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I surprised this is from CNN.
As Democrats denounce Weinstein, Clintons and Obama stay mum
Washington (CNN)Many Democratic office holders were quick to repudiate disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein following a bombshell report detailing decades of alleged sexual harassment.
But former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- all of whom have longstanding ties to Weinstein, a major Democratic Party fundraiser -- have not publicly addressed the accusations.
Representatives for the Clintons have not responded to comment for this story, and Obama's office declined to comment.
The recent report in The New York Times cataloged accusations of sexual harassment against the filmmaker that spanned three decades. Three days after the report, Weinstein was fired by the company he co-founded.
Longtime Hillary Clinton aides have been confused by the former secretary of state's silence on the issue, questioning -- in private -- why she has not weighed in at all.
Weinstein has long been a Clinton donor with ties to the political family. Weinstein was one of many from Hollywood who donated to Bill Clinton's legal defense fund in the 1990s, a Washington Post report from the time stated. More recently, the Clintons rented a home next to Weinstein in the Hamptons in 2015, and Weinstein served as a connector between Hollywood stars and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
Weinstein raised about $1.5 million from 1990-2016, according to data from the campaign finance-tracking Center for Responsive Politics, and was a bundler for Clinton's 2016 effort, including at a star-studded fundraiser for Clinton in June 2016 at Weinstein's Manhattan home.
Clinton personally headlined multiple fundraisers Weinstein was involved in organizing during the campaign.
CRP's OpenSecrets website shows Weinstein was a bundler for Obama as well, and the Hollywood giant visited the White House on several occasions during Obama's tenure. At a White House event for student films in 2013, first lady Michelle Obama credited Weinstein for making the event happen and praised him as a wonderful person and a good friend.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been outspoken on the issue of sexual assault, also has not appeared to make any public statements about Weinstein since the report came out, and the Biden Foundation did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.
Several Democrats announced their intention to return donations received from Weinstein or donate them to charity in the wake of the Times report. But as a bundler, much of his work for campaigns was gathering up donations from others into large sums -- making potentially returning Weinstein's donations more complicated for politicians like Clinton and Obama.
Calls for response
An editorial from The New York Times on Friday implored the Clintons and Obama to disavow Weinstein, calling on Democrats to make sure his status as a major party donor would not prevent anyone from speaking out.
Some Republicans have seized on the Weinstein report and his ties to the Democratic Party.
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday that Clinton's "silence is deafening."
"I applaud the Democrats who are giving back that money," McDaniel said. "All of us should be speaking out against a sexual predator like Harvey Weinstein."
McDaniel pushed back, however, on any comparison of Weinstein and President Donald Trump, whom multiple women have accused of harassment and was infamously recorded by Access Hollywood saying he could grab women by their genitals.
"It's not even comparable," McDaniel said, citing the reported settlements Weinstein had come to with women who had accused him, saying Trump "didn't have eight settlements."
After the Access Hollywood tape came out, Trump dismissed his comments as "locker room talk."
Trump also was counseled by Roger Ailes during the 2016 campaign and before the Fox News chief's death. Ailes left the conservative network following revelations that he harassed female Fox staffers.
Many Democrats have also called on their colleagues to repudiate Weinstein.
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said in a CNN interview on Sunday that Democrats should give any money they received from Weinstein back.
"I mean this is a pretty bad guy who did some really awful things," Murphy said.
Since her electoral defeat last November, Hillary Clinton has been outspoken on a range of issues, and during her presidential campaign she went after Trump for allegations of sexual assault.
Bill Clinton has been plagued by allegations of sexual harassment and assault throughout his own political career.
In December 2015, Hillary Clinton was asked about some of the accusations and her own assertions that victims who allege assault should be believed. In the context of allegations against her husband, Clinton said, "I would say that everyone should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence."
Obama has largely shied away from the public eye since leaving office, apart from delivering a few speeches and issuing statements in response to Trump administration moves on areas like climate change and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
CNN's Oliver Darcy contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/politics/clinton-obama-weinstein/index.html
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I surprised this is from CNN.
As Democrats denounce Weinstein, Clintons and Obama stay mum
Washington (CNN)Many Democratic office holders were quick to repudiate disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein following a bombshell report detailing decades of alleged sexual harassment.
