The effort to clear the decks for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign continues. Now we learn that Clinton defended an accused rapist in 1975.
“Who cares?” asks Slate in a tweet today. Take the click bait and you’ll wind up at an article by Amanda Marcotte headlined, “It Shouldn’t Matter That Hillary Clinton Defended an Accused Rapist in 1975.” Does Marcotte make the case?
It turns out there’s a difference between “Should it matter?” and “Who cares?”
The rape victim, probably. RT @Slate Hillary Clinton defended an accused rapist in 1975. Who cares?
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 17, 2014
@chelseagrunwald @Slate According to the Victim, and her family they care. a lot. so do other rape victims who dont think its funny.
— Paulus (@paulus0707) June 17, 2014
@Slate The victim & her family; other victims & their families; people that believe in justice & rule of law . . . #SelectiveWarOnWomen
— TocksNedlog (@gypsyluc) June 17, 2014
The Washington Free Beacon was able to dig up the tapes of an early ’80s interview for Esquire magazine in which Hillary laughs when questioned about the case.
@seanmdav @Slate I think it's more the "attacking a rape victim" part people care about.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) June 17, 2014
You FUCKS made the BIGGEST GODDAMN DEAL out of Paul Ryan's marathon time but Hillary representing rapists? Oh who cares? @slate
— H (@Tark31) June 17, 2014
@Slate All the manufactured BULLSHIT you FUCKS have given a shit about over the last few years and you say "who cares?" to this? DIAF.
— H (@Tark31) June 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/478999975196504064
Romney's "Big Bird" line was not a gaffe, he's said it before on the stump: http://t.co/QMlh1l72
— Slate (@Slate) October 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/478997082838024192
https://twitter.com/graber429/status/478997550247075841
Wow. Way to push rape culture. RT @Slate: Hillary Clinton defended an accused rapist in 1975. Who cares? http://t.co/WkqaCODhPL
— don't come for me (@elisabethlehem) June 17, 2014
@Slate #YesAllWomen should care.
— Democrats TRUMPed! (@AndrewsDisciple) June 17, 2014
Hillary was part of the rape culture before the rape culture was cool, or a hash tag. @Slate Hillary Clinton defended an accused rapist
— JG (@JohnG405) June 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/RandallHoven/status/479003388797923328
@slate Mitt Romney gave a kid a haircut in 1965. Who cares?
— rockmom (@rockmom) June 17, 2014
@Slate She claims to be a champion of women yet she harassed a 12-year old girl to defend a man she knew was guilty. Hypocritical much?
— Amy Burton (@RubyRedVette) June 17, 2014
So I guess the whole rape culture thing is A-ok to perpetuate so long as Hillary Clinton makes some bank on it. Good to know.
— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) June 16, 2014
@Slate with another trolling headline that utterly misses the point. Good doggie! Now go fetch.
— ConservativeLA (@ConservativeLA) June 17, 2014
