Posted on 10/29/2017 7:05:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
DETROIT — “We’re waging our own war against rape and sexual harassment,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). “We’re waging a war against the perverts who believe we can be misused or exploited in the interests of a job, or recognition, or even so-called love.”
Waters was delivering the keynote speech of the Women’s Convention on Saturday, at a luncheon held in her honor. She mentioned equal pay, paid parental leave, and other issues important to many of the women (and men) in attendance. But much of her speech was devoted to an issue that had captured a great deal of attention at the convention, beginning with speeches by Me Too campaign founder Tarana Burke and Rose McGowan during the opening session. That issue was sexual harassment.
“It is very fortuitous that we are gathered here this afternoon in Detroit as we continue to witness a record number of women who are boldly coming forward to reveal disturbing and grotesque acts of sexual harassment, assault, and rape, oftentimes at the hands of men who believed they were too rich and too powerful to ever be confronted or held accountable,” Waters said.
“We’ve learned that it's not only Hollywood actresses and entertainers who have been targeted and assaulted by such perverted and disgusting people,” she said, going on to point out that politicians, nurses, women in the military and others “have now boldly come forward with their own Me Too stories.”
Like Rose McGowan, Waters connected the Me Too campaign and women’s experiences of sexual harassment to the behavior of President Trump, whom she called “the most dishonorable and despicable human being to ever serve in the office of the president.” She mentioned the Access Hollywood tape, allegations of sexual assault against Trump, and Trump’s treatment of female politicians, including his “stalking” of Hillary Clinton at the second presidential debate. Trump’s behavior “sends a message to men and young boys out there that if the president of the United States can get away with it, so can I,” Waters said.
Waters’ message for women: speak up, and support each other. “At the top of our agenda at this convention,” she said, “there must be an effort to strengthen women’s courage and inspire them to continue to come forward and reveal the abuses that they have silently endured.”
She also recalled Clinton’s revelation in her recent book that she considered confronting Trump directly when he was looming behind her. “When anybody does that to you and any of these men try and intimidate you,” Waters said, “just remember what Hillary should have said: ‘Creep, get off my back!’”
And though Waters was speaking to an audience that was largely female, she also had a message for predatory men: “Keep your nasty comments away from us, keep your tricks and your lies to yourself, and keep your hands off our backs and our goddamn bodies.”
Did Maxine identify Harvey Wienerstein by name?
“It’s only about sex” Maxine. At least that’s what they said about Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial.
This woman is at the very center of every piece of crap thing that is going on in the entire universe, fighting for what is right! She’s like Wonder Woman, without the looks, of course. Ooops, that was a sexist comment right there!
Marxine is not only a communist, she hates men, probably because she is a monster.
TRUMP is bad,TRUMP is worse,TRUMP is horrible...Let’s never,ever bring up the names of democrats....Waxie Maxie would never bring Ted Kennedy or Bill Clinton’s name into this..THESE broads don’t care about women...What they want is to be revered,to have power and if they have to step on women to get it,so be it...
Annabelle sciorra says Harvey raped her and she was so terrified she slept with a baseball bat for the next 20 years,BUT NEVER TURNED HIM IN...Hey,he’s a rapist but I could get blacklisted over this...
Did she identify JFK, Willie Clinton, Harvey Weinstein and Clinton pedophile friend and tour guide on the Lolita Express, Jeffrey Epstein. Not to mention Bill Clinton’s solo escapades that may be in the hundreds or thousands by some accounts.
So Maxine is waging a war against Bill Clinton? Harvey Weinstein?
Huh? Maxine is Viagra’s antidote.
“We’re waging our own war against rape and sexual harassment,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).
THEN ENCOURAGE THESE WOMEN TO ARM THEMSELVES AND EXERISE THEIR RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE!!!
And in their pursuit of rapists and harassers, they’re starting with Bill Clinton.
As an emergency responder paramedic if we have a viagra-overdose patient that exceeds the ‘4-hour limit’, the first thing the ER doc does is show the patient a picture of Maxine.
Works every time.
Mad Max, I believe you are safe.
I’m about 100% sure you have nothing to worry about, Max.
This woman is at the very center of every piece of crap thing that is going on in the entire universe, fighting for what is right! She’s like Wonder Woman, without the looks, of course. Ooops, that was a sexist comment right there!
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Sounds more like heifer than needs milking....
Maxine, who is this ‘we’ to whom you refer? Is there a human female in your pocket?
and if the rapist/molester/sexual harasser is black ???
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