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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:53 AM Jul 2018

Wife of top Trump aide had radio show where she said women in military should expect sexual harassme

Source: CNN




Wife of top Trump aide had radio show where she said women in military should expect sexual harassment

By Andrew Kaczynski, Nathan McDermott and Chris Massie, CNN

Updated 7:40 AM ET, Thu July 12, 2018

(CNN) - Darla Shine, the wife of new White House deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine, hosted a radio show in the late 2000s where she once mocked victims of sexual harassment in the military and repeatedly pushed fringe conspiracy theories about vaccines.

CNN's KFile reviewed hours of audio from Darla Shine's radio program after her controversial views came to light. Shine, who long maintained a blog called "Happy Housewives Club" where she featured recipes and tips for cleaning and budgeting and promoted her radio show and book, has faced scrutiny in recent days after Mediaite and Huffington Post reported she had made racially charged comments and spread baseless anti-vaccination conspiracy theories on her now-deleted Twitter account.

Shine pushed her controversial views to a much wider audience and in much more depth on the "Darla Shine Show," a radio broadcast she hosted on the Talk Radio Network in 2008 and 2009 that boasted syndication on 100 radio stations nationwide.

Speaking in August 2009, Shine declared herself a "sexist" and said women serving with men in the military should expect to be sexually harassed.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/11/politics/kfile-darla-shine-radio-show/index.html

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Wife of top Trump aide had radio show where she said women in military should expect sexual harassme (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2018 OP
They should expect it? DFW Jul 2018 #1
I should expect it? Corgigal Jul 2018 #2
The admin sure has no problem with pussy-grabbing and ball-fondling forgotmylogin Jul 2018 #3
As a female veteran, I am beyond offended and appalled by this statement Siwsan Jul 2018 #4
Man...she's a nut job. Spouts out shit like this MORE than Trump.............. Bengus81 Jul 2018 #5
Elaine Chao advises women who experience sexual harassment to 'let it go' keithbvadu2 Jul 2018 #6
+1 dalton99a Jul 2018 #7

DFW

(54,358 posts)
1. They should expect it?
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:56 AM
Jul 2018

Should offending male harassers "expect" to get shot in the balls the moment the women they molested are allowed to use live ammunition at target practice, too?

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
3. The admin sure has no problem with pussy-grabbing and ball-fondling
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 10:09 AM
Jul 2018

...but Stormy Daniels does it during an erotic show--ARRESTED.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
4. As a female veteran, I am beyond offended and appalled by this statement
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 10:15 AM
Jul 2018

Believe me, I never expected the amount, and different types of harassment I saw and experienced. I enlisted to serve the country, not to become a target for puerile, prurient male behavior. The toll forced me to make a decision about which is more important - serving the country or serving what was in my best interest - which was to not re-enlist.

keithbvadu2

(36,776 posts)
6. Elaine Chao advises women who experience sexual harassment to 'let it go'
Thu Jul 12, 2018, 11:25 AM
Jul 2018

Elaine Chao advises women who experience sexual harassment to 'let it go'

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/363359-elaine-chao-advises-women-who-experience-sexual-harassment-to-let-it

Of course she believes it during the Trump administration.

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