Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: super70s 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 16:41:51 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 107 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2e50712b1fe687fead5804ca4eb770b7"; logging-data="1234713"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18E/x1zI4G990wiyWhtNVtbWtodc+TwT2Y=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:0+UNhAGTeHfgqMg98bpKEeaT3Fw= Bytes: 5940 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.