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Something that has really come to annoy me about the political frenzy…

When people claim "both sides do it".
Former Senator Al Franken, (Minnesota-D) after helping with passages of all kinds of legislation that benefitted women, still agreed to step down when accused of sexual misconduct from incidents in his past. The GOP piled on, of course, but the Democrats didn’t attempt to shield or protect him and also encouraged him to resign.

Consider how often the "party of family values" has shielded their politicians accused of outright sexual assault and even sex trafficking. It’s not even comparable. 19 accusers and his own bragging about being a predator hasn’t lessened the fervor of Donald Trump’s supporters—not even the female ones. Guess they’re okay with being “grabbed by the p*ssy". 😞
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Mak03 · F
do you mean like bill clinton and ted kennedy?
@Mak03 Are either of them in the White House now ? I’m pretty sure they’re not. Chappaquiddick is one of the reasons Ted never became president. And Clinton was impeached over a consensual encounter with an intern. Actually impeached.
Next question ? 😳
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard is trump in the white house now?
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard trump was a pig but be careful throwing rocks in a glass house every side has skeletons in the closet one bad rep and one bad dem do not a group make
@Mak03 He’s still working on 2024.
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard maybe but your response was are any of them there NOW
@Mak03 At this point, one side is actively attempting to take away women’s reproductive rights across the country, has representatives who have also suggested in the name of "states’ rights” reversing the Civil Rights Act (which definitively ended Jim Crow racial segregation), the Voters’ Rights act of 1965 (which stopped voter suppression in southern states). They’ve even discussed repealing Loving v. Virginia (which decriminalized interracial marriages).
One side is doing that, and supposedly in the name of CRT they’ve introduced legislation to restrict the history children can be taught in school. Not literature, not "alternative lifestyles” but actual historical facts are to be censored in some states. Again, by one side.
So yes, Trump is that side’s hero, but he’s their hero for a reason.
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard way way off topic so thanks for reaching your point was about sexual assault both sides are guilty i did not know that this was a reach for a new topic response. Both sides have had members accused of sexual acts that is all i am pointing out
@Mak03 There’s no chance of either Kennedy or Bill Clinton returning, though. Wish I could be confident that was true about Trump.
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard still not the topic
@Mak03 My point was that the "both side do it" claim isn’t accurate. The sexual aspect was one example, but there are many.
@Mak03 Yes, it is.
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard your original point was the dems did not try to shield it and the reps piled on but the reps shield their people from sexual misconduct that is what the whole thread is about, I pointed out 2 cases where the dems tried to shield it and the topic changed
@Mak03 And I reminded you that it cost Kennedy the presidency and Clinton was in fact impeached because they weren’t shielded. Don’t you get that ?
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard how many times did hillary say it was nothing more than a right wing conspiracy clinton was impeached for lying under oath not for the relationship what he lied about was the relationship but they tried to shield him and failed
@Mak03 His wife ? So they didn’t shield him. And it really was a conspiracy, because as stupid as it was it had nothing to do with his presidency. When Clinton left the White House the country was financially better off.
Mak03 · F
@bijouxbroussard and now you are saying some women from long ago effected the presidency?