Poll: Republican voters say Dems have sexual harassment problem, GOP doesn't

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 11/28/17 11:49 AM EST

A majority of Republicans in a new poll say Democrats have a sexual harassment problem, while a majority of Democrats say both parties do.

A HuffPost/YouGov survey finds 76 percent of Republicans and Republican leaners think Democrats have a very or somewhat serious problem with sexual harassment.

But just 40 percent of Republicans think sexual harassment is a very or somewhat serious problem in their own party, while a slightly higher percentage, 43 percent of Republicans, think it's not an issue within their own party.

A majority of Democrats, 60 percent, think their own party has a sexual harassment problem, while 75 percent of Democrats think sexual harassment is a very or somewhat serious problem within the GOP.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/362125-poll-republican-voters-say-dems-have-sexual-harassment-problem-gop-doesnt

[Kablooie]

1. I would agree.

because Republicans don’t see sexual harassment as a problem. It’s only a tool to attack attack Democrats with. If it happens within their ranks it’s just boys being boys.

[Freethinker65]

3. Yep.

Wasn’t one of the Trump boys’ answers to addressing sexual harassment/harassment in the workplace to just find another job?

[csziggy]

14. It was the Dotard himself

Trump on how women should deal with harassment: It’s ‘up to the individual’

By Katie Zezima and Philip Rucker August 2, 2016

Donald Trump said Tuesday that women who are sexually harassed in the workplace can take action within their company, leave their employer while still seeking retribution, or quit.

“I think it’s got to be up to the individual,” Trump said in an interview. “It also depends on what’s available. There may be a better alternative; then there may not. If there’s not a better alternative, then you stay. But it could be there’s a better alternative where you’re taken care of better.”

The Republican presidential nominee’s comments came after he drew criticism late Monday for an interview with USA Today in which he said that if his daughter Ivanka were sexually harassed it would be up to her to find a new situation. “I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case,” Trump said.

Trump’s son Eric followed that by saying Tuesday on “CBS This Morning” that “Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman. She wouldn’t allow herself to be, you know, subjected to it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-and-eric-trump-opine-on-sexual-harassment--and-draw-fire/2016/08/02/9814549e-58c5-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html

[Skittles]

28. JAYSUS

“I think it’s got to be up to the individual,” Trump said in an interview. “It also depends on what’s available. There may be a better alternative; then there may not. If there’s not a better alternative, then you stay. But it could be there’s a better alternative where you’re taken care of better.”

could he eve sound like a bigger moron if he TRIED?

[rock]

11. As they have no morals nor ethics

How could it be a problem with them (I refer to both the republican voters and politicians)?

[Bengus81]

17. Youthful indiscretion when a Republican grabs a woman's ass.......nt

[Skittles]

29. even if they are Bush Sr's age

[Iliyah]

2. Thats why the Republican base is slowly becoming fewer by the numbers

and that's why they need to steal, cheat and lie.

2018 - Blue Wave a coming . . .

[Me.]

4. This Is What Happens When DEms Cede The Narrative To The Cons

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. And cede it to the media. . . . nt

[LenaBaby61]

18. This Is What Happens When DEms Cede The Narrative To The Cons.

TOO MANY Dems know how to cede the narrative to thuglicans and to the media better than anybody I KNOW

[Me.]

19. HeartSinking

And just read that Manchin & Heitkamp may vote for the tax bill....

[dalton99a]

25. Sickening.

[SharonAnn]

21. Unfortunately, we didn't hold enough of our leaders accountable.

It appears that Conyers should've been gone a long time ago. He may be an "icon" but a friend of mine told that when he worked for him 40 years ago Conyers behaved the way that is currently being described. If so, it should'n't have been tolerated.

I'm just so tired of "boys will be boys" and even if we didn't do anything about it in the past, we need to do it now. It's time. Yes, the Ethic committee needs to do the evaluation but Congress also needs to improve its harrassment reporting process. Bad behavior gets us eventually, karma. So "just say no".

[Me.]

24. I Agree

But bear in mind that from Vitter to Hastert the Cons have a HUGE problem that never gets addressed. Any coverage past the first day of Barton's pics and his threats to not reveal them or he'd call the police? And now a child predator may enter the Senate.

[nocalflea]

27. I assumed Conyers behavior was an open secret.

It was tolerated and ignored. I wasn't surprised by the allegations because I heard them before and I live in Calif.

I don't have a lotta faith that any of this is going to change. Out of sight, out of mind.

[Mr. Ected]

5. Republicans don't have a problem unless Rush or Sean tells them they have a problem

It's really as simple as that.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. And when that does happen, it's always

the fault of (multiple choice) -

1.) Nancy Pelosi
2.) Chuck Schumer
3.) Hillary Clinton
4.) Barack Obama
5.) Bill Clinton
6.) Any random "civil rights leader"

[Fresh_Start]

7. It might be accurate, Democrats harass, Republicans rape and assault. nt

nt

[athenasatanjesus]

9. This is pretty much their view on the deficit

It's not a problem when a Republican is in charge, it is when a Democrat is in charge.

[Denzil_DC]

10. Give it a few weeks ... n/t

[Liberalagogo]

12. I say that GOP voters have

a shit-eating problem.

But they don't see it as much as they continue to chow down.

[Guilded Lilly]

13. Republican voters have their heads up their asses...

live in an alternate reality and are at core, narcissistic jerks.

The media feeds into that stance because drama/ratings.

Democrats are not fault free but in comparison to the vile mindset of Republican voter have a massive uphill battle to retain decency in this country.

[IronLionZion]

15. Some assholes view sexual harassment as more of a solution than a problem

and benefit from normalizing it. Like predatory behavior against teenage girls from single parent households for example.

[Codeine]

20. Who cares what Republicans think?

They're fucking idiots; that's why they're Republicans in the first place.

Am I supposed to be surprised that the party that elected Trump as their leader believes in all sorts of stupid shit?

Really, this is no more ridiculous than supply-side economics, creationism, white supremacy, or any other of the myriad idiocies that their ilk embrace so enthusiastically.

[maxrandb]

22. BREAKING NEWS:. Retrumplican voters believe stupid shit!

Film at 11

[BlueIdaho]

23. Republicans think the earth is flat...

So what the fuck do they know...

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

26. During the Clarence Thomas hearings, Limbaugh installed a sign in his studio..

…reading "Sexual harassment at this work station will not be tolerated. It will, however, be graded."
He frequently bragged about it on air.

Conservatives have always tried to dismiss sexual harassment as a nonissue. Tucker Carlson once said it doesn't exist. That tells you all you need to know about the Pussygrabber's party.

[JHB]

30. As Roger Ailes smiles at all the times FOX accidentally put a D...

...in front of the names of Republican p9iticians being prosecuted.