Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:11:12 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Nancy Mace Rips George Stephanopoulos Over Tense Interview About Trump: "Tried To Shame Me As A Rape Victim" Content-Language: en-US Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 114 Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:11:12 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 6285 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17bc7f9d73e6fd43$53262$3037545$10d55a65@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 6666 On 3/13/2024 8:25 PM, suzeeq wrote: > 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. Yes, I wish she'd answered him. Cognitive dissonance is fascinating.