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The committee tarred Dems for taking campaign cash from Harvey Weinstein. Now they have to figure out what to do money from the mogul accused of being a pervy predator.
Just months after the Republican Party worked to tie Democrats to alleged serial sexual abuser Harvey Weinstein, the GOPs chief fundraiser has been accused of pressuring multiple women, over the course of decades, into performing sex acts.
The Wall Street Journal interviewed multiple women who say Steve Wynn, the Republican National Committee finance chairman and one of Vegass premiere casino developers, sexually harassed or abused them, including forcing them to have intercourse. Wynn denied the allegations in a statement to the Journal.
The report nonetheless puts the RNC in a bind after it made a show of demanding that Democrats return money that Weinstein donated to their campaigns over his years of activity in party fundraising circles. Numerous Democrats ended up giving their Weinstein donations to either charities or, in some cases, political groups who work to elect progressive female lawmakers. Officials at the RNC and those close to it deemed such giving insufficient and accused other lawmakers of being complicit in not forcefully condemning Weinstein.
The RNC, which last year chose not to distance itself from another official credibly accused of sexual harassmentAlabama Senate candidate Roy Mooredid not respond to a request for comment as to whether they would now do the same. Nor did Sean Spicer, the presidents former press secretary and the committees former top strategist, who was particularly aggressive in criticizing Democrats after the Weinstein revelations.
The Wall Street Journal interviewed multiple women who say Steve Wynn, the Republican National Committee finance chairman and one of Vegass premiere casino developers, sexually harassed or abused them, including forcing them to have intercourse. Wynn denied the allegations in a statement to the Journal.
The report nonetheless puts the RNC in a bind after it made a show of demanding that Democrats return money that Weinstein donated to their campaigns over his years of activity in party fundraising circles. Numerous Democrats ended up giving their Weinstein donations to either charities or, in some cases, political groups who work to elect progressive female lawmakers. Officials at the RNC and those close to it deemed such giving insufficient and accused other lawmakers of being complicit in not forcefully condemning Weinstein.
The RNC, which last year chose not to distance itself from another official credibly accused of sexual harassmentAlabama Senate candidate Roy Mooredid not respond to a request for comment as to whether they would now do the same. Nor did Sean Spicer, the presidents former press secretary and the committees former top strategist, who was particularly aggressive in criticizing Democrats after the Weinstein revelations.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sexual-assault-allegations-against-steve-wynn-put-weinstein-obsessed-rnc-in-a-bind?ref=wrap
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RNC Silent So Far About Contributions From Steve Wynn After Allegations He Forced Women Into Sex (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2018
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Of course they are
but alas, bashing HRC is traditional. Squirrel.
SWBTATTReg
(22,124 posts)2. Of course they're silent, GOP get up in everybody else's face when contributions come from the
wrong side of the tracks, but when it comes to their side of the tracks, nothing is wrong.
ffr
(22,670 posts)3. That's fair play!
JDC
(10,127 posts)4. No money will be returned. That we can count on.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)5. do Steve Wynne and Wayne Newton have the same plastic surgeon?