions of people across the country who would feel the same way."
Dick Gregory's family didn't hear a peep from anyone involved with the Emmys regarding honoring the iconic comedian, and they absolutely consider it a slap in the face.
This one is such a slap in the face and a kick in the stomach that there is a benefit to having a chance to breathe in between.
Local community organizer Wanda Salaman, came specifically to protest Cruz's immigration policies, calling them a "slap in the face," particularly as he campaigned in a community full of immigrants.
It is not an optional extra or something that's nice to have, and the willful decision to keep the web inaccessible can feel like a slap in the face.
"Plans by Foreign Minister Gabriel to conclude new weapons deals with Turkey are a slap in the face to the resistance against Islamic State," she said in a statement.
The cards, which were spotted at Target, have been called "an insult to black fathers and a slap in the face to the African-American community as a whole."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called it a "slap in the face" and said Washington could no longer be regarded as an honest broker in any peace talks with Israel.
"Walking out of the 6B, that's a slap in the face," said Benedetta Bertella, 31, half of a husband-and-wife D.J. team that tours parties in the suburbs.
The arrest of the Silvas was a "slap in the face" to all military families, said Daniel Altschuler of Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights advocacy group.
Germany had already been relegated to League B, capping a year Coach Joachim Löw called "a slap in the face" after a group-stage exit at the World Cup.
To have that food, and its history of immigrant struggle, dismissed as "icky" or "oily" felt like a slap in the face for many in the Asian American community.
But the real slap in the face comes during a clothes-shopping spree, when he steps out of the changing room wearing a black-and-white zebra-patterned dress.
"When you hear about illegal aliens getting benefits and you have people here starving to death and can't get nothing, it's just a slap in the face," he says.
"The slap in the face of the institution, the equal branch of government, is amazing to me," says Hoagland, now a senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
If you've always thought skinniness was the cure-all, it can be quite a slap in the face when you get there and find out your problems followed you.
"It would have been another slap in the face to the people of Flint," if Mr. Snyder had taken the fellowship, Ms. Bell said in an interview on Wednesday.
"It would have been another slap in the face to the people of Flint," if Mr. Snyder had taken the fellowship, Ms. Bell said in an interview on Wednesday.
Jefferson knew what he was doing when he wrote that "pursuit of happiness" line, a perfectly delivered slap in the face to his joy-shunning oppressors across the pond.
"A one game suspension for this type of behavior is a slap in the face of all umpires and a disgrace to the game itself," the umpires association's post continued.
FYI, the catfish toss has become a tradition at Predators home games ... so doing it on the road is really like a slap in the face to the opposing team.
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The final two treats on his list aren't even candy, and let's face it, giving a child anything other than candy on Halloween is a real slap in the face.
Put bluntly, Keshap's comments are ridiculous and a slap in the face to the country's Tamil community (an ethnic minority in a country that is largely comprised of ethnic Sinhalese).
"For Sylvester Stallone to be the only nominee for 'Creed' is totally a slap in the face to some of the other people involved in that project," Robertson told Reuters.
But perhaps the saddest part of calling off his trip in a fit of pique is the offensive slap in the face of a country that is no ordinary ally.
"It's a slap in the face to the people of Flint to rush and close it when we didn't really see any justice done," Flint resident Lulu Brezzell told me.
The older Asian-Americans in Copley Square saw race-conscious admissions as a slap in the face to their work ethic and pursuit of the American dream of upward mobility.
The idea that we are to blame, even implicitly, for the murders of our friends and teachers is a slap in the face to all Stoneman Douglas victims and survivors.
When lawmakers default to Twitter — when they believe tweets are enough to settle public uproar until the next mass shooting — it's a slap in the face to victims and survivors.
Comedian Tom Segura, Joe's podcast guest, thinks Gal and her buddies probably feel like they did something significant, but he says it's really a slap in the face to many.
Some people found it humorous, but lots of others didn't ... and actually thought it was a slap in the face of a civil rights legend, who would've turned 107 Tuesday.
"This was a protest against our culture, and a slap in the face to his fellow employees," a program manager posted on Facebook, as reported by The New York Times.
Killing one of those leaders is more than a slap in the face or a blow to military capabilities; it is a threat to the functioning of the state itself.
Developing Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said his country's attack on American troops in Iraq was a "slap in the face" to the U.S. Here are the latest updates.
San Bernardino County's top prosecutor, District Attorney Mike Ramos, said Apple's refusal to unlock the phone was a slap in the face to the victims of the shooting and their families.
They went ahead with it anyway in the spring, which I think was a slap in the face to America and to out our allies, Poland, Estonia, the list goes on.
"It just felt like a huge slap in the face to the entire trans and queer community and all the progress that's been made over the last years," Gorham tells PEOPLE.
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"It's a slap in the face," said Joyce Vance, a former US attorney in Alabama who was one of Obama's early nominees in 2009, of Trump's decision to nominate predominantly men.
"What's so ironic is that it came on the first anniversary of Donald Trump's presidency on Saturday, a slap in the face for the leadership in Washington," Xinhua's Liu Chang said.
Jessie Lopez-Garay, an Equinox member since 2009, told BuzzFeed News that Ross's support of Trump was a "slap in the face" to him personally as a gay man of color.
" Her comments echoed a point made earlier in the evening, that even the most modest of artists' apartments or gallery spaces are still "a slap in the face to longtime residents.
That's why the "fierce, funny, feminist" tagline that upset the original cast now seems less like a slap in the face to Charmed's predecessor and more like a personal mission statement.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called it a "slap in the face" and said the United States can no longer be regarded as an honest broker in any peace talks with Israel.
"The midnight move is a slap in the face to the people of Utah, attempting to silencing the voices of those who will bear the heavy burden it imposes," said Rep.
That school was renamed to honor Oklahoma philanthropist Adelaide Lee — but an Oklahoma City school board member said keeping the Lee surname was "a slap in the face" to black residents.
Winter is here, and as evidenced by the bone-numbing winds that feel like a massive slap in the face when it lashes out, snow season won't die down anytime soon.
You felt like it was a slap in the face because you want to spend the rest of your life with me and then you said, 'We all make boneheaded mistakes.
Chris Cuomo losing his s*** over being called Fredo deserves a Don Corleone slap in the face -- so says a guy who acted in "The Godfather," and thinks CC completely overreacted.
Oregon Football Will Be Back: Speaking of that ripple effect, Taggart left a void in Eugene that also felt like an even bigger slap in the face to the Ducks fanbase.
The United States should expect a "strong slap in the face" if it underestimates Iran's defensive capabilities, a commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday, as Tehran concluded war games.
Survivors recount betrayal To his detractors, Law's second career at the Vatican was a slap in the face to victims of clergy sex abuse, one that further undermined the church's legitimacy.
" I had largely forgotten that slap in the face until I read Ruth Whippman's new book, "America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous Wrecks.
" Melissa Lyttle, president of the National Press Photographers Association, called Nikon's marketing attempt an "egregious slap in the face to advancement that's happened in the past 20 years in our industry.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Phillips said that the film's release feels like a "slap in the face," and that she is terrified of what could come of it.
Nigeria's news media told a different story, reporting that the British government had asked for $22016 million insurance, a cost so high it was seen as a slap in the face.
It is crude, relentless and combative — less "a slap in the face of public taste," as the Russian Futurists would say, than everything but the kitchen sink hurled at viewers' heads.
His tweet rejecting the SEAL commander's efforts to expel one of these criminals from his community was an additional slap in the face of a military trying to uphold its standards.