But former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- all of whom have longstanding ties to Weinstein, a major Democratic Party fundraiser -- have not publicly addressed the accusations.
Representatives for the Clintons have not responded to comment for this story, and Obama's office declined to comment.
The recent report in The New York Times cataloged accusations of sexual harassment against the filmmaker that spanned three decades. Three days after the report, Weinstein was fired by the company he co-founded.
Longtime Hillary Clinton aides have been confused by the former secretary of state's silence on the issue, questioning -- in private -- why she has not weighed in at all.
Weinstein has long been a Clinton donor with ties to the political family. Weinstein was one of many from Hollywood who donated to Bill Clinton's legal defense fund in the 1990s, a Washington Post report from the time stated. More recently, the Clintons rented a home next to Weinstein in the Hamptons in 2015, and Weinstein served as a connector between Hollywood stars and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
Weinstein raised about $1.5 million from 1990-2016, according to data from the campaign finance-tracking Center for Responsive Politics, and was a bundler for Clinton's 2016 effort, including at a star-studded fundraiser for Clinton in June 2016 at Weinstein's Manhattan home.
Clinton personally headlined multiple fundraisers Weinstein was involved in organizing during the campaign.
CRP's OpenSecrets website shows Weinstein was a bundler for Obama as well, and the Hollywood giant visited the White House on several occasions during Obama's tenure. At a White House event for student films in 2013, first lady Michelle Obama credited Weinstein for making the event happen and praised him as a wonderful person and a good friend.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has been outspoken on the issue of sexual assault, also has not appeared to make any public statements about Weinstein since the report came out, and the Biden Foundation did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.
Several Democrats announced their intention to return donations received from Weinstein or donate them to charity in the wake of the Times report. But as a bundler, much of his work for campaigns was gathering up donations from others into large sums -- making potentially returning Weinstein's donations more complicated for politicians like Clinton and Obama.
Calls for response
An editorial from The New York Times on Friday implored the Clintons and Obama to disavow Weinstein, calling on Democrats to make sure his status as a major party donor would not prevent anyone from speaking out.
Some Republicans have seized on the Weinstein report and his ties to the Democratic Party.
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday that Clinton's "silence is deafening."
"I applaud the Democrats who are giving back that money," McDaniel said. "All of us should be speaking out against a sexual predator like Harvey Weinstein."
McDaniel pushed back, however, on any comparison of Weinstein and President Donald Trump, whom multiple women have accused of harassment and was infamously recorded by Access Hollywood saying he could grab women by their genitals.
"It's not even comparable," McDaniel said, citing the reported settlements Weinstein had come to with women who had accused him, saying Trump "didn't have eight settlements."
After the Access Hollywood tape came out, Trump dismissed his comments as "locker room talk."
Trump also was counseled by Roger Ailes during the 2016 campaign and before the Fox News chief's death. Ailes left the conservative network following revelations that he harassed female Fox staffers.
Many Democrats have also called on their colleagues to repudiate Weinstein.
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said in a CNN interview on Sunday that Democrats should give any money they received from Weinstein back.
"I mean this is a pretty bad guy who did some really awful things," Murphy said.
Since her electoral defeat last November, Hillary Clinton has been outspoken on a range of issues, and during her presidential campaign she went after Trump for allegations of sexual assault.
Bill Clinton has been plagued by allegations of sexual harassment and assault throughout his own political career.
In December 2015, Hillary Clinton was asked about some of the accusations and her own assertions that victims who allege assault should be believed. In the context of allegations against her husband, Clinton said, "I would say that everyone should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence."
Obama has largely shied away from the public eye since leaving office, apart from delivering a few speeches and issuing statements in response to Trump administration moves on areas like climate change and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
CNN's Oliver Darcy contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/politics/clinton-obama-weinstein/index.html
can you post the link to you denouncing Bill O'Reilly or Roger Ailes
of maybe just post a link to Trump denouncing them
can't recall exactly if Trump denounced or supported Cosby
do you remember?
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can you post the link to you denouncing Bill O'Reilly or Roger Ailes
of maybe just post a link to Trump denouncing them
can't recall exactly if Trump denounced or supported Cosby
do you remember?
This is why you're known as the Antifa sympathizing, Communist loving, Baby murdering Village Idiot.
