“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.
WRONG!
If he touched her on the butt, told her a dirty joke, then touched her on the butt again, he committed sexual assault against her.
Especially if she says she believes that this series of actions constitutes sexual assault against her by him. If she didn’t want his hand on her rear end, then he had no right no right to put it there, and doing so is, in fact, a sex crime.
Do you think she wanted an old man grabbing her butt and telling her dirty jokes? I don’t.
And I can see why she might be hesitant about bringing it up, because look at how you people are behaving. Your response is to attack her.
Unbelievable.
Now, go to the grocery store, find a lady, walk up next to her, touch her on her butt, tell her a dirty joke, touch her on her butt again, and see what happens.
Plenty evidence of wrong doing.