The former OSU running back tells TMZ Sports Mayfield's move was "the ultimate disrespect ... a slap in the face" -- and current and former Ohio State players are pretty pissed about it.
Frustration at all this showed up in recent regional elections, where Kremlin-backed candidates fared poorly, and were forced into run-offs, considered a slap in the face for the central government.
Know-nothings in the Legislature argued that the proposal was "a slap in the face" to law-abiding taxpayers, when in fact it represented a clear cost savings for those same taxpayers.
" To Gold Star mother Christina Ayube, who lost her son seven years ago, that behavior was a slap in the face to the families of fallen soldiers everywhere and "a complete embarrassment.
After his initial comments to reporters outside a church last week in northern Chile triggered international outrage, Francis said his words were a "slap in the face" to victims of sexual violence.
Mr. Lak is an evangelist for color, which, in the black- and neutral-mad world of fashion, hits with gale force ("Like a slap in the face," was how he described it).
Nancy Northup, head of the U.S.-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which is supporting Vasquez's case, said the decision "is another slap in the face for Teodora, who never committed any crime".
Residents see the new terms as another slap in the face for Turkana, a vast scrubland the size of Sri Lanka where most residents live in villages without power or running water.
That Biden isn't participating in those conversations, and is instead talking 90s-esque bullshit about how weed is dangerous, is a slap in the face to everyone who cares about the issue.
Folllowing the singer's announcement that he would no longer be taking pictures, commenters began complaining about how this new decision was a slap in the face to fans who support his music.
The ban would be a slap in the face to America's basic commitment to the equal treatment of all people, regardless of their faith or background, and to welcoming in the downtrodden.
We're so used to seeing the heroes win that it comes as a slap in the face when they lose and half the universe is wiped out and the heroes aren't exempt.
"It's a slap in the face to the L.A. art world: a great disappointment, a missed opportunity of epic scope," Shana Nys Dambrot, the arts editor of LA Weekly, posted on Facebook.
"Tariffs are seen as a direct slap in the face, and it will be very difficult for the Chinese government to sit back and take those blows without retaliating," Mr. Prasad said.
Sources close to the Kardashians tell us Rob got pissed at his sisters Monday -- especially Kylie -- for what he considered a slap in the face ... the Chyna-free shower they were throwing.
"This is a huge slap in the face for people who enjoy regular coffee," said Matt Baumann, an editor in Philadelphia who has been a "Gold Level" My Starbucks Rewards member since 2007.
The new contract was "a slap in the face to victims of the horrific crimes that have been committed in South Sudan," said Elise Keppler, associate director of U.S.-based Human Rights Watch.
" • Quotation of the day "Tariffs are seen as a direct slap in the face, and it will be very difficult for the Chinese government to sit back and take those blows without retaliating.
But it infuriated Palestinians, whose president, Mahmoud Abbas, called it a "slap in the face" and said Washington could no longer be regarded as an honest broker in any peace talks with Israel.
Getting out of that would take one year, and it likely would be regarded as an even bolder slap in the face of countries that are trying to do something about climate change.
North's nuclear test a 'slap in the face' for China Being here, so close to the potential threat, is a compelling reason for this battalion to be based here on the Korean peninsula.
First, it is a slap in the face to G20-directed work on taxation that concluded it was impossible to "ring-fence" the digital economy and, thus, levy a digital services specific tax.
A wall on the US/Mexico border would be a symbolic slap in the face to Mexico, and would likely disrupt the goods and people that legally flow across the border every day.
"We are going to see the first sale of equity (through an ICO) and that's ... going to be a big, big, big slap in the face to many large investment banks," he said.
Israel's decision to bar Tlaib and Omar from entering the country is a slap in the face to both the American government and the idea of Israel as a tolerant and pluralistic democracy.
In any case, some African-American workers who expected to help build a future for the company and themselves, like Teshawna Stewart, say the reality proved to be a slap in the face.
As stinging as a slap in the face, "Paulina" feels as if it's waking you from a stupor, then shaking you, demanding that you ask yourself some impossible questions about idealism and justice.
" When Franco wore a Time's Up pin on the red carpet at the Golden Globes in January of 2018, Tither-Kaplan told The Los Angeles Times it was a "slap in the face.
Harley Davidson's plan to shift some production overseas was a "slap in the face" to President Donald Trump, and the U.S. motorcycle maker should have known that retaliation was coming, CNBC's said Monday.
There is something thrilling, not dulled, in the very honesty of the film, and in the vigor with which feelings, expressed at any age, can strike us like a slap in the face.
Some opera fans and singers, perhaps feeling beleaguered at a moment when the art form is struggling to get a toehold in popular culture, saw it as a public slap in the face.
This is a terrible message to send to our at-risk population in New Hampshire and a slap in the face to those of us working so hard to fight the opioid crisis.
Seneca Falls Vietnam veteran and VFW member David Ostroski said Fonda's behavior in 1972 was "a slap in the face" and said he plans to speak at the town council meeting on Tuesday.
The call, which apparently had been in the works for months, was a direct slap in the face to Xi and the Chinese leadership, signaling a newly aggressive US stance toward relations with Beijing.
" Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton called the pardon a "slap in the face to the people of Maricopa County, especially the Latino community and those he victimized as he systematically and illegally violated their rights.
" The former publicist added, "He needs a good slap in the face to wake up and I really hope this is it, because he is so talented and needs to stop what he's doing.
" Patrick, a mother of five children ages 1 to 11, says reading about executives potentially receiving millions of dollars in bonuses while she's struggling to pay for diapers "is a slap in the face.
After cleaning and repairing their hurricane-thrashed school buildings with their own hands to get them reopened, the Puerto Rico teachers felt the threat of privatization as something beyond a slap in the face.
For Mr. Trump to stand in front of a group of veterans and say, "The generals have been reduced to rubble" and "Right now, we are not strong," was a slap in the face.
The debate around the Tubman movie is that critics think it's an insult a slap in the face to not have an African-American woman in a role that has so much cultural significance.
Allowing the committee's memo to become public unimpeded would be a slap in the face to the Department of Justice at a time when Trump's efforts to influence its activity are under intense scrutiny.
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States should expect a "strong slap in the face" if it underestimates Iran's defensive capabilities, a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday, as Tehran concluded war games.
Further cuts would send the wrong message to polluters who flout the law—and be a slap in the face to the majority of businesses who work hard to deal properly with hazardous materials.
"We moved to Malibu for the schools, so it has been a big slap in the face to have the school district treat the parents and teachers and children so poorly," Ms. Lucas said.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei boasted the attack amounted to a "slap in the face" to the U.S. in response to the Trump administration's killing of the country's second-most powerful man, Gen.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, said on Wednesday that his military had dealt the United States a "slap in the face" when it unleashed missiles at American forces stationed in Iraq.
Drayden's delivery of all this is subtly poignant and slap-in-the-face deadpan — perfect for this novel-length thought exercise about what kinds of gods a cynical, self-absorbed postmodern society really deserves.
House leadership normally dictates what measures come to the floor and when, so motions to discharge bills in circumvention of House leadership is widely viewed as a slap in the face to the speaker.
So that "Ashley has left the group chat notification" on Facebook is only a slap in the face because Ashley did not have the nerve to tell me why she was leaving the group chat.
Read: North Korea nuclear test 'slap in the face' for China She said China would summon DPRK embassy representatives to make Beijing's views known, but declined to say if it would support new tougher sanctions.
