Bad news for Dems indeed as FitzGibbon Media — a major public relations firm with a who’s who list of liberal clients — abruptly shut its doors yesterday amid accusations that the firm’s founder and president, Trevor FitzGibbon, sexually harassed and assaulted numerous women at the firm:
Progressive PR firm shuts down over allegations of sexual harassment by the group’s president https://t.co/A28rK0a85r
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 17, 2015
Fitzgibbon Media staffers statement: Said they’ve reported more than 6 incidents of sexual harassment and at least two sexual assaults
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 18, 2015
Former Fitzgibbon employee: "I couldn't speak up because I was afraid of retaliation” https://t.co/DTNpGqGr6t
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 18, 2015
Incredibly, FitzGibbon reportedly sexual harassed clients of the firm as well:
Now heard from at least 3 FitzGibbon clients who say they were sexually assaulted. Women who had applied for jobs also coming forward
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 18, 2015
Employees released a statement lest night stating that the firm is no more:
Full statement from the former Fitzgibbon employees pic.twitter.com/oZZ6lMbQfG
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 18, 2015
FitzGibbon’s liberal clients are — of course — SHOCKED! at the news:
Statement from MoveOn, a former FitzGibbon client pic.twitter.com/UfgVPGhHyW
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 18, 2015
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OK … what about the rest of them? FitzGibbon bragged about a few over on his bio on the firm’s website:
Everytown for Gun Safety, MoveOn, MomsRising, The Advancement Project, ColorofChange.org, WikiLeaks, UltraViolet, ThoughtWorks, the Guardian, Pierre Omidyar’s Intercept, CWA, AFL-CIO, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Waterkeeper
And it’s time for a “what did they know and when did they know it” investigation as FitzGibbon had problems at his previous firm, Fenton Communications:
Trevor FitzGibbon also faced sexual harassment accusations when he worked for Fenton Communications https://t.co/7BOWUm3c0t
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 18, 2015
how many people think the media will ask Hill or Bill Clinton about their thoughts on the FitzGibbon scandal?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) December 18, 2015
In the past, the firm was criticized for taking money from the Venezuelan government for PR work:
Another attempt to distort reality: Maduro's criminal regime pays $150K to .@fitzgibbonmedia for a PR campaign. http://t.co/xIFRhnYbVT
— RalphGM (@RalphGMWorks) October 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/AdamKissel/status/650733196775137281
https://twitter.com/analuizanb/status/669828677039992832
And how’s this for hypocrisy? FitzGibbons went after the NRA earlier this year saying guns on campus aren’t the answer to stopping sexual assault:
But if you ask the real experts – those who will be impacted by dangerous campus carry laws – 78% of students, 95% of college presidents and 89% of police chiefs agree that more guns on college campuses are not the answer to keeping women safe.
That’s because campuses are rife with alcohol, drugs, and depression: a dangerous recipe that may be made deadly by adding guns to the mix. Indeed, research shows that alcohol is involved in most campus sexual assault, and alcohol leads to impaired judgment about gun use.
How about allowing women at liberal PR firms to carry guns? Sounds like that’s what’s needed, and pronto.
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