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Rush Limbaugh October 20th 2017

Oct 20, 20172 min
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After the Harvey Weinstein scandal, one hundred and forty women in California politics published a letter detailing the pervasive culture of sexual mistreatment in their line of work.

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The Harvey Weinstein sex of Your scandal has mushroom. This week, one hundred forty women in California politics published a letter detailing the pervasive culture of sexual mistreatment in their line of work. Twenty six women from the legislature signed it. They say fear and shame prevented them from speaking up until now. Plus the men who harass them are their bosses, their political contacts, and gatekeepers. Remaining quiet was crucial for

their careers. The Los Angeles Times asked California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon for common He said, it's widespread in politics, in journalism, and academia, in entertainment. Way too many places, he said, and it has to stop. Journalism, academia, entertainment. California politics looks like they have something in common. They're

all run by liberals. Meanwhile, another ironic twist to the Harvey saga comes from a close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Linda Bloodworth Thomas and creator of Designing Women. She wrote a piece from the Hollywood Reporter Lessons from witnessing four decades of harassment in Hollywood. She says she warned top level Democrat operatives not to allow Harvey to host political fundraisers. Her warning, she said, fell on deaf ears. Yet she gives Bill Clinton a pass, though he taxed

her feminist conscience. She believes to this day that Clinton's sexual misconduct was none of our business, but they didn't listen to her. They hired Harvey anyway. How does that make her feel? M

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