CAIRO/AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arabs denounced President Donald Trump's plan to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem as a slap in the face but few thought their governments would do much in response.
"Even more troubling, the course is taught by a self-described 'international radical' professor whose views are a slap in the face to the taxpayers who are expected to pay for this garbage," said Murphy.
"The House Republicans' capitulation on Durbin repeal is a slap in the face for lower-income Americans," Iain Murray, vice president for strategy at libertarian think tank the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said in a statement.
The rules are simple, you walk up to a white table, stand across from your opponent, and slap his face, then, if he so chooses to return fire, you take a slap in the face.
"To hear Eric come out and do what he did, it's almost like, wow, that was a slap in the face because Malcolm has been nothing but stand up in the Players Coalition," Norman said.
When C.M. Punk was signed to the UFC fans considered it a slap in the face to the many, many fighters out there struggling to make it to the big show on their own ability.
William Calloway, who was crucial in the release of the dashcam footage, said the sentence felt like "a slap in the face to us and a slap on the wrist" for the officer, AP reported.
All came after the stinging slap in the face to a team that has won its division in three of the past five years but just can't get past the divisional round of the playoffs.
This is a slap in the face to the people of that community who have been in need of resources for decades and for the residence of Mott Haven Houses, whose apartments are falling apart.
Andrew Cuomo — he literally offered to change his name to "Amazon Cuomo" to make it happen — came with a slap in the face to New York and every other state that bid for this deal.
Reichert called the painting a "slap in the face to the countless men and women who put their lives on the line everyday on behalf of our safety and freedom" in a statement on Friday.
"Trump is delivering a slap in the face to dignified, hard-working people whose lives were ripped apart by Arpaio," said Ms. Romero, 25, a former supermarket cashier who now babysits to make ends meet.
TEHRAN — Iran's highest leader said on Wednesday that any disrupters of national elections, which are less than two weeks away, would receive a "slap in the face," underscoring the political tensions lurking behind the vote.
As for the missile launch, Iran said it was "a slap in the face" to the US, but not enough, and there was also a market view that it was just the beginning of retaliation.
A slimy slap in the face Of all the things that can happen when you take to the water, being slapped by a seal with an octopus is not on the list of probable outcomes.
"These terrorist acts represent a slap in the face to the expressed desire of the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, for national reconciliation and dialogue," Reverol said in a statement read on state television.
They say picking a "moderate" with unknown views on choice is a slap in the face to women and the pro-choice movement — a signal that their concerns aren't the highest priority in a nominee.
Katrin Göring-Eckardt of the Greens party called Gauland&aposs comments a slap in the face to Holocaust survivors and their descendants and said they highlight the need to push back against a hate-filled minority.
But speaking to reporters at the event, Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, dismissed the idea that the remarks are a slap in the face to the presumptive nominee coming from the leader of the Republican Party.
Although Babel mostly lets characters speak for themselves, the narrators' descriptions can be as luxurious as the stolen jewels given to Benya's sister on her wedding night, or as surprising as a slap in the face.
"In the past environment inspections were like a slap in the face, but now it is like having a knife to the neck," said a glass-factory manager in Hebei to Xinhua, a state news agency.
This latest move from the Trump administration is a slap in the face for the hundreds of thousands of people who made their voices heard as President Obama considered opening up more coastal waters to drilling.
"It's a slap in the face to those of us who had to deal with his baloney and the consequences of the ongoing lies and disinformation campaign at the White House," one of the staffers said.
"Pakistani authorities' move to block Steven Butler from entering the country is baffling and is a slap in the face to those concerned about press freedom in the country," said Joel Simon, C.P.J.'s executive director.
The Nebraska Corn Growers Association called the exemptions "a slap in the face" and biofuel producers from across the Midwest sounded alarm bells that farmers who had voted Trump in 2016 were ready to abandon ship.
This painting hung in clear defiance to those rules and was a slap in the face to the countless men and women who put their lives on the line everyday on behalf of our safety and freedom.
That's why it feels like a distracting slap in the face every time someone in this late '80s tale mentions Donald Trump, a man who allegedly once joked about his Vice President wanting to hang LGBTQ+ people.
It is perhaps the wasted potential of Octopath's female protagonists — whose stories somehow always manage to revolve around the men in their lives — that makes the game's casual misogyny feel like such a slap in the face.
"The Chief of Staff's bigoted comments about immigrants seeking refuge are a slap in the face to the generations of people who have come from foreign lands to contribute to the richness of our nation," said Rep.
In 2015, three years after the infamous tweet, Jones walked everything back, doing a veritable time machine slap in the face for talking shit about his schooling: Seems like he eventually did come around to play school.
"I like Sid Vicious' version because it twists it, and his whole life and death was a kind of slap in the face of the whole system, the whole point of existence in a way," said Scorsese.
Sergio Giangrande, the president of the group, called the move a "slap in the face of the more than 85033,000 Italian Americans in Chicago, and the 135 million Italian Americans worldwide" in a statement to the newspaper.
I see how easily a call to overthrow Liking and Disliking could shade into Stoicism and to the claim that you should feel the same about a slap in the face and a kiss on the cheek.
All one needed to do was to view the Bears Ears National Monument proclamation on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) website to see what a slap in the face its designation was to Native American tribes.
That included adding two new board members earlier today — a former banker who specialized in health care and a CFO of a semiconductor company — in what amounts to a slap in the face of activist shareholder Starboard Value.
Any suggestion we have no idea who is performing hacking activities is a dismissive slap in the face to the gifted men and women of our intelligence and technology communities, and an embarrassment to the President-elect himself.
Will the end of the Panthers' winning streak send them into a funk, or will having lost be a slap in the face that wakes them up from the lethargic state they appeared to be in last week?
" Randi Spivak, public lands program director with the Center for Biological Diversity, called the memo "a slap in the face to the tribes that sought protection for Bears Ears and any American who values our incredible public lands.
It would be a slap in the face to countless clients of mine who served under his supervision during his Government career and whose careers were ended for inadvertent mistakes that pale in comparison to his deliberate actions.
But Trump's decision on Iran is the latest slap in the face for European allies who have tried unsuccessfully to lobby Trump on a number of issues, including the Paris climate agreement and his steel and aluminum tariffs.
John Rutledge, chief investment officer at Safanad, a financial firm, said the summit was a complete slap in the face to South Korea "because the president of South Korea was not in the room when they did this."
I'm sorry, but this is a slap in the face to literary writers everywhere, many of whom toil in relative obscurity all their lives, and some of whom literally risk their lives to write and publish their work.
Personally, I feel like this hiring freeze is a slap in the face to me and all my coworkers who pulled ourselves up by our own bootstraps to get this far and intend to continue to do so.
"Every euro dedicated to the fight against poverty needs to go to the fight against poverty, and absolutely nothing else," Prime Minister Charles Michel said in Parliament, calling the revelations a "slap in the face" of social workers.
"  Ryan added: "For him not to completely separate himself from his business dealings really is a slap in the face and shows a lack of understanding in the role he's playing now as president of the United States.
In a defiant sermon Friday, Khamenei described the "martyrdom" of Soleimani and Tehran's retaliation against the US as "acts of God, not man," and boasted that Iran had delivered a slap in the face to the United States.
"A slap in the face, a wake-up call — whatever you want to call it — the people left behind by globalization feel abandoned by the political elite," said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at the research firm IHS Markit.
She raised questions about the school board considering a $38,000 raise for the superintendent, saying she felt that giving raises to any person of leadership was a "slap in the face" to all the teachers, according to WGNTV.
