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Woman who accused Fauci of sex assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2020 OP
What?! Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #1
You can read about it here: sop May 2020 #9
Wow Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #12
we let them have 1500 radio stations so facts don't matter certainot May 2020 #40
We didn't LET them have a damned thing Warpy May 2020 #41
democratic party and progressive orgs have been ignoring it for 30 years while certainot May 2020 #64
i wish that the fcc would have taken away sinclairs broadcasting licenses , AllaN01Bear May 2020 #43
Jacob Wohl, I hope. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #2
Yes, read the article. LisaL May 2020 #4
What I popped into this thread to say... makings of a real Wohl-job ck4829 May 2020 #5
You nailed it wryter2000 May 2020 #6
I would like to thank my parents, Mother Teresa and the Pope. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #22
We must be siblings, my parents are also Mother Teresa & the Pope! CaptainTruth May 2020 #50
Well done wryter2000 May 2020 #57
HIM AGAIN??? Takket May 2020 #48
Next, Tara Reade wryter2000 May 2020 #3
Nah, she's held a grudge for years Warpy May 2020 #52
We know the gop would release it if it made Joe Biden look bad Cha May 2020 #62
YEP!!!!!!! nt Blue_true May 2020 #65
Tara Reade? still_one May 2020 #7
Tara Reade is the woman who accused Joe Biden of being a "pussy grabber." OMGWTF May 2020 #25
I know, I was being sarcastic. Thanks still_one May 2020 #26
That will be Tara Reade's defense in her libel trial. lagomorph777 May 2020 #29
She has changed her story so many times still_one May 2020 #33
She has also changed her name many times. lagomorph777 May 2020 #36
+++ still_one May 2020 #51
WTF ?! Really, these people are ... deplorable. uponit7771 May 2020 #8
Wohl and Burkman again, and as always, they screw it up. Archae May 2020 #10
They are so incompetent sometimes I wonder if they are Mike 03 May 2020 #14
You're missing the big one.... Sogo May 2020 #44
Yes there should be some kind of law for people like Wohl and Burkman who continue to falsely accuse KS Toronado May 2020 #45
Because they waste our time. maxsolomon May 2020 #34
.....and in the case of the accusation against Joe Biden, Sogo May 2020 #47
Yep, drag Dems down in the mud, level the playing field. maxsolomon May 2020 #49
Why does the media bother reporting anything they put out? catrose May 2020 #39
That is what it means to be Republican now. Win by any means. cayugafalls May 2020 #11
It wasn't that long ago they tried this same dirty trick on Mayor Pete. FM123 May 2020 #13
And before that Robert Mueller! Mike 03 May 2020 #15
There's a lot of ratfucking going on for sure HarlanPepper May 2020 #16
No surprise that Wohl is behind this Hav May 2020 #17
He should be sued for libel every time. lagomorph777 May 2020 #30
"...people should get punished..." Wednesdays May 2020 #66
Kick dalton99a May 2020 #18
Dr. Fauci is amazing with all he is doing to find the time for this......... still_one May 2020 #19
JFC Blue Owl May 2020 #20
Of course we are all so shocked. Amaryllis May 2020 #21
Quelle surprise. warmfeet May 2020 #23
Rat Sex In Action DanieRains May 2020 #24
Duh. sinkingfeeling May 2020 #27
Same as Tara Reade (or whatever alias she's using this week). lagomorph777 May 2020 #28
If you are a male and into politics and no matter what side Doreen May 2020 #31
Her actions damage ... aggiesal May 2020 #32
Republicans are the worst people on earth. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #35
From the guys who brought us Liz Warren had BDSM sex with a Marine IronLionZion May 2020 #37
Fauci????? What a stupid choice of target. nt LAS14 May 2020 #38
They did the same to Mueller too, what are the chances Under The Radar May 2020 #42
It is the ole GOP campaign playbook written by Lee Atwater Under The Radar May 2020 #46
Lee Atwater? It goes back waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay earlier than that. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #53
This is why all accuasions need to be looked at on a case by case basis. Sloumeau May 2020 #54
I bet Tara got a nice big deposit out into her bank account kimbutgar May 2020 #55
I never knew about the sexual assault claim until now! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #56
" I wonder how I missed it?!" mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #58
Lol. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #59
Today was the first I'd heard of it too. "W-h-a-a-a-t?" mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #60
The Jacob Wohl Report. This is NOT Jacob Wohl's Twitter account. He was banned from Twitter. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #61
She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Wohl and Burkman Paid Her to Lie. mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #63
 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
40. we let them have 1500 radio stations so facts don't matter
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:41 PM
May 2020

limbaugh hass started the day saying everything schiff and mueller did was just reproven to be a hoax - just like this COVID hype - i didn't get the details....

unfortunatly trumpers are too stupid to figure it out

Warpy

(111,245 posts)
41. We didn't LET them have a damned thing
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:55 PM
May 2020

Rich men bought them. We were never consulted.

