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A woman who previously accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of sexual assault came forward to state ... (Original Post) Snake Plissken May 2020 OP
these women are making it harder to true victims to come forth... samnsara May 2020 #1
Exactly! This can't be overlooked. DFW May 2020 #4
Con artists come in all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, est. Snake Plissken May 2020 #6
Which makes me think Trump is behind the Reade incident????? ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #2
2 lawyers, one is a trump donor, other an ex russian sputnik propoganda employee. sunonmars May 2020 #3
If at first you don't succeed DFW May 2020 #5

DFW

(59,877 posts)
4. Exactly! This can't be overlooked.
Fri May 8, 2020, 07:08 AM
May 2020

They are trivializing, cheapening, and commercializing the whole issue. It is a true perversity to make up fake abuse for the sole purpose of damaging a political opponent. It risks lending the same aura of inauthenticity to the claims of those who have suffered real abuse, and thus abuses them all over again. Or, as Republicans put it, makes them "collateral damage."

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
6. Con artists come in all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, est.
Fri May 8, 2020, 07:11 AM
May 2020

It's like anything else, when there is money to be made, criminals will find a way to exploit it at the cost of victims.

We are seeing this in real time with the coronavirus as people who truly need help are suffering and scammers with political ties are cashing in.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,681 posts)
2. Which makes me think Trump is behind the Reade incident?????
Fri May 8, 2020, 06:19 AM
May 2020

Being that the Ukraine debacle did not undo Joe Biden that Trump hoped it would?

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