In Spanish, the word cachete roughly translates to "slap in the face" — which is exactly the impact that the Spanish illustrators Nuria Bellver and Raquel Fanjul, better known as the duo Cachetejack, hope to have with their work.
Germany's Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks called the ruling a "colossal nuisance" as well as a slap in the face for the previous coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel that was in charge when the tax was introduced in late 2010.
When the results were announced, timid applause broke out in a corner of the General Assembly — an obscene display of enthusiasm for anyone who believes in human rights and a slap in the face for the Maduro government's victims.
Also, the test occurred as the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) met in Geneva to discuss the prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS); India's actions can be construed as a kind of slap in the face.
"The Pakistani authorities' move to block Steven Butler from entering the country is baffling and is a slap in the face to those concerned about press freedom in the country," said Joel Simon, CPJ's executive director, in the statement.
Gilead's price discrimination against American veterans and the organization established to care for them is a slap in the face to the millions who depend on VA health care as well as the taxpayers who generously fund the department.
"It is definitely a slap in the face of plus-size consumers to cast a fuller-figured model and break size boundaries, and then not offer those same sizes in store," blogger and creative consultant Nicolette Mason told Allure.
Initially it was a mountain stage and a TT. This year it was a single stage, four laps of the men's individual TT course in Pau won by Dutch great Marianne Vos — a "slap in the face" agreed Gibson.
The decision to award the prize to Dylan, whom the Academy said had "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," was seen by some as slap in the face to mainstream writers of poetry and prose.
After the announcement of her promotion, Aly Raisman, a six-time Olympic medalist who has said she was abused by Nassar, called Tracy's hiring "a slap in the face for survivors" and proof that the organization had not changed.
The sector's majority union the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which originally demanded a hike of around 48%, said earlier this month that the offer by Sibanye for the Lonmin operations was a "slap in the face".
"The Pakistani authorities' move to block Steven Butler from entering the country is baffling and is a slap in the face to those concerned about press freedom in the country," said Joel Simon, CPJ's executive director, in the statement.
The royal endorsement given to Healy is a "slap in the face to women everywhere", said Rachel Moran, an activist who opposes decriminalization as she argues it will increase violence against women and make exploitation easier for sex traffickers.
First, the unilateral announcement of these elections by the government is a slap in the face of internationally-facilitated talks between the government and opposition that began in the Dominican Republic in December, precisely to negotiate fairer electoral conditions.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, which under Pope Francis' insistence has strongly backed the Paris climate change deal, would see a U.S. exit as a slap in the face and a "disaster for everyone," a senior official said on Thursday.
"This painting … was a slap in the face to the countless men and women who put their lives on the line everyday on behalf of our safety and freedom," Congressman Dave Reichert (R-Washington) told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (R-Texas).
"What's so ironic is that it came on the first anniversary of Donald Trump's presidency on Saturday, a slap in the face for the leadership in Washington," China's Xinhua News Agency said in a commentary by Xinhua writer Liu Chang.
"Today's groundless ruling is a further slap in the face for justice in Ethiopia and proof of the authorities' continued willingness ... to misuse the criminal justice system to silence dissent," said Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International's regional director, in a statement.
First, we saw the slap in the face that some markets (particularly foreign exchange) gave the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan in December and January when they seemed to have crossed the line in their monetary experiments.
For the NYPD to pretend that no longer arresting people for fare evasion is some sort of benevolent or enlightened act is a slap in the face to the people whose lives have been ruined for the crime of being poor.
The decision to award the prize to Dylan, whom the Academy said had "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," was seen by some as slap in the face by some mainstream writers of poetry and prose.
Lorde is now the second nominee out of 5 for Album of the Year who won't be performing at the 'Grammys' Sunday, and it's all because the offer she got from producers was a slap in the face ... TMZ has learned.
"The enemy should not be mistaken in its assessments, and it will receive a strong slap in the face if it does make such a mistake," General Mohammad Pakpour said, according to remarks on the group's website, as reported by Reuters.
Related: Sanders quiets 'Bernie or Bust' contingent with plea for unity "I think even the angrier delegates know that they've won things, but then the VP pick and hiring of Wasserman Schultz was a slap in the face," Cohen said.
President Trump's decision in January to cut funding to the United Nations World and Relief Agency—which 1.3 million of Gaza's 1.9 million people depend on for food—was another slap in the face for the already war-battered people.
"Pardoning Joe Arpaio is a slap in the face to the people of Maricopa County, especially the Latino community and those he victimized as he systematically and illegally violated their civil rights," Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton (D) said in a statement.
Whether one is inclined to place more blame on congressional leadership or the president for that debacle, the last few months have been a slap in the face for Americans desperate for relief, as premiums rise and insurers exit the marketplace.
A top House Democrat slammed President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services for being too close to the drug industry, calling the pick a "slap in the face" to American waiting for lower drug prices. Rep.
Amidst the usual griping—the final season is "not Game of Thrones anymore," it is "garbage," a "slap in the face"—the most common sentiment is some variation on the disappointment caused by all that has been invested in the show.
Federal law explicitly bars all branches of the Puerto Rican government from entering bankruptcy, the way many mainland cities and counties could if they were in the island's position — and here, that exclusion is seen as a slap in the face.
What I mean is the recent discussion about the enterprise access, and Apple turning off Google's and Facebook's, was perhaps, from the outside view, not a big deal, but it was kind of a big slap in the face, right?
On the one hand Jamiroquai is a slap in the face to all that is bland and modest about British music, sexy dancing over the rigid, stoney-faced template of The British Male with wildly indulgent music videos and weird trousers.
Hamas officials hailed the failure of the resolution as a "great victory," calling it a "slap in the face" of the American administration and Israel and an affirmation of what they called the legitimacy of the Palestinian resistance against Israel.
While he has since announced a series of modest tax cuts to help people struggling to make ends meet, he has refused to reinstate the wealth tax, a symbolic slap in the face of the protesters that redoubled their anger.
" On Sunday, Trump tried, pathetically, to take back the slap in the face he had delivered to this country and its intelligence agencies, saying of Putin: "I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election.
But the Legislature in Pierre, the state capital, swiftly struck back: It repealed the referendum and replaced it with its own slate of bills, which critics denounced as a watered-down substitute — and a slap in the face to voters.
"Harley-Davidson's announcement today is the latest slap in the face to the loyal, highly skilled work force that made Harley an iconic American brand," said Robert Martinez Jr., the international president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
" The Sanders campaign did not respond to a request for comment, but national co-chair Nina Turner blasted the appointments in an interview with progressive online news channel Status Coup, calling it "an embarrassment" and a "slap in the face.
Sandy Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi died during the shooting, told THR that the new film is like a "slap in the face" and expressed concern that the audience may connect with the volatile character and find inspiration in the film.
LONDON (Reuters) - Max Verstappen's sudden promotion to Red Bull will be considered as a slap in the face for Daniil Kvyat, the man he replaces, but it has more to do with the Dutch driver's potential than the Russian's failings.
Judy ChuJudy May ChuHarris, Castro introduce resolution condemning Trump aide Stephen Miller Abortion wars flare up in Congress Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' MORE (D-Calif.), referring to abortion bans passed in conservative states.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, the most senior Chinese Catholic cleric, says the participation of an excommunicated prelate at two bishop ordinations in China was a "slap in the face" for Pope Francis just as Rome seeks a historic deal with Beijing.
CBS's lack of immediate action against Moonves was a "slap in the face to the brave women who came forward," said Melissa Silverstein, founder of the blog Women and Hollywood, in a Twitter post, as social media reacted quickly to CBS's announcement.
