Conservative commentator calls out Trump on sexual harassment allegations at CPAC

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOSH DELK - 02/24/18 03:52 PM EST

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Conservative political analyst and commentator Mona Charen was booed at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday after she called out President Trump and conservatives over sexual harassment allegations.

Charen was on a panel discussing feminism, when she called out hypocrisy in the GOP for its support of Trump despite multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him.

"I am disappointed in people on our side for being hypocrites about sexual harassers and abusers of women who are in our party, who are sitting in the White House, who brag about their extramarital affairs, who brag about mistreating women," Charen said without mentioning the president's name. "And because he happens to have an 'R' after his name, we look the other way, we don't complain," she added.

At least 16 women have accused the president of inappropriate behavior ranging from sexual harassment to sexual assault over the years. Those accusations have gained new attention in the "#MeToo" movement aimed at exposing sexual misconduct.



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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. She's a conservative, right? Right?

Then I have exactly 0 sympathy for her. She knew what she was getting in to when she signed on with those dirtbags.

[Renew Deal]

4. Someone should ask her who she voted for in 2016.

[riversedge]

8. Why are you here? Someone shouted. Charen has been a conservative since her time in the Reagan ad

I do not know her--but seems to have been around for a long while



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“Why are you here?” Someone shouted. Charen has been a conservative since her time in the Reagan administration.

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[Renew Deal]

16. We must stand up against sexual harassment in our ranks.

“Booo”

[rpannier]

15. From having seen Charron over the years, my guess is

she left it (President) blank

[weissmam]

2. pound sand

[Renew Deal]

3. Good for her

Even though she tries to build up her right wing credibility at the beginning of it.

[IronLionZion]

5. It's good to keep an eye out for conservative women who might have had enough

it's very few so far but it's good to encourage it. Far too many of them benefit from the status quo.

[Girard442]

6. It's trench warfare now.

Anyone who strays out of their trenches is fair game to them.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "Mona Charen"

Wow. That's a blast from the past.



I guess she is still an old-school Raygunite.

[riversedge]

9. Now I recognize her. Thanks for the pic.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. I used to watch Capital Gang

and Crossfire. She was one of the rotating regulars. She used to be Nancy Raygun's speech writer.

[riversedge]

17. So, did not. not regular but enjoyed it when I did watch.

[SergeStorms]

18. A Raygun Conservative.....

is now a flaming liberal compared to Trump's bunch of fascist lunatics.

I've been watching the evolution of the Republican party since the Nixon administration. It's gotten progressively more right-wing each election cycle. Nixon would be a "snowflake " liberal in today's Republican party, and no one realizes how hard that is for me to say!

Ronnie Raygun's bunch, with the exception of Ollie North, would be booed out of any CPAC convention. Those type of people are the Republican old guard, and have no place in Trump-Amerikkka. If you're not a 'balls to the wall' fascist, they have no use for you.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Who woulda thunk it?

I do believe the worst of the worst happened post-Citizen's United in 2010, where there were 4 elections worth of lunatics sent to Congress and installed in the states. The Raygun Republicans who survived being primaried only did so by going full-on crazy.

I was born and raised in a state (PA) that produced Dick Thornburgs and Tom Ridges as governors and later as U.S. department heads. They were "annoying Republicans" as I termed them. I rarely if ever heard of the GOP here going full born crazy and on attack. The fact that we had booted Frothy (replaced by (D) Casey) meant we hadn't completely drunk the koolaid yet. But NOW our own state has nutjobs running the state legislature, and the partial remedy was the booting of the GOP governor (Cor-butt) in 2014 and replacing him with Wolf (D) to put a halt to their radical agenda, but it's still been a constant battle ever since. And that is because of all the dark money flowing in.

[LittleGirl]

10. What's wrong with that!

The audience was claiming "not true". Good grief those women are brainwashed by faux spews.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. "had to be escorted out by security for her own safety" - that's the level of threats they make

against women, even their own, if they think about women's safety or equality.

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. The moderator was quick to dampen the charge as much as she could though

Talking about how politicians are stepping down just for being accused and without proof.

And then ends it, with a question about the whole #metoo movement "Is this good for women?"

Really?

[summer_in_TX]

14. Good for her!

I love to see anyone acting with courage and integrity, even those whose party is different from mine.

Who knows? The act of thinking for herself and speaking out when she knows it won't be accepted by most hearing it may, just may, cause some shift and growth in her political understandings. And her courage may encourage others to take their own small steps of thinking for themselves.

[dustyscamp]

20. She gives me some hope in the Republican Party