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Related: About this forumAlabama Senator Jeff Sessions doesn't believe grabbing a woman's genitals is sexual assault
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/10/grabbing_a_womans_genitals_not.html#incart_2box
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said grabbing a woman's genitals an act graphically described by Republican presidential nominee Donald Drumpf in a 2005 video tape does not necessarily constitute sexual assault.
In comments to the Weekly Standard, Sessions, one of Drumpf's most vocal supporters, said he was not sure if the actions the GOP nominee described would constitute assault.
"I don't characterize that as sexual assault," Sessions said. "I think that's a stretch. I don't know what he meant."
"So if you grab a woman by the genitals, that's not sexual assault?" the reporter asked Sessions.
"I don't know," the senator replied. "It's not clear that he how that would occur."
Sessions' office has not responded to AL.com's request for comment.
The controversial tape referenced by Sessions includes Drumpf talking with Billy Bush, ex-host of "Access Hollywood" and a nephew of former President George H.W. Bush, about kissing and groping women.
"And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything," Drumpf says before adding other graphic statements.
The tape prompted a wave of defections from the Drumpf camp with prominent GOP members saying they will not support their party's own candidate. Drumpf later apologized for the comments, which he described at Sunday night's debate as "locker room" banter.
Sessions was among those helping Drumpf prepare for Sunday night's debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In a pre-debate interview on Fox News Sunday morning, Sessions denied earlier reports he advised the business-mogul-turned-politician to exit the race in the wake of the tape, adding Republican leadership needed to "take a deep breath."
"This thing is overblown. Everybody knows that Drumpf likes women," Sessions said. "This is not a disqualifying event."
I'm sorry. But, comments like this should be impeachable. Too bad it's Alabama, where it's a prerequisite to be a sexist, racist piece of garbage to be elected.
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Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions doesn't believe grabbing a woman's genitals is sexual assault (Original Post)
Skoods
Oct 2016
OP
And to think this idiot was nominated for a Federal Judiciary position.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Oct 2016
#4
What the eff is it with these guys insisting that grabbing a woman's genitals
etherealtruth
Oct 2016
#9
liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)1. Tell you wife, daughters, mother and every woman to avoid him too.
He is the seed that produced Trump.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)2. Oral sex isn't really sex
nolabear
(41,984 posts)3. I am so fucking tired of men telling people what it's like to be a woman.
It's like we don't even exist to be able to tell our own stories.
panader0
(25,816 posts)8. Well spoken nola....
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,009 posts)4. And to think this idiot was nominated for a Federal Judiciary position.
BTW I'm a guy and I believe it's sexual assault.
VMA131Marine
(4,139 posts)5. Well there's a campaign ad that will write itself...
Unfortunately he's not up for reelection until 2020.
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)6. If somebody grabbed his d**k, I wonder what he'd think?
Maybe a bit of imaginary justice?
Quantess
(27,630 posts)12. Yeah, especially a man grabbing him by the crotch?
Emilybemily
(204 posts)7. Okay Jeffy how about I
Grab your balls and twist them as hard as I can. Let's see if you consider that assault, dickhead.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)9. What the eff is it with these guys insisting that grabbing a woman's genitals
... (aka female sex organs) is not sexual assault?
Marthe48
(16,963 posts)10. Groping by refugees in Europe
Absolutely no hesitation calling those incidents sexual assault. In the strongest of terms. And pointed to as a reason not to accept any refugees from the Middle East. So another example of Republican hypocrisy.