But to survivors of gun violence, and March For Our Lives, the gun control advocacy group founded by students after the Parkland, Florida, shooting last year, "that was a slap in the face to every single one of those groups," he said.
"It is an historic mistake and a slap in the face to the tens of millions of Americans who suffered and continue to suffer from the devastating 2008 financial crash," Dennis Kelleher, president and CEO of Better Markets, said in a statement.
Another tweet reads, "King wanted to be Rob for Halloween if that ain't a slap in the face to Tyga..." If Tyga is indeed upset about his son dressing up as his future stepdad — and his ex's new boo — that is pretty understandable.
Toshiba's latest writedown would be another slap in the face for a sprawling conglomerate hoping to recover from a $1.3-billion accounting scandal, as well as a writedown of more than $2 billion for its nuclear business in the last financial year.
Such a hit would be another slap in the face for a sprawling conglomerate hoping to recover from a $1.3 billion accounting scandal as well as a writedown of more than $2 billion for its nuclear business in the last financial year.
"Punk" feels like a waste of time and effort from a show that otherwise gets so much right, and in a series like Stranger Things, which is meant to be binge-watched, it feels like a slap in the face to viewers.
Whenever the queen sees white fans publicly declare, "These are the darkest times we've ever had," Bob told Vox that it feels like a slap in the face of enslaved people, prisoners, and other people of color who have faced far darker times.
To have the ear of your legislators and then use your position to mock and target volunteers who are working hard to prevent gun violence is a slap in the face, especially in light of the grief so many of us have experienced.
But at the same time, it does seem like a slap in the face to a lot of American writers who have been toiling on novels and plays and poems for years, while Dylan has been PLAYING GUITAR, WHICH IS NOT WRITING.
The International Monetary Fund forecasts Brazil's economy will shrink by 3.5 percent this year, following a 3.8 percent contraction in 2015 - a slap in the face for a country until recently hailed as a shining example of a prosperous South American economy.
"This decision by President Obama's attorney general is a slap in the face to the many Americans entrusted with classified information who play by the rules and those who have been punished for lesser offenses," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement.
There is a tremendous amount of work that needs to be done, but Moore's presence in the Senate would be like the proverbial slap in the face to victims and activists who have taken a stance against sexual assault and child molestation.
"The enemy should not be mistaken in its assessments, and it will receive a strong slap in the face if it does make such a mistake," said General Mohammad Pakpour, head of the Guards' ground forces, quoted by the Guards' website Sepahnews.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Worn down by years of EU-mandated austerity, many Greeks on Friday welcomed Britain's decision to leave the European Union as an overdue slap in the face for a Brussels bureaucracy they say is out of touch with ordinary people.
Business ____ A classmate of and tutor to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gunman called the idea that if other students had been kinder, Mr. Cruz would not have gone on a rampage, dangerous and a slap in the face to his victims.
"It is a slap in the face of the West," said Peter Pomerantsev, a fellow at the London School of Economics and author of "Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible," an account of his time as a television producer in Moscow.
"It's a slap in the face to the American dream and to the other kids in the Chicago Public School system," said Christian Badillo, the first student from his high school to be admitted to Stanford University, where he is now a senior.
The Swedish Academy's decision to award last year's prize for literature to Dylan, who had "created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition", was seen by some as slap in the face by some mainstream writers of poetry and prose.
Stabenow called it "a complete insult" and a "slap in the face," and accused the GOP of using Flint to cut a program that they've targeted for years and that is a huge boon to the auto industry, including Flint's General Motors plant.
McDonald, who has said a Fianna Fail-Fine Gael coalition would be "a slap in the face to the Irish electorate", hoped for a change of mind from Fianna Fail on her party, although there is so far little sign of that.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's pardon of his predecessor Alberto Fujimori is an appalling "slap in the face" for his victims and a major setback for the rule of law, a group of U.N. human rights experts said on Thursday.
With complex and beautiful movies like Moonlight, Fences, and Loving at the heart of the Oscar-prediction conversation, it feels like a slap in the face to enlist one of the Jimmys as the voice and face of our diverse Hollywood landscape this year.
Xu's victory in April was seen as a slap in the face to Chinese culture from a Western-style fighter, triggering a heated national debate on the combat effectiveness of Tai Chi, a traditional and performative form of martial arts endorsed by the Chinese government.
Bobby RushBobby Lee RushDemocrats praise Romney for breaking with GOP on convicting Trump Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Lobbying world MORE (D-Ill.) called for a hearing on the league's embarrassing cheating scandal involving the Houston Astros.
TOKYO (Reuters) - As U.S. President Donald Trump dealt a blow to China with plans to slap tariffs on $60 billion of trade, he quietly delivered a slap in the face to one of Washington's closest allies, Japan, which got no exemption from earlier announced duties.
But security issues aside, the bigger slap in the face was the fact that not only were US media barred from taking photos or attending any part of the meet-and-greet, the White House didn't even issue its own photos from the event.
Waiting for more than two days for an order to arrive feels like years, and seeing the heavily discounted Prime prices on products will feel like a slap in the face whenever you drop the item, at its full retail value, into your shopping cart.
"The fact that Cardinal Pell was appointed to a very senior post in the Vatican rather than having to face any sanction for his mishandling of abuse cases was a slap in the face to all those he had let down so badly," she wrote.
"That is basically a slap in the face in terms of an acknowledgement that human rights and women's rights apply internationally and in the same way," said Liane Schalatek, associate director at the Heinrich Boell Foundation North America, who was at the board meeting.
I felt pressure to embrace my natural hair... but wanting to feel truer to my queer self felt like failing too, like reaching for the straightener again after over a year of wearing my natural curls was a slap in the face to my race.
"I'm sorry, but this is a slap in the face to literary writers everywhere, many of whom toil in relative obscurity all their lives, and some of whom literally risk their lives to write and publish their work," g from New York, N.Y., insisted.
Harriet's great-great-great-grandniece, Tina Wyatt, tells TMZ ... the movie would've been blacklisted in the black community because it would've been a slap in the face, and utterly disrespectful if Julia were cast to play the black woman who helped free countless slaves.
The potential move by Freedom Caucus is a slap in the face to Republican leaders and to President Donald Trump, who traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to personally lobby members of the GOP to pass the bill known as the American Health Care Act.
The whole process is a security risk, an accounting nightmare, a logistical hassle, a waste of time and resources, and a slap in the face to a guy who is doing everything in his power to pay his fair share and follow the law.
"This move is a slap in the face to the dedicated career staff of the department who work tirelessly to enforce our nation's civil rights laws," Vanita Gupta, head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, an advocacy group, said in a statement.
When Ben McAdoo, the Giants' coach for most of last season, wanted Manning temporarily benched during the latter stages of a dismal season so he could try out other quarterbacks on the roster, furious fans considered the move a slap in the face to Manning.
So graduating high school was really a slap in the face for me because it was like, "OK, you have four more years of living comfortably and then after that, it's working under the table with a college degree," if I even get to graduate.
The rush to passage in order to give President Trump his Christmas present and bragging rights of having finally achieved something significant in his first year in office is nothing short of a disgrace and a slap in the face to a gullible public.
However, the Austrian refusal is a further slap in the face for the IOC's Agenda 2020, a set of reforms introduced in 2014 and aimed, among other things, at reducing the size and cost of the Games to make them more attractive to potential hosts.
