Posted on 01/20/2016 7:21:36 PM PST by presidio9
Actress Lena Dunham, who has been aggressively campaigning for Hillary Clinton, privately doubted the Democratic presidential candidate for discrediting women who made sexual assault allegations against her husband, former President Bill Clinton, according to a report Wednesday.
Dunham, a fierce advocate for Planned Parenthood and other liberal causes, reportedly made the comments at a dinner party on New York’s Upper East Side months ago.
The New York Times reported:
She told the guests, at the Park Avenue apartment of Richard Plepler, the chief executive of HBO, that she was disturbed by how, in the 1990s, the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with or been sexually assaulted by former President Bill Clinton. The conversation, relayed by several people with knowledge of the discussion who would speak about it only anonymously, captures the deeper debate unfolding among liberal-leaning women about how to reconcile Mrs. Clinton's leadership on women's issues with her past involvement in her husband’s efforts to fend off accusations of sexual misconduct.
A spokesperson for Dunham described the account of her comments as a "total mischaracterization."
The emergence of Bill Clinton on the campaign trail has renewed scrutiny surrounding sexual assault allegations made against him by Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and others. Multiple women who accused Clinton of sexual harassment were reportedly targeted with attacks on their credibility by members of the Clinton inner circle, including Hillary Clinton herself.
Hillary Clinton said in September that sexual assault survivors have "the right to be believed," a comment that critics called hypocritical given her past.
Despite any concern, Dunham has wholeheartedly embraced Clinton in public, recently taking over the presidential candidate’s Instagram and campaigning for her in New Hampshire.
"While Hillary Clinton's anatomy is not the reason I'm voting for her, there's nothing that would send a stronger message to this country, and to the world at large than sending a competent, strong, essential woman to the highest office," Dunham said in Portsmouth earlier this month.
Lena Dunham. Isn’t she the one who admitted to diddling her baby sister?
I’d toss her fat ass out of the airlock without a second thought. But I’d probably get Tycho Station traffic control ticked off for creating a navigational hazard.
She is a nasty, skanky child molester according to HER!! Made famous by her commercial for Obama, “my first time” garbage. It got her the tiny audience on the slop channel carrying Girls. Working for Hillary or being worked by Hillary??
I don’t care what the lying actress who graduated from Oberlin college thinks.
She’s peddling evil.
Presumably the airlock has double doors.
She contradicts herself easily
Oh, I’d use one of the cargo locks.
I’ve noticed some real nastiness on the social media feeds of some of my politically-active Liberal acquaintances. Borderline blood feuds in the making, worse IMHO than the Trump-Cruz spat here and elsewhere.
One that popped up the last couple days is how Progressive straight men are abandoning Hillary for Sanders. Lots of accusations of sexism being thrown around, trying to make voting for a woman (who happens to be Hillary) a litmus test for being a true Progressive.
It’s fun to watch them go SJW on each other.
Interesting that she is carrying a bag that is wider than her you-know-what. Presumably because it hides the you-know-what.
Who’s this wench n I why should I care?
Also, she had her chance to get behind a competent, strong, essential woman last summer.
The clock has run out on Carly Fiorina unfortunately. But it was fun while it lasted and her dialogue was a valuable contribution to this election.
Yes. And another fake rape accuser.
Who’s this wench n I why should I care?
Because one of her fans will cancel out your vote next year.
Why does anyone other than the Loony Left pay any attention to this twerp?
The same for Amy Schumer.
They are entertainers, not intellectuals and never the twain shall meet (at least on the Left).
She ought to be supporting Sanders as they have much in common.
Sanders wrote about women having fantasies about rape, and Dunham wrote about fantasy rapes.
Ripley! Calling Ripley! Alien in Airlock No. 9.
I’m amazed at how much press this perverted bitch generates.
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