The government has been acting against the will of the people since 1969.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
64. democratic party and progressive orgs have been ignoring it for 30 years while
Thu May 7, 2020, 07:41 PM
May 2020

getting our asses kicked. their leadership lives in cities and has no clue.

yeah, it's been completely ignored except for stoprush and a few media watch efforts that usually concentrated on outrageous hate by limbaugh or hannity and completelly missed the propaganada value unchallenged coordinated repetition from 1500 radio stations.

at $1000/hr x 15 hrs/day x 1200 radio stations it's been worth aabout $5BIL FREE to them every fucking year while the left ignores it and whines about money in politics.

rich men have always tried to subvert democracy but they really hit paydirt in 1987 when reaagan killed the fairness doctrine and the left/dems totally ignored it and couldn't do that simple math and believed that RW free speech and market demand bullshit about 95% of americans preferring the hate lies and stupidity. leadership, living in cities, have had no fucking clue why we get our asses kicked year after year, and continue to waste our efforts and donations.

we let good citizens liberals and dems get trashed repeatedly and swiftboated from those stations all day with no response or challenge from their so called supporters

today limbaugh started the day at 12 est declaring the whole russia colllusion was just proven to be a hoax and inciting new atacks on and shiff and obama for trying to delete a legal election etc, and then trump comes out basically calliing them traitors. so i can't find exactly when that JD filing /news came out excecpt it looks llike after limbaugh started using it at the beginning of his show- so will anyone make a connection, i doubt it. neither has russian influence of talk radio been even considered.

it's been ignored, it's been destroying democracy, and the left blames symptoms - the biggest political mistake in history

AllaN01Bear

(18,154 posts)
43. i wish that the fcc would have taken away sinclairs broadcasting licenses ,
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:58 PM
May 2020

wait , the fcc board is mostly republician if i remember correctly.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
22. I would like to thank my parents, Mother Teresa and the Pope.
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:42 PM
May 2020

{It's a joke about the Oxford comma, specifically about the confusion that can ensue when one is not used.}

Takket

(21,560 posts)
48. HIM AGAIN???
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:06 PM
May 2020

Are you KIDDING ME????

How many times can you falsely accuse someone of assault and not get arrested????

LOCK HIM UP

Warpy

(111,245 posts)
52. Nah, she's held a grudge for years
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:29 PM
May 2020

over some kind of tacky behavior. Since the GOP Secretary of the Senate won't release the complaint, we're not going to know for sure what the complaint really was. We do know it didn't interfere with his vetting for VP, so it certainly didn't rise to the criminal level she now alleges.

OMGWTF

(3,951 posts)
25. Tara Reade is the woman who accused Joe Biden of being a "pussy grabber."
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:55 PM
May 2020

Curiously, her story keeps changing.

Archae

(46,317 posts)
10. Wohl and Burkman again, and as always, they screw it up.
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:12 PM
May 2020

Why does the right-wing even bother with these two, or with O'Keefe?

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
14. They are so incompetent sometimes I wonder if they are
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:19 PM
May 2020

secretly working for our side. They've been paying people to lie for over a year. Isn't this illegal? At the very least why aren't they being sued for defamation? Mueller, Kamala Harris (?), Mayor Pete, Fauci... I think I'm missing some people too.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
44. You're missing the big one....
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:01 PM
May 2020

Joe Biden.

I'm sure Reade is being paid; maybe not by these two, but by someone.....

KS Toronado

(17,199 posts)
45. Yes there should be some kind of law for people like Wohl and Burkman who continue to falsely accuse
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:03 PM
May 2020

innocent people.

maxsolomon

(33,310 posts)
34. Because they waste our time.
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:26 PM
May 2020

The point of disinformation is to create a cost: of time, effort, or money, for those who have to refute it.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
47. .....and in the case of the accusation against Joe Biden,
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:04 PM
May 2020

giving Trump the opportunity to say what he did the other day, that "false accusations are made all the time; even I have had them." (maybe not an exact quote, but words to that effect)

maxsolomon

(33,310 posts)
49. Yep, drag Dems down in the mud, level the playing field.
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:13 PM
May 2020

There's a reason Putin has made Disinformation the basis of his entire approach to Governance.

catrose

(5,065 posts)
39. Why does the media bother reporting anything they put out?
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:38 PM
May 2020

Especially when Wohl's stated goal is to see how far he can spread his inventions.

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
11. That is what it means to be Republican now. Win by any means.
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:13 PM
May 2020

Illegal, immoral, outright lies, it does not matter, if it helps you win.

We need to slam this home all day, everyday. How do we get the media on board? They need to be the ones hammering this fact home.