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This is why you're known as the Antifa sympathizing, Communist loving, Baby murdering Village Idiot.
By pointing out that neither you nor Trump denounced O'Reilly or Ailes?
That's what you think makes me anti-fascist?
That makes zero sense which of course is what makes you a brain dead phony coach
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This is why you're known as the Antifa sympathizing, Communist loving, Baby murdering Village Idiot.
If Weinstein gave money to republicans, you would blow him. So, stfu.
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Trump denouncing Bill O'Reilly
"I think he's a person I know well — he is a good person," Trump told the Times. "I think he shouldn't have settled; personally I think he shouldn't have settled. Because you should have taken it all the way. I don't think Bill did anything wrong."
Trump denouncing Roger Ailes
"I can tell you that some of the women that are complaining, I know how much he's helped them, and even recently. And when they write books that are fairly recently released, and they say wonderful things about him. And now, all of a sudden, they're saying these horrible things about him," Trump said in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Saturday evening. "It's very sad because he's a very good person. I've always found him to be just a very, very good person. And, by the way, a very, very talented person. Look what he's done. So I feel very badly."
"I think it’s so sad," Trump said. "He’s such a great guy. Roger is — I mean, what he’s done on television, is in the history of television, he’s gotta be placed in the top three, or four or five. And that includes the founding of the major networks. So, it’s too bad. I’m sure it was friendly."
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Trump denouncing Bill O'Reilly
Trump denouncing Roger Ailes
lol....this has relevance to what?
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lol....this has relevance to what?
Yeah, it's a real head scratcher isn't it...Dunce
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Yeah, it's a real head scratcher isn't it...Dunce
Kinda like that GDP thing is a head scratcher to you...lmao
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Kinda like that GDP thing is a head scratcher to you...lmao
no idea what you're referring to
what is your specific claim about the GDP?
Is there some connection with Weinstein or are you just veering off course and I'm supposed to guess wtf you're talking about?
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Obama is staying out of the public as its custom with former presidents. Hillary has already commented.....meaningles s thread
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Obama is staying out of the public as its custom with former presidents. Hillary has already commented.....meaningles s thread
Obama is doing crack, coke, chooms, and hooking up w Reggie Love and visting all the old bath houses in Chicago he missed out on during his 8 year failed presidency in the WH.
Hope that helps. :D ;D :D
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Weinstein reportedly tells pals he ‘feels betrayed’ by brother Bob
By Chris Perez October 9, 2017 | 10:38pm
Weinstein reportedly tells pals he ‘feels betrayed’ by brother Bob
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Harvey Weinstein “feels betrayed” by his brother, Bob, after Bob voted to give him the boot on Sunday, a report says.
One of the media mogul’s longtime friends told CNN on Monday that he felt like his firing from The Weinstein Company was proof that his younger bro had finally turned his back on him following years of turmoil and bad blood.
“Harvey is convinced that this was a takedown,” the friend said. “He feels betrayed by his brother.”
Two other sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed to CNN that Weinstein felt like he was abandoned by Bob in the wake of the explosive New York Times expose alleging his sexual misconduct.
The 65-year-old was fired from The Weinstein Company — which he co-founded with his brother — due to the accusations against him, according to the board of directors.
Bob was said to have been one of the board members who voted to terminate him.
An insider told Page Six over the weekend that the relationship between the Weinsteins, which was already tumultuous, deteriorated even further last year following the death of their 90-year-old mother, Miriam.
“Bob’s wanted Harvey out for years,” explained a former Weinstein Company staffer. “Bob may have even fed this story [to the Times].”
One of Weinstein’s pals told CNN that the filmmaker felt “humiliated” by the Times article and allegations against him. He ultimately believes that Bob may have played a role in its publication due to the attribution in the story.
When describing how Weinstein allegedly paid at least eight settlements to women over the years, the newspaper cites “two company officials” as the sources of their information.
A spokesman for Bob declined to comment Monday when reached by CNN. A spokesman for his brother reportedly did not respond to requests for comment.
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were you watching the news today?
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GUILTY AS CHARGED
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https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/5-times-liberals-embarrassed-themselves-by-associating-with-harvey-weinstein/?fbclid=IwAR1AAJj3Cp3HGzjbi0yXMrlqiHDpz2TfNkYpN2MN0NqdgvMGP4eIWOlSrfw