Congressman Shamed For Sexist Kellyanne Couch Comment, Meanwhile Republican Compares Her To Monica Lewinsky

Let's just be real for a second. While we all thought Kellyanne Conway's "kneeling couch position" was inappropriate for the Oval Office and just plain unnecessary, we would never turn it into a misogynistic, sexually suggestive joke. However, if you're a congressman, you shouldn't even think of doing that. Unless, you know, you want to receive a ridiculous amount of backlash.

Democratic congressman of Louisiana, Cedric Richmond, didn't get the memo. When speaking about the whole Kellyanne Conway "kneeling on the couch" scandal, he said her position "looked familiar."

"I really just want to know what was going on there," Richmond said. "Because she really looked kind of familiar there in that position there. But don't answer. And I don't want you to refer back to the ’90s.”Richmond's comment occurred moments after Republican Senator Tim Scott said, "Has anyone seen the controversy around Kellyanne Conway and the couch in the Oval Office? Come on, people. You remember the '90s. That couch has had a whole lot of worse things. Come on now.”

But that didn't stop Richmond from being accused of sexism. 

The White House has since demanded an apology and Republican National Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel took to Twitter to call Richmond out. 

"You may think this is funny, but it's not. It's disgusting & offensive,"  McDaniel tweeted. "A snarky joke for you is just a reminder of the demeaning comments women hear every single day."

When asked by a reporter what he meant by that comment, Richmond promised it was nothing sexual.

"I just said she looked comfortable in that position," Richmond said. "I can't let Tim get away with making a Clinton joke without making one of my own."

He later made a statement: "Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting 'familiar' simply means that they are behaving too comfortably," Richmond said. "I decided to use that joke due to the large social media backlash over her inappropriate posture considering there were more than 60 HBCU Presidents in the room."

Chelsea Clinton even thought his comment was "despicable:"

Do you think Richmond went a bit too far with his joke or do you think this is getting waaaay out of hand?