Posted on 10/04/2021 11:52:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
While taking questions at the White House on Monday, President Biden was asked for his thoughts on the recent harassment of Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).
Sinema was harassed by activists while teaching a class at Arizona State University and subsequently chased her into a bathroom and filmed her while inside.
Protesters followed Sen. Sinema into the bathroom at Arizona State University to confront her on Build Back Better and immigration pic.twitter.com/NDSmeu0h2M
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 3, 2021 Manchin, whose D.C. residence is a houseboat docked in Washington Channel, was accosted by activists on kayaks.
Lobbying @Sen_JoeManchin, on his yacht, from kayaks in the Potomac. pic.twitter.com/VwHsPaBSzk
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) October 2, 2021 "I don't think they're appropriate tactics but it happens to everybody," Biden said of the targeted political harassment of sitting U.S. senators. "The only people it doesn't happen to are people who have Secret Service standing around them, it's part of the process," he added.
Joe Biden claims that Senator Sinema being followed into a bathroom by activists and harrased is "part of the process" of being in public office. pic.twitter.com/nBOzuiRyTx
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) October 4, 2021 While Biden didn't say whether that "process" is convincing holdouts in his party to cave and switch their positions or something else, his half-hearted attempt to say that the actions taken against Sinema and Machin were "inappropriate" only served as a wink and a nod that targeted harassment of Senators not going along with his agenda is unavoidable and apparently normal.
In a statement Monday morning, Sinema slammed those who targeted her. "Yesterday's behavior was not legitimate protest," she said in a statement. "It is unacceptable for activist organizations to instruct their members to jeopardize themselves by engaging in unlawful activities such as gaining entry to closed university buildings, disrupting learning environments, and filming students in a restroom."
Statement Following Events at ASU on Sunday pic.twitter.com/4d3BF9P8CO
— Kyrsten Sinema (@SenatorSinema) October 4, 2021 Biden's wink and nod to harassing activists, predictably, did not go over well.
Ok this is shameful. How in an age of “me too” do you “meh” a female official being followed into a bathroom and filmed for explicitly coercive purposes?? https://t.co/sfvSu5eIvZ
— Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) October 4, 2021 No, Joe Biden, chasing a woman into a bathroom for not voting a certain way is not "part of the process."
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) October 4, 2021 Back in Jan, Biden told staffers that he would “fire you on the spot” if you didn’t treat others with respect.
When asked about the tactics of activists harassing Sen. Sinema in bathroom he very softly criticized and downplayed as “part of the process.”pic.twitter.com/IroUgc4URZ
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) October 4, 2021 Being filmed in bathrooms is part of the process https://t.co/NXGoHdQL1Q
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 4, 2021
She may have tried dialing 911 from the stalll and let the Fuzz sort it out
Biden wishes that he were chasing a schoolgirl into a bathroom.
Hiding in your Basement is just part of the process, too.... eh, Joe?
I say let them try that on a guy and see what they say when the guy turns and pees on them.
Was just going to post something similar. You beat me to it.
And as this was at the campus, what does the school have to say about this attack on their staff?
Nazi Brown Shirts.
Part of the Communist Process
I heard there was a law against this? Anybody know what is?
Only okay if the Commies are confronting the Americans.
Not if Americans confront the pinkos.
Is it just part of the process only for his side or for our side, too? Not that we did anything.
Chasing women and following them into the ladies bathroom is a normal process for Joe Biden. He probably has done it many times. To him it is no big deal.
FJB and all who voted for the nasty POS.
Manchin may not care, but I doubt that Sinema will simply ‘brush it off’.
Biden’s people should have chosen words more carefully for her.
Jan 6 was just part of the process too.
When communists took over eastern Europe things went from bad to worse with time. The same is happening here.
I say let them try that on a guy and see what they say when the guy turns and SHOOTS them.................................
Cameras in a bathroom seems like something that should be illegal. Not to mention stalking.
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