Women for Hillary, and a Few Men, Too

Note to the Hillary Clinton campaign: The man in the picture above is not a woman.

He is Ashley Thrift, a prominent Winston-Salem attorney and the chairman of the N.C. Partnership for Children. Why is his gender relevant? Because his name appeared on a long list of prominent women who are supporting Clinton in North Carolina. The list was sent out today by the Clinton campaign.

On the list, which was billed as a “North Carolina women’s leadership council,“ Thrift appeared three spots below Maya Angelou, the renowned poet and professor at Wake Forest, and one spot above Emily Herring Wilson, a Winston-Salem writer. Also included on the list: Julianne Thrift, the former president of Salem College ... and wife of Ashley Thrift.

Thrift’s name wasn’t the only gender gaffe from the campaign. Dana Cope, the (male) executive director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, also appeared on the list.

(Hat tip to the eagle-eyed Laura Leslie for first pointing this out.)