Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: suzeeq Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Nancy Mace Rips George Stephanopoulos Over Tense Interview About Trump: "Tried To Shame Me As A Rape Victim" Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:25:50 -0700 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:25:49 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1403751"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.14.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:XNKrorSeOOc34hfZEOSTFCtwstE= X-User-ID: eJwFwQEBwDAIAzBLZacd2IGBfwlP+MnU10U5lxsM7tyEraEHODqcTIbstOdbBaKI16We+gEDThCw In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 6487 Lines: 108 On 3/13/2024 2:41 PM, super70s wrote: > On 2024-03-12 08:30:46 +0000, Ubiquitous said: > >> Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) tore into George Stephanopoulos on Sunday after >> the ABC News anchor asked her to square her endorsement of former >> President Donald Trump with coming forward as a victim of rape. >> >> “I’m not going to sit here on your show and be asked a question meant >> to shame me about another potential rape victim. I’m not going to do >> that,” Mace said on “This Week.” >> >>     I was brought on to talk about 2024 >> instead Clinton crony >>     turned fake journalist @Gstephanopoulos attacked me and tried >>     to shame me as a rape victim. >> >>     Gross.@ThisWeekABC pic.twitter.com/9uNhypsZdO >> >>     — Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024 >> >> The tense interview began with ABC showing a clip of Mace talking in >> 2o19 about the struggles women such as herself have experienced in >> speaking publicly about being raped. >> >> Stephanopoulos then pressed the congresswoman to explain her support of >> Trump given her personal history and the former president being found >> liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a case brought by E. Jean >> Carroll. >> >> For several minutes, Stephanopoulos kept trying to get Mace to answer >> the question, denying he was trying to humiliate the congresswoman >> while she argued that was exactly what he was doing. >> >> Mace insisted the question was “offensive” and “disgusting.” She added, >> “You’re questioning my political choices because I’ve been raped.” >> >> During the exchange, Mace noted that the judgement against Trump was in >> a civil case rather than a criminal one and pointed to how Carroll >> joked about a spending spree with the judgement money she was awarded. >> >> “It makes it harder for other women to come forward when another woman >> has made a mockery of it,” Mace said. >> >> In sharing insight into her pick for president in the 2024 contest, >> Mace said she “endorsed the man that I believe is best for our country. >> It’s not Joe Biden.” >> >> The interview eventually gave way to Stephanopoulos pressing Mace on >> the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, and showing a clip of her >> saying not long after that Trump should be held accountable and not >> hold office again. >> >> Asked why she is supporting Trump now, Mace said that she “listened to >> my voters” in South Carolina “and they’ve moved beyond January 6.” >> >> Mace also said her constituents are concerned about the border crisis >> under President Joe Biden, and she mentioned American citizens, such as >> Laken Riley, who were allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants. >> >> The interview ended with Stephanopoulos claiming that Mace “made it >> very clear” that she was “comfortable with Trump being found liable for >> rape and you’re comfortable for his actions on January 6.” >> >> Mace shot back, accusing Stephanopoulos of “putting words in my mouth.” >> >> In posts to social media that followed, Mace shared the entire video of >> her interview with Stephanopoulos and continued to criticize the >> anchor. She included references to him being an aide to former >> President Bill Clinton and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. >> >>     Rape victims go through enough trauma, pain and shame as it is. >>     It's an abomination for a guy like this to try to shame me for >>     my political choices as a rape victim. https://t.co/f3ZjXEgfGb >>     — Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024 >> >>     I’m not going to be shamed for being raped by a guy who worked >>     for a President who wagged his finger and lied to the American >>     people about having oral sex with an intern in the Oval Office >> >>     STFU @GStephanopoulos https://t.co/xq8NVqgQin >>     — Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024 >> >>     I was asked to speak on 2024 today, NOT my own rape. I’ve >>     carried this shame for 30 years, a shame George Stephanopolous >>     will never know. I don’t need @gstephanopolous “mansplaining” >>     rape to me or shaming me on national TV for being a survivor >>     of rape. https://t.co/f3ZjXEgfGb >>     — Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) March 10, 2024 >> >> “I was asked to speak on 2024 today, NOT my own rape. I’ve carried this >> shame for 30 years, a shame George Stephanopolous will never know,” >> Mace said in one post to X from her personal account. “I don’t need >> [Stephanopoulos] ‘mansplaining’ rape to me or shaming me on national TV >> for being a survivor of rape.” >> >> She said in another, “I was brought on to talk about 2024 >> instead >> Clinton crony turned fake journalist [Stephanopoulos] attacked me and >> tried to shame me as a rape victim. Gross.” > > Stephanopoulos wasn't "shaming her" for being a rape victim, she just > couldn't answer the legitimate question of why a rape victim would > support someone who had been proven to be a rapist in a civil lawsuit. > Or why she still supports Trump after Jan. 6 when she said at the time > he should be held accountable for it. > > Her reaction was histrionic and misguided, and her hypocrisy drips. > She should feel shame for supporting trump.