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Trump’s ‘grab them’ comment was history. Now TikTok is showing it to young voters.
The Washington Post | Yahoo ^ | October 31, 2024 | By Tatum Hunter

Posted on 11/01/2024 7:07:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

It’s been eight years since leaked audio from a conversation between Donald Trump and TV host Billy Bush made waves for the former president’s descriptions of kissing and grabbing women without their consent.

Now, young people are encountering the tape for the first time on TikTok, where users are sharing videos of their reactions and, in some cases, reaching large audiences.

Many first-time voters were young teens in 2016 when The Washington Post first reported the incident, in which the former president seemed to endorse sexual assault during a behind-the-scenes conversation on an “Access Hollywood” set when he didn’t realize his microphone was on.

“I don’t think any of my friends had heard it,” said Kate Sullivan, a 21-year-old student in Ohio who heard the tape for the first time on her TikTok For You feed this week. “We all felt equally shocked.”

People her age have less tolerance for sexual misconduct after growing up amid a series of high-profile harassment and assault cases involving major celebrities, Sullivan said. She immediately felt compelled to share the audio in her own video, with the superimposed text, “Fathers are voting for this man.” The video has been viewed 2.5 million times and was reshared by singer Billie Eilish to her 68 million followers

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: accesshollywood; election2024; tatumhunter; tiktok
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I wonder if these youngsters know about Willie Brown.
1 posted on 11/01/2024 7:07:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Or Bill Clinton, Al Franken, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein and Joe Biden for that matter.


2 posted on 11/01/2024 7:10:01 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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or Doug Emhoff.


3 posted on 11/01/2024 7:10:22 AM PDT by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shoulda banned tik tak.


4 posted on 11/01/2024 7:10:48 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Sorry Washington Post...Surrender...you are losing on Tuesday.


5 posted on 11/01/2024 7:10:56 AM PDT by pburgh01
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Desperate people do desperate things. Where are the ho pictures when you need them?


6 posted on 11/01/2024 7:11:02 AM PDT by econjack
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To: God luvs America

That’s right.


7 posted on 11/01/2024 7:11:49 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Katie Hopkins: “I’d rather be grabbed by the pu—y tan be ruled by one.

Case closed.


8 posted on 11/01/2024 7:13:54 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump should share what Kamala said about young people (she thinks they’re stupid).


9 posted on 11/01/2024 7:14:21 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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As before, no one really cares about this incident, with the exception of those who already
hate Trump and work themselves up into a lather about it.

Meanwhile, the First Amendment covers all manner of political propaganda, so be cool.

10 posted on 11/01/2024 7:17:00 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Half of Hollywood got their start this way.


11 posted on 11/01/2024 7:18:16 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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all 5 of the above are for baby-killing on demand, so they get a pass


12 posted on 11/01/2024 7:18:36 AM PDT by millenial4freedom (Government was supposed to preserve freedom, not serve as a jobs program for delinquents and misfits)
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Here's Trump grabbing a pussy....


13 posted on 11/01/2024 7:20:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s a hell of a lot better than the sicko crap they are being shown in the publik screwals by the “Teacher Thugs” union.


14 posted on 11/01/2024 7:21:12 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The Walz/Harriz RAT platform: Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Hitler, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage, Garbage.)
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"...in which the former president seemed to endorse sexual assault..."

The Washington Post is still repeating that lie. The statement was that for certain rich and famous men women let men engage is a particular kind of sexual conduct.

Trump's statement was about what women consent to do in certain situations, not anything at all about sexual assault.

15 posted on 11/01/2024 7:22:49 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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As I remember Trump said women let him do this.
Not that he forced himself on them.
E Jean toke advantage of the lie


16 posted on 11/01/2024 7:24:43 AM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism .)
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And of course, they misrepresent what he said, making it appear that he seems to support sexual assault. What he said was that there are women who will LET a rich man do anything to them. That’s not sexual assault. That’s women who will give away their bodies to a rich man.

Kinda how Kamala Harris worked her way up.


17 posted on 11/01/2024 7:28:20 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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I don’t think he ever specifically said that he had done any of that - just that some women give rich men liberties. And IIRC it seemed that the guy Trump was talking to acted like that was peachy.


18 posted on 11/01/2024 7:32:20 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He said women love rich guys, but when you are a rich guy in the entertainment industry they will let a man do anything.
It’s true, and speaks to being amazed by his experiences with women’s behavior when he ran The Apprentice.

Only stupid people get offended by it.


19 posted on 11/01/2024 7:38:12 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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He said women love rich guys, but when you are a rich guy in the entertainment industry they will let a man do anything.
It’s true, and speaks to being amazed by his experiences with women’s behavior when he ran The Apprentice.


Eddie Murphy said the same thing in “Delirious”. When you’re young and rich in Hollywood, women throw their Pussies at you like they’re Frisbees.


20 posted on 11/01/2024 7:39:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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