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
Biden is a pig.
In other words mission accomplished! The fear of the Biden radical left wackos installed fear into the senator. Watch both of them cave next time the 3.5 TRILLION infrastructure green deal is brought up for a vote! Then after that the filibuster will meet its doom!
Did you see his million dollar yacht? Where the hell did he get that money from to afford a yacht? My suspicion is money under the table! The money was not enough to satisfy his greed that’s why he kept turning down a yes vote!
Surreptitious filming in rest room, locker room, etc without consent
Class 5 Felony in Arizona
A person convicted of a Class 5 felony in Arizona faces a presumptive term of one-and-a-half years, with a minimum term of nine months and a maximum of two years. The mitigated term is six months, and the aggravated term is two-and-a-half years.
13-3019. Surreptitious photographing, videotaping, filming or digitally recording or viewing; exemptions; classification; definitions
A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly photograph, videotape, film, digitally record or by any other means secretly view, with or without a device, another person without that person’s consent under either of the following circumstances:
1. In a restroom, bathroom, locker room, bedroom or other location where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and the person is urinating, defecating, dressing, undressing, nude or involved in sexual intercourse or sexual contact.
2. In