In that sense, this interview serves not only as a slap in the face to people like Speaker Ryan and Senator McConnell, but it's also a warning to those on the Trump team who think they can still go about Washington business as usual.
The country fired 20 ballistic missiles at military bases in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed, which Khamenei called a "slap in the face" to the U.S. As of Wednesday, the U.S. and Iran appeared to be stepping back from the brink of war.
While most of them have noticed that accepting Epstein's company and / or cash was a slap in the face to his victims — at least, they say so in their apologies — they did go on accepting the money or coming to his parties or both.
"Today's ruling is a devastating slap in the face to transgender service members who have proved their fitness to serve and their dedication to this country," said Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, one of the groups challenging the policy.
The NHL champion Pittsburgh Penguins visited the White House on Tuesday, a move that seemed to many like a deliberate slap in the face of the black athletes whom the president had been attacking on Twitter and in public appearances for the past several weeks.
A week later, on December 13th, it received another slap in the face, this time from Delta, America's second biggest airline, which shunned Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft in favour of buying 200 jets from Airbus, its arch-rival from Europe, worth around $25bn at list prices.
Tests getting are getting more powerful 'Slap in the face' Relations between Pyongyang and Beijing have been frosty since Kim Jong Un succeeded his late father as dictator, promptly purging several key government figures -- such as his uncle Jang Song Thaek -- with strong ties to China.
This was not only a verdict on Mr Poroshenko's five-year presidency, much of it tainted by persistent corruption scandals, but a resounding slap in the face for the entire Ukrainian class of politicians who have misruled the country for most of its post-Soviet history.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese companies think the central bank's shock adoption of a negative interest rates policy has been a bad move that will hit business and consumer sentiment, a Reuters poll shows - a slap in the face for authorities who were aiming to spur economic activity.
Prominent climate change skeptic Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the corporate front group Competitive Enterprise Institute, is leading Trump's EPA transition team, a slap in the face to all Americans who recoil at climate change, dirty air and poisoned water.
To communities of color in New York still reeling from the impacts of his racist policies, Bloomberg's "apologies" and opportunistic backpedaling from referring to marijuana legalization as "perhaps the stupidest thing anybody has ever done" to recent support for decriminalization, is a slap in the face.
Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday morning that his country had dealt a "slap in the face" to the U.S. with missile strikes against two military bases in Iraq but warned that the attack was "not sufficient" response to the assassination of one of its most powerful generals.
And now this comic, and the idea that Captain America is actually involved with Hydra — which has its roots in Nazi Germany (the cinematic universe makes a bigger deal of this than the comics)— feels like a slap in the face, a betrayal of his creators.
" Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, an organization that represents taxi and ride-hail drivers, called the efforts by Lyft and Uber "a slap in the face," especially since the companies "are going to go public on the sweat of the drivers.
The vote to rescind Trump's emergency declaration came the day after the Senate voted to use the War Powers Act of 1973 to end U.S. military support for the Yemen civil war, which was also a stunning slap in the face to Trump by many in his own party.
In the piles of email I've received since the movie came out, there have been a lot of notes from people who claim the movie is "about" mental illness, and that being critical of it is a slap in the face to people who live with mental illness.
"Huawei is very iconic to the Chinese, kind of like Apple to us, so putting them on the entity list is a real slap in the face and threatens to take the trade war from economics to war over nationalistic pride," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
Passing over these issues at a time when people are protesting in the streets amounts to a slap in the face to part of the activist base of the party -- people that Democrats will be asking to turn out at the polls in big numbers later this year.
Note: This take is not valid if Kris Letang isn't healthy enough to play in the postseason and yes, you should take this as a slap in the face if you are a fan of the Canadiens, Blackhawks, Wild or any other team that's not Washington or Pittsburgh.
"Even apart from the essential resources at stake, the signal sent by this gesture is a slap in the face to artists, writers, researchers, and scholars who are learning that the administration seems to consider their work worthless," said Suzanne Nossel, the executive director of PEN America. Rep.
One warning sign, they point out: The Russell 2000 turned negative mid-morning, dramatically underperforming big caps, a sign the fear of a rise in rates is very real and a slap in the face of traders who keep arguing last week's move down was a "technical" correction.
Following the news, US politicians, human rights activists, and some of Google's own employees swiftly condemned the move as being a slap in the face of internet freedom and a hypocritical reversal from when Google withdrew its service in 2010 due to increased concerns about censorship and cyber attacks.
The entire world saw her live reaction to that victory, and her triumph — from her surprised face to the shoes she wore out through campaigning — became iconic, a symbolic reclamation of the possibilities of grassroots activism, and a slap in the face to the kind of establishment centrism represented by Crowley.
Jim HimesJames (Jim) Andres HimesHouse Republicans boycott public Intelligence panel hearing Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Twitter users invoke Merrick Garland after McConnell, Graham comments on impeachment trial MORE (D-Conn.) announced the GOP boycott in his opening remarks, criticizing it in the process.
Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE created a podcast and a web video to help share the propaganda.
Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (R-Texas), could not compete with a popular television celebrity like Trump.
"We have a diverse group of crime analysts, and what she said — that non-whites should not work in that capacity because they think all black people look alike — is a slap in the face to all the men and women in the crime center," Craig told the Detroit News.
Letters To the Editor: The Supreme Court's temporary stay of the implementation of the Obama administration's program to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants is a slap in the face to all Americans working to reverse global warming ("Justices Deal Blow to Obama Effort on Emissions," front page, Feb. 10).
But watching a white woman go from barely functional adult experiencing an unplanned pregnancy to a professor living in fully furnished, picture-perfect home in the country feels like a slap in the face, especially when women are currently facing so many threats to social services and reproductive health care.
In real life, in real time, they often don't register at all, so for me GIFs are really the perfect medium to capture these expressions and little mannerisms, to stick them in a loop and shamelessly stare at people in ways that would otherwise get me a slap in the face.
Its recapitulation of the series's opening episode in 2009 — Alicia once again standing by her husband, Peter, as he makes an embarrassing public mea culpa, and another resounding slap in the face, this time delivered to Alicia by her colleague and former friend Diane — was both gratifying and a little pat.
As I fumed then, it was nice to see Dio honored, albeit in an absurdly roundabout way, but was otherwise a slap in the face, given the astonishing number of quality actual heavy metal albums (to say nothing of the more extreme subgenres) that came out that year (and every year).
To stomp all over a figure who means so much to the Italian American community, and has been an inspiration to millions of Italian immigrants who struggled to find their place in society in the midst of persecution and poverty is unacceptable and a slap in the face to Italian Americans.
Moore has long been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage, and voices like his have grown louder since the Supreme Court's landmark decision last summer to give same-sex couples the right to marry — a triumph for gay rights advocates and a slap in the face of many religious conservatives.
If Trump treats the meetings as pointless wastes of time and walks out or skips them altogether, that would be a major slap in the face to America's closest allies — many of whom have sacrificed their own men and women to fight for America in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Suddenly, we had this all-female press corps and I say, call it a slap in the face from the patriarchy or a stroke of bad luck, but by the time it became 'the girls on the bus,' the role of the bus in the media ecosystem had been vastly diminished.
Such a reckless choice on the Iran deal would also free Iran to resume unfettered nuclear activities and constitute a slap in the face to major powers — Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China — that worked with the United States and Iran for two years to negotiate and implement the deal.
Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist On Monday, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other leading lights of the Trumpist right gathered in Israel to celebrate the relocation of the American Embassy to Jerusalem, a gesture widely seen as a slap in the face to Palestinians who envision East Jerusalem as their future capital.