 

HarlanPepper

(2,042 posts)
16. There's a lot of ratfucking going on for sure
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:20 PM
May 2020

And some of it has clearly worked on some posters here. I’ve seen maniacal anti media screeds that echo Trumpian views almost verbatim. Bizarre, crazed anti Fauci OPs. Deeply disturbing to see Russian psyops winning converts here.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
17. No surprise that Wohl is behind this
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:26 PM
May 2020

after the same smears against Mueller, Pete, Warren and Harris.
With every new stunt, I always ask the same question: How the fuck is this legal? Nothing ever happens to Wohl or the person who made the claims. If there is no doubt that a claim about a crime was fabricated, people should get punished. Weren't there prominent wrong claims about attacks and assaults in the last years that got prosecuted?

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
31. If you are a male and into politics and no matter what side
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:08 PM
May 2020

you will be accused of some type of sexual abuse whether you did it or not.

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
42. They did the same to Mueller too, what are the chances
Thu May 7, 2020, 01:56 PM
May 2020

If someone with Trump Org. being behind the Biden accusation?

Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
46. It is the ole GOP campaign playbook written by Lee Atwater
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:03 PM
May 2020

Truth, dignity and integrity, well that is for weaklings and Girl Scouts.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
53. Lee Atwater? It goes back waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay earlier than that.
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:30 PM
May 2020

Imagine a cross between Jacob Wohl and Martin Shkreli. Bonus: he learned from the master. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you:

Donald Segretti - Wikipedia

Revisiting Watergate -- Donald Segretti

A former military prosecutor and civil lawyer, Segretti ran a campaign of political sabotage against the Democrats for Nixon's reelection effort. In 1974, he served 4 1/2 months in prison after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of distributing illegal campaign literature, including a letter falsely claiming that former senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl.

Segretti briefly threw his hat into the ring as a candidate for Superior Court judge in Orange County, Calif., in 1995 but withdrew after a week, saying the shadow of Watergate hung over the campaign. "It was supposed to be a low-key campaign and a non-partisan office," Segretti said. "But it wasn't treated that way."



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Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
54. This is why all accuasions need to be looked at on a case by case basis.
Thu May 7, 2020, 02:54 PM
May 2020

While I think overall that men tend to lie about 10 times as often as women, there are a few women out there who have no problem lying and are the female equivalent of Donald Trump. Examples include KellyAnne Conway, as well as current and previous Republican Press Secretaries Kayleigh Mcenany, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Dana Perino.

kimbutgar

(21,130 posts)
55. I bet Tara got a nice big deposit out into her bank account
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:01 PM
May 2020

Why didn’t she speak out during the primary? Why now? this woman is compromised and someone is paying her. I believe Biden and I am a woman. I personally have been sexually harassed and all the times I heard her speak I heard no pain but BS accusations that don’t pass the smell test.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
56. I never knew about the sexual assault claim until now!
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:04 PM
May 2020

I wonder how I missed it?!

No men came forward against Dr. Birx, claiming to be bound and gagged by her many scarves?

I've barely paid attention to the Tara Reade story, to be honest. All it took was a DU thread from weeks ago, exposing her past behavior and inconsistencies in the claims, and I dropped it from consideration.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
58. " I wonder how I missed it?!"
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:12 PM
May 2020

You must have had your TV set off for fifteen seconds. Surely you know by now not to do that.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
59. Lol.
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:14 PM
May 2020

You're implying it never got traction in the media, I take it.

Pretty damn sick that Trump people were behind it, but not surprising.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
60. Today was the first I'd heard of it too. "W-h-a-a-a-t?"
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:17 PM
May 2020

Of all people to take on. They might as well have gone after me. It would be just as implausible.

And I knew instantly that only one person could concoct a plan this stupid. Okay, there were two of them, but they're inseparable. They act as one.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
61. The Jacob Wohl Report. This is NOT Jacob Wohl's Twitter account. He was banned from Twitter.
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:27 PM
May 2020
The Jacob Wohl Report

The Jacob Wohl Report
@JacobWohlReport
If you like our posts it’s not an endorsement of Jacob Wohl. Reporting on Jacob’s lies and grifts since 10/23/19
1599 North Colonial Terrace

Diana Andrade, the accuser, recorded a call between her and the duo

Burkman on COVID says: “So what if you lose 400,000 people? 200,000 were elderly, the other 200,000 are the bottom of society. You got to clean out the barn”

This is unbelievably hateful. So despicable


mahatmakanejeeves

(57,393 posts)
63. She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Wohl and Burkman Paid Her to Lie.
Thu May 7, 2020, 03:54 PM
May 2020
FAKE NEWS

She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Paid Her to Lie.

After failing to frame Robert Mueller, Elizabeth Warren, and others for sexual misconduct, the infamous Trumpster hoaxers tried to go after Fauci. But the woman they hired to play the victim had second thoughts.

NANCY ROMMELMANN | 5.7.2020 11:00 AM

Someone is spreading a sketchy sexual assault claim against Dr. Fauci (updated)

The people behind it seem to not exist.

Apr 21, 2020, 1:29 pm* Tech Claire Goforth
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