Sean Spicer's Emmys cameo on Sunday left a lot of people with a bad taste in their mouths. And as it was readily apparent that Spicer was beginning a comeback tour, to a group of people who were willing to embrace him, albeit with some light hazing, there was an elephant in the room to address.

Why wasn't the same treatment being given to Hillary Clinton? The former Democratic presidential nominee has been on a book tour, partly to explain what happened in the wake of endless speculation about how she lost. But, as journalist Lauren Duca noted in a tweetstorm, she hasn't been given warm treatments on her return to the spotlight as Spicer has.

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Oh, Hillary needs to "go away," but Sean Spicer is rolling around in a ball pit of affection? https://t.co/VOoFCtyx6I — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) September 18, 2017

We've spent a week litigating how much time Hillary deserves in the public eye, but Sean Spicer is gearing up for fucking carpool karaoke. — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) September 18, 2017

Spicy feelings have been translated into an early edition of Thigh-High Politics (s/o to hero editor @amandalynncee) https://t.co/l3thFq5O7W — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) September 18, 2017

Sean Spicer's cameo at the Emmys is what the normalization of authoritarianism looks like https://t.co/moGNMNaMXJ (cc: @StephenAtHome) pic.twitter.com/sGBji3b72O — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) September 18, 2017

Duca has a very good point here: If Hillary Clinton is poison for public policy, and if her ideas were discredited, and if she should fade from the public eye, why can't the same be said for Spicer, the press secretary who fed lies to the American people?

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In other words, what makes Spicer better than Clinton?