Hillary Clinton was interrupted too much by Matt Lauer during NBC’s Commander in Chief forum, and the reason is because she’s a woman, some progressives said Wednesday night.

[dcquiz] Lauer himself was a previously a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, but that supposedly didn’t stop him from handling Clinton in a disrespectful, condescending manner, at least according to some viewers. One of the first complaints was made by Charles Johnson of the blog Little Green Footballs, who said Clinton was “constantly” interrupted by Lauer while Republican candidate Donald Trump never was.

Matt Lauer did not interrupt Donald Trump a single time. He interrupted Hillary Clinton constantly. https://t.co/Ijkh9M2O9I — Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 8, 2016

Neera Tanden, president of the progressive advocacy group Center for American Progress, joined in to say Clinton wouldn’t have been interrupted if she were a man.

Many people are saying @MLauer wouldn’t have interrupted Hillary so much if she were a man. — Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) September 8, 2016

Many others participated in the feeding frenzy, decrying Lauer’s conduct as a textbook case of men being condescending towards women.

@ChrisCuomo @Anna_LaPierre @MLauer He also interrupted her answers more often. Studies show men more comfortable/likely to interrupt women. — Michelle Deal (@MichelleDealZim) September 8, 2016

@joanwalsh @MLauer Lauer interrupts a woman several times; he doesn’t interrupt a man, lets him keep talking. — Ariel Gonzalez (@ArielGonzalez_1) September 8, 2016

Not only does Lauer interrupt her, he tells her to be brief – on something that is very complicated… #NBCNewsForum pic.twitter.com/FncZsULWDc — Bethany Khan (@BethanyKhan) September 8, 2016

@Green_Footballs @akaJimmyBoy He may as well have painted “Vote Trump” across his bald head. — alida bowen (@bowen1953) September 8, 2016

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