Why in the Hell would you summarily dismiss her allegation with no proof or evidence whatsoever, call her a whore, and potentially enable a sex criminal?
Why should anyone dismiss what she said?
Did she wait 20 years to come forward? No.
Did she address the incident immediately? Yes.
Did he apologize to her? Yes.
It looks to me like 41 committed a crime.
And it also looks to me like he’s got a whole boatload of enablers here on FR trying to make sure he can commit another one.
Bill, Harvey and Hillary are proud of you. Pat yourself on the back.
No she didn't. She waited 4 years. She said he was 89.
Did he apologize to her? Yes.
There was a generic apology stating "If my joke offended you, I apologize".
“Why in the Hell would you summarily dismiss her allegation with no proof or evidence whatsoever...”
Actually, I’ve pointed out some of the relevant facts:
They were in public.
She made no protest.
They were being photographed.
They were surrounded with people.
Did she step away and tell him, “Keep your hands to yourself?”
No.
Did she act startled?
No.
Did she give ANY indication she had just been “assaulted”?
No.
Did he apologize? Only for making a joke.
The idea that a guy in his 90s in a wheelchair was engaged in sexual acts with a young woman in public is just stupid.
“Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient.”
Not “contact”, but “sexual contact”. Touching someone is not “sexual contact”. The contact needs to be of a “sexual” nature.
According to her own account:
“He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again.”
Touching someone from behind is NOT sexual unless something else is involved. Telling a dirty joke is not sexual assault. I don’t care if he put his hand on her rump. It might be the only part of her he could reach from a wheelchair. If it bothered her, she should have said something. Something as simple as, “Mr President, I’d rather not be touched like that” would suffice.
No evidence of wrong doing.