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brooklynite

(94,333 posts)
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 04:45 PM Jul 2018

A GOP congressman once lamented not being able to call women 'sluts' anymore

Source: CNN

A Republican congressman from Minnesota has a long history of making deeply misogynistic comments on the radio, including lamenting that women can no longer be called "sluts."

CNN's KFile reviewed several months of audio from Rep. Jason Lewis on the "Jason Lewis Show," a syndicated radio program Lewis hosted from 2009 until 2014 with the tagline "America's Mr. Right." In one instance, while arguing that "young single women" vote based on coverage of birth control pills, Lewis said those women were not human beings and were without brains.

Lewis, who was narrowly elected to represent Minnesota's 2nd District in 2016, is considered one of the most endangered House Republicans in the midterm election. CNN rates the race as a "toss up," the most competitive designation.

Lewis can be heard on the radio repeatedly demeaning women, and particularly women voters, in 15 months of audio provided to KFile by Michael Brodkorb, the former deputy chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota. Brodkorb, who is currently a columnist for the MinnPost and works in public affairs, initially revealed some of Lewis' radio comments in a column in February 2016. KFile contacted Brodkorb after seeing his 2016 column and requested raw audio files of Lewis' show, which he provided.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/kfile-jason-lewis/index.html



Lewis is running against Angie Craig who shows up at the top up my model's list of candidates to support.
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Judi Lynn

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5. He has all the time in the world to savage women at a safe distance, on the radio,
Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:18 PM
Jul 2018

but apparently doesn't have a second to spare when they ask him to speak to them in person at town halls.







Jason wants to know who will take his urine sample:

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