With a chain-link fence around the base and part of a fake-brick townhouse facade, topped by a curtain-rod cornice, the facility seems an intentional slap in the face of every New Yorker who hoped for a structure that, if not actually good, might at least be innocuous.
Stanford senior: This is a slap in the face to the American dream Like many other working-class families around the country, my parents told me that if I worked hard in high school, I could gain access to opportunities that were unavailable to all previous generations of our family.
"While Grassley has moved forward several circuit court nominees without their home state senator's blue slips, doing so to the ranking member of the committee would be a dramatic escalation and slap in the face," said Christopher Kang, chief counsel of a group called Demand Justice that opposes the President's nominees.
"It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces who serve our country that President Trump is willing to cannibalize already allocated military funding to boost his own ego and for a wall he promised Mexico would pay to build," Schumer said in a statement.
Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (R) in 2018, and put together an unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination.ADVERTISEMENTgoogletag.cmd.
Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (R-Texas) shut down the government for a month, that was pretty bad, too.
Daniel Russel, the United States assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said such a launch would be "an unmistakable slap in the face to those who argue that you just need to show patience and dialogue with the North Koreans but not sanctions," a clear reference to China.
READ MORE: North Korea nuclear test 'slap in the face' for China Earnest rattled off a list of diplomatic steps the administration was taking in response to the nuclear test, saying President Barack Obama was hoping to speak with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President of South Korea Park Geun-gye shortly.
In what can only be construed as a blatant slap in the face to the entire state of Texas, tech-bro meal-replacement brand Soylent inexplicably decided to get into the barbecue game this SXSW with the deeply puzzling creation that is a plate of Texas brisket smothered in "Sweet Cacao" Soylent sauce.
While Affleck is a particular slap in the face to all of the actresses who have been so vocal over the past few months about the problem of sexual harassment in Hollywood, it's not as though there isn't also a sexual harassment problem in publishing; there's a sexual harassment problem in every industry.
"Essentially, this is just a gratuitous slap in the face, not a body blow," said Kate Cronin-Furman, a human rights lawyer and political scientist at the Harvard Kennedy School, who predicted that the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States would lead to more harm for the court.
Charles M. Blow Tuesday night's election results were a major shot in the arm for the anti-Donald Trump resistance and a major slap in the face for all the Democrats who caterwauled last November about how the party had focused too much on courting women and minorities, and ignored angry white men.
The fact that Kim drove such a luxurious car to meet with Pompeo could be construed as a bit of a slap in the face to the top US diplomat, as the Trump administration has insisted that the international community must strictly enforce the UN sanctions levied against North Korea until Pyongyang denuclearizes.
"The other rumor that I get is that there's a kind of revolution going on inside the F.B.I. about the original conclusion being completely unjustified, and almost a slap in the face of the F.B.I.'s integrity," Mr. Giuliani said in a radio interview with Lars Larson, the conservative talk show host.
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Building a wall would be hard to interpret as anything other than a slap in the face to everything Mexico has done for the US over the past 3503 years — "the meaning of this is really to separate Mexico," says Rafael Fernández de Castro, who served in the government of former Mexican President Felipe Calderón.
It was like suddenly we had all this all-female press corps, and I say — call it a slap in the face from the patriarchy or stroke of bad luck — but by the time it became the girls on the bus, the role of the bus in the media ecosystem had been vastly diminished.
Activists expect the same to happen during the Olympics: Anyone who goes too far in their pursuit of sex (or in their pursuit of sexual violence, as is unfortunately often the case) has a strong chance of getting in trouble with the police — or, at the very least, getting a slap in the face.
"It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces who serve our country that President Trump is willing to cannibalize already allocated military funding to boost his own ego and for a wall he promised Mexico would pay to build," said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
By contrast, the next courses are a slap in the face, in a masochistically delicious way: sweet kalbi beef with housemade noodles, pumpkin "steak" over crispy rice noodles and, of course, three different versions of fermented foods—white kimchi, pickled radish, and potato wrapped in rice—with all the funkiness one expects from Korean cooking.
You need public servants to fill in the gaps where the government falls short, and so, for the government to say they're going to completely abandon this program because it costs too much is a slap in the face to the people who are taking on the burden that the government leaves on the table.
"I think there's an underlying slap in the face for coaches in that something as simple as getting access to the warm-up track to talk to an athlete means you have to jump through 9,000 hoops and get a pass and then pass it on to someone else when you're done," he said.
Britain's vote to leave the EU was not only a defeat for the Eurocrats, it was also a slap in the face for President Obama himself, who had invested heavily in supporting the Remain campaign, with his menacing threat of Britain being at the "back of the queue" for a trade deal if it voted for Brexit spectacularly misfiring.
"When Obama put his dog on Air Force One and then told us to give more to help poor people, it was a slap in the face to the entire country," Chaulk, 400, a graphic designer from Columbus, Ohio, said on Wednesday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the marquee annual gathering for conservative activists.
Warming relations and lifting sanctions with a genocidal regime in the final days of President Obama's term in office is not only deeply upsetting to rights advocates, it is a slap in the face to all those who suffer under Bashir's reign of terror, the hundreds of thousands who have been killed, and the millions who have been displaced.
Read more: Trump's move to use $3.6 billion of military funds to pay for the border wall is a 'slap in the face' to US service members, Democratic leaders sayA crew member expressed his reaction to the accommodations at the resort by texting someone a photo and included that their allowance could not cover the meals.
So, it can feel like a slap in the face by that same hand, when, after a week back at work, people just kind of stop asking you how you're feeling (conflicted), or how you're sleeping (not at all), or how they can help (OMG, so many ways, am I really allowed to take you up on that?!
"We've heard the U.S.O.C. say in the past that it doesn't have athletes, and that was a slap in the face to those of us who represented the United States," said Wieber, who is suing the U.S.O.C., U.S.A. Gymnastics and Michigan State, where Dr. Nassar worked, claiming they were responsible for allowing him to prey on her.
"Make no mistake: Unilaterally shrinking the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument would not only be a slap in the face to the five sovereign tribes who share sacred ties to this land, it would violate both the Antiquities Act and the separation of powers doctrine," said Heidi McIntosh, a lawyer for the advocacy group Earthjustice.
In the time that Dolan has owned the team, it's been clear that the Liberty have been an afterthought - from small, immeasurable slights like a seeming disinterest in allocating marketing and advertising dollars, to the slap in the face of appointing Isaiah Thomas, the former Knicks coach who was found guilty of sexual harassment, as the president of the Liberty in 2015.
Several protesters, gathered outside a gay bar in downtown Orlando, said it felt like a "slap in the face" that Trump chose to hold his first official campaign event in the city less than a week after the three-year anniversary of the Pulse massacre in which 49 LGBT (and mostly Latinx) people were killed at a gay night club.
Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (R-Texas), could be a particularly valuable asset in Texas, where Democrats are eyeing a handful of House seats as potential pickup opportunities.
Passing it would be cruel to persons with mental illness, dangerous to communities and a slap in the face to President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE.
It was then a slap in the face for Kim when, just hours later, Trump canceled the June 12 meeting National Security Advisor John Bolton seems to have played a key role in the cancellation, and he presumably will be an obstacle to setting a new date — for Bolton's solution to almost any problem seems to be to start a war.
D.), John KerryJohn Forbes KerryDemocratic insiders stay on the sidelines in 2020 race 85033 former senators propose bipartisan caucus for incumbents John Kerry: Democratic debate 'was something of a food fight' MORE (D-Mass.) and Claire McCaskillClaire Conner McCaskill70 former senators propose bipartisan caucus for incumbents Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Kansas City, Kan.
