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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA woman who previously accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of sexual assault came forward to state ...
She was paid to lie about the incident by far-right, Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman.
... Big shocker
https://reason.com/2020/05/07/she-said-anthony-fauci-sexually-assaulted-her-now-she-says-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-paid-her-to-lie/
Obvious pattern is obvious
samnsara
(17,616 posts)DFW
(54,349 posts)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)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
(16,783 posts)Being that the Ukraine debacle did not undo Joe Biden that Trump hoped it would?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)I think its pretty obvious.
DFW
(54,349 posts)Waiting for Jerome Corsi to bring out his next "swiftboating" incident.