Yesterday, Jeff Simpson pointed out the right wing's hypocrisy. While they're clutching their pearls and swooning on their fainting sofas over a tweet by Chelsea Handler, they are totally mum about their own (former) RNC Finance Chairman, who has sexually harassed multiple women.
I took Jeff's post and went one step farther, calling on not only Scott Walker but also Paul Ryan to give back the money they got from Wynn:
The Hill is reporting that Ryan is going to donate $1,000 that he had received from Wynn in 2016:
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will donate money he received from an organization with ties to casino mogul Steve Wynn, who announced he was leaving his position as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
Ryan received a $1,000 donation in 2016 from Wynn Resorts Limited Initiative for Public Policy. Ryan will donate that money to a local charity, a spokesman confirmed to The Hill on Sunday.
Well, it's a start anyway.
There is no word about how much of the hundreds of thousands of dollars that Wynn donated to the GOP went to Ryan or what he's going to do with that money. There is also no word from Scott Walker - or any other Republican - on what they are going to do with money they got from Wynn, directly or indirectly.
Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who serves as deputy chairman of the RNC's finance committee, told NBC News: "Steve [Wynn] is a truly great man who has been the driving force behind the RNC finance committee."
While the faux outrage of the Wisconsin right wing echo chamber was all up in arms over Actress Chelsea Handler's tweet about Lindsay Graham, they have been predictably silent over the disgusting revelations about Steve Wynn, the finance chairman of Republican National Committee. Apparently, mediatrackers, is not tracking much of the media these days! Since the "watchdogs" are neutered whenever it comes to Scott Walker, it is up to us to get answers.
If Democrats had a Harvey Weinstein problem last fall, Republicans almost certainly have a Steve Wynn problem right now. On Friday, the Las Vegas casino mogul and Republican National Committee finance chair was accused of of decades of sexual misconduct with his employees after the Wall Street Journal interviewed 150 current and former employees. He’s also given millions of dollars to the GOP.
The Journal’s story said that Wynn, who turned 76 on Saturday, allegedly harassed or abused multiple women who worked for him over the years; the paper’s reporters uncovered a $7.5 million settlement Wynn paid to a manicurist he coerced into having intercourse with him in 2005.
The Wall Street JournalVerified account@WSJSteve Wynn, one of the most powerful men in Las Vegas, pressured employees to perform sex acts, according to people interviewed by the Journal. http://on.wsj.com/2nj8iF5
8:20 PM - 26 Jan 2018
Want to see where we are as a State:
As the DNC so correctly pointed out:
“The RNC and Ronna McDaniel have helped fund the campaign of an alleged child molester, blindly supported the GOP’s attacks on women’s health, supported a President who has been accused of sexual misconduct by over a dozen women,” Sabrina Singh, the DNC’s deputy communications director, said in a statement, “and now they remain silent amid sexual assault allegations involving Steve Wynn, one of their party’s most senior officials.”
Now we can expect complete silence from Scott Walker on the thousands he collected in Las Vegas (PS: notice the date is a Thursday afternoon, not sure that Scott Walker ever actually works in WI).
However we as his constituents can DEMAND more! Let's contact the Governor and tell him we expect him to give the dirty Wynn money to a charity that helps abused women.
The Donald has been nothing short of entertaining. Of course I mean entertaining in the same sense as when you get stuck watching a terrible B movie that you just cant turn off(ie The Human Centipede) .
The horro show keeps getting worse and we have not even led up to the climax yet. Let's recap a few of the most recent lowlights.
There was concerted effort by the Governor and all of the right wing hate talkers in WI(who knew they worked together so well?) to attack Trump and push Ted Cruz as the winner in the Republican WIsconsin Primary. The WOW counties have a long history of doing exactly as they are told and this election was no exception and they pushed Ted Cruz to victory here.
But wait there's more, wait there's more ....
The Donald Trump/Ted Cruz beetle battle has been ugly for ages and it seems like the closer the fight gets the uglier it gets. Do not think that people have not noticed whats going on either.
People that have resented their circumstances for years now(lower pay, loss of jobs, higher taxes, schools hurting, etc...) have received the dog whistle from the Republican party but many of their ears were not trained and they did not pick up on it; Now with this Republican primary, the whistel is put away and its been ok to be full blown racist/mysoginist/sexist and our kids are soaking it all in!
It seems like every time he opens his mouth, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson says something really really stupid. In an interview with the Wisconsin Radio Network on August 30, Johnson made it abundantly clear he believes communist China is a great place to do business, saying, “I’d encourage people to go onto Youtube and type in Steve Wynn. He does about a five-minute piece where he’s talking about- he’s the fellow who does Wynn resorts in Las Vegas. He’s also creating resorts in Macau in China, communist China. And his point is, the level of uncertainty, the climate for business investment is far more certain in communist China then it is in the U.S. here.”
As his supporters filed out at the end of the rally, they and the protesters engaged in heated verbal confrontations, with supporters chanting "USA!" and "Build that wall!" and protesters shouting profanities. Police in riot gear separated the sides. Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Emily Schaffer said there were some minor injuries, including to police officers, but she did not have additional details. Among those hurt was an 18-year-old Trump supporter who was observed being led to an emergency medical services van and receiving treatment after he was pepper-sprayed in the face by a man his friends identified as a protester
Our
friends on the right have been touting the economic wonders of China
for sometime now. It has gotten so bad that the republican candidate
for President of the United States was bragging about what a great place
China is for working women and he never once was challenged for his
stupidty.
"And his(Steve Wynn) point is, the level of uncertainty, the climate for business investment is far more certain in Communist China then it is in the U.S. here," Ron Johnson said.
Chinese authorities have acknowledged the existence of so-called "cancer villages" in a new report this week, according to multiple media outlets.
Agence France-Presse writes that the country's environment ministry
made the admission in a report about pollution in which authorities
acknowledged the dangers posed to human health by the harmful chemicals -- many of which are banned in developed nations -- that are produced and consumed in large quantities in the country.
"The toxic chemicals have caused many environmental emergencies
linked to water and air pollution," the report said via the BBC.
"There are even some serious cases of health and social problems, like the emergence of cancer villages in individual regions," it continued.
The number of dead pigs found in a river running through China’s
commercial hub Shanghai has reached more than 13,000, state media said
Monday, as mystery deepened over the hogs’ precise origin.
Shanghai had pulled 9,460 pigs out of the Huangpu river, which
supplies 22 percent of the city’s drinking water, since the infestation
began earlier this month, the Shanghai Daily reported.
The thousands of dead pigs have drawn attention to China’s poorly
regulated farm production. Animals that die from disease can end up in
the country’s food supply chain or improperly disposed of, despite laws
against the practice.
In Wenling, also in Zhejiang, authorities announced last week that 46
people had been jailed for up to six-and-a-half years for processing
and selling pork from more than 1,000 diseased pigs.
China faced one its biggest food-safety scandals in 2008 when the
industrial chemical melamine was found to have been illegally added to
dairy products, killing at least six babies and making 300,000 people
ill.
Maybe Mitt and Ron can go out to eat
together when they are there. They might even want to meet some locals
and eat at a local restaurant!
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