" According to a post on its website, the decision to relocate, instead of remove altogether, the offensive monument "was seen as a slap in the face by many who had for years maintained that the statue's presence did a huge disservice to the neighborhood's majority Black and Latino residents—groups that have historically been subjected to medical experiments without permission or regard for their wellbeing.
By claiming that they were needed because of national security, they not only were a slap in the face of two neighboring countries, which closely collaborate with the United States precisely on security issues, but they also unnecessarily created a roadblock to USMCA approval — and in the process hurt American consumers and businesses, mainly in the Midwest, because of retaliatory tariffs imposed by Mexico and Canada.
" The Israeli government's decision this summer, for example, to renege on its promise to create a new egalitarian area at the Western Wall in Jerusalem — a religious site that the rabbinate controls and where there are separate areas for men and women — felt, in the words of Salai Meridor, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, like "a slap in the face to world Jewry.
Ms. Lempel mentions in her notes below that she was asked to "soften" the clue at 23A for MAKE PASSES from her original " … invite a sexual harassment charge," which was thought to be harsh, to " … invite a slap in the face," which is old-fashioned at best (face slapping went out with smelling salts) and a denial of how women can be treated at worst.
Wednesday's decision by the New York State Parole Board to free Judith Clark, who had affiliated herself with an offshoot of the Weather Underground and another group hoping to create a separate black nation within the United States, "is a cruel and unjust slap in the face" to the families of those killed, wrote Ed Day, the elected executive of Rockland County, where the crimes occurred, on his Facebook page.
Whether it's for attention or just the result of a general lack of understanding around how anxiety actually works, the colloquial use of anxiety terminology is a slap in the face to those who are truly suffering, those who wish their feelings were just butterflies—hearing people throw these terms around so casually trivializes the all-encompassing panic they actually feel, making anxiety less likely to be taken seriously by others.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday touted the overnight missile strike Tehran launched on Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops, saying the action amounted to a "slap in the face" to the U.S.  Speaking before a packed hall in the city of Qom, Khamenei denounced U.S. actions in the Middle East and warned that military operations would "not suffice" as retaliation for the death of Gen.
Releasing any documentation of Russian interference would be a slap in the face to Trump, who has rejected assertions that the Kremlin was involved in the hacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE campaign chairman John Podesta.
The Kansas secretary of state called DACA a "slap in the face" to immigrants waiting to enter the country legally, saying he doesn't consider it wrong to ask DACA recipients to go back to their birth country and apply to re-enter the U.S. Immigrants had formerly qualified for DACA if they arrived in the U.S. as a minor, passed a background check and gained a work permit to stay in the country.
D.), John CornynJohn CornynGOP senators reject punishing Romney for impeachment vote Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him Senate GOP drives stake through talk of Trump censure MORE (Texas), and Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (Texas).
While Chalamet and Depp haven't given us the Pariana-inspired Instagram PDA we're craving (at least, not yet — although Chalamet did like a photo she posted on Instagram back in September), they've been generous enough to give the world some IRL canoodling that's a slap in the face to any Chalamet stans who remain convinced that they would make a really good match for the actor given the opportunity to bump into him at a party.
For more than 16 years, Puzder has served as the president and chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of fast food chains Hardee's and Carl's Jr. President Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's selection of Puzder was a direct slap in the face to workers.
That's why when even progressive-leaning former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and others call for a ban on the purchase of soda and other such products with SNAP benefits, as they did a few years ago, it feels like a slap in the face, not an effort to combat one of the known causes of obesity and "Mountain Dew mouth" in some of the most impoverished areas of the country.
Plenty of gifted bluesmen work in the Bay Area, but only one of them has crossed traditional blues with retro Indian pop in a playful, let's-see-what-happens genre experiment, described in his own liner notes as "a marketing nightmare, an impossible sell, a potential financial failure, a slap in the face to both the Eastern and Western cultures that nurtured him as a child both culturally and musically…" Not to mention a madly arbitrary novelty record and a successful, exciting musical mesh.
Trump did so in a white pantsuit with a glowing white blouse — exactly the kind of outfit that became a symbol of her husband's rival, Hillary Clinton, during the last election, and has since become widely accepted as sartorial shorthand for both the suffragists and contemporary women's empowerment and something of an anti-Trump uniform, and also what the women gathered behind Kesha wore to display their sisterhood at Sunday's Grammy Awards — seemed to be about as subtle a slap in the face as could be contained in a garment.
C.), Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (Texas), Ben SasseBenjamin (Ben) Eric SasseBehind the scenes of McConnell's impeachment drama Senate rejects impeachment witnesses, setting up Trump acquittal GOP senator: Trump's actions to withhold Ukraine aid 'wrong' but not impeachable MORE (Neb.) and John ThuneJohn Randolph ThuneSenate GOP drives stake through talk of Trump censure The Hill's 12:30 Report: Dems wait for winner after caucus chaos Senate eyes quick getaway after impeachment vote MORE (S.
"What happened with the choice of Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineWarren's pledge to avoid first nuclear strike sparks intense pushback Almost three-quarters say minimum age to buy tobacco should be 21: Gallup Overnight Defense: Dems talk Afghanistan, nukes at Detroit debate | Senate panel advances Hyten nomination | Iranian foreign minister hit with sanctions | Senate confirms UN ambassador MORE was a slap in the face to Bernie SandersBernie SandersJoe Biden faces an uncertain path Bernie Sanders vows to go to 'war with white nationalism and racism' as president Biden: 'There's an awful lot of really good Republicans out there' MORE and everybody," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press" in an interview that airs Sunday.
Mike LeeMichael (Mike) Shumway LeeUtah's other Republican senator distances himself from Romney Mike Lee defends Romney after vote on witnesses in Trump trial Rand Paul to 'insist' on whistleblower question blocked by John Roberts MORE (Utah), Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' Trump couldn't get Ukraine to smear Joe Biden, so Senate Republicans did it for him MORE (Texas) and Josh HawleyJoshua (Josh) David HawleyRomney shocks GOP with vote to convict Overnight Health Care — Presented by Philip Morris International — Trump officials to allow Medicaid block grants | WHO declares emergency over coronavirus | CDC reports first coronavirus case that spread in US McConnell group to host Super Bowl weekend fundraiser MORE (Mo.) asked for details on who the whistleblower might have worked with.
Judy ChuJudy May ChuHarris, Castro introduce resolution condemning Trump aide Stephen Miller Abortion wars flare up in Congress Democrats criticize Medal of Freedom for Limbaugh as 'slap in the face' MORE (D-Calif.), Karen BassKaren Ruth BassHarris, Castro introduce resolution condemning Trump aide Stephen Miller Senior black Democrats urge party chairman to take responsibility for Iowa Black News Channel, first 24-7 news network created 'by black people, for black people' launches in US MORE (D-Calif.), Debbie Wasserman SchultzDeborah (Debbie) Wasserman SchultzHarris, Castro introduce resolution condemning Trump aide Stephen Miller Iowa debacle deepens division between Sanders, national party US officials, world leaders arrive in Israel for World Holocaust Forum  MORE (D-Fla.), Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Brad SchneiderBradley (Brad) Scott SchneiderHarris, Castro introduce resolution condemning Trump aide Stephen Miller Palestinians face shrinking options with Trump peace plan Illinois lawmaker latest to endorse Biden for president MORE (D-Ill.).

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