Trump’s backers suggest groping may not be sexual assault

[yuiyoshida]

Defending Donald Trump is a full-time job. And it's thankless. But rarely does it force Republicans to take such a tortured and ill-advised position as this.

Trump's defenders are now quibbling with the idea that his hot-mic moment — in which Trump said "grab them by the p---y" when talking about being able to do what he wanted with women — described sexual assault.

This includes Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., a lawyer who was once the attorney general of Alabama and a U.S. attorney.

Here's an exchange with the Weekly Standard's John McCormack, who asked Sessions and others this question Sunday night:

Mccormack: But beyond the language, would you characterize the behavior described in that as sexual assault, if that behavior actually took place?

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[BlueStater]

1. How about we let someone grab their dick and balls and see if they feel differently afterwards? n/t

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. Or have a man grab their daughter's breasts

and then have them say it's not sexual assault.

[appleannie1]

7. My thoughts exactly. Can Sessions be first?

[Ardoewaan]

2. I'm not a crook

Denying it is sexual assault is wrong.

I guess at this point it doesn't matter much, buch it is also wrong from a strategic point of view, it reads like a tacit admission of guilt.

[ReformedGOPer]

4. and this is from the party

that wants to ban transgender bathrooms so their women folk don't get grabbed. Hypocrites.

[jberryhill]

6. Well, they just want to be sure about what they're grabbing

Allowing transgender persons to use the one which suits them might lead to unfortunate surprises for them.

[jberryhill]

5. Jeff Sessions?

I watched part of that and turned it off.

I had to.

From the direction he was going I thought he was warming up to saying something like, "Where I come from, that's how we say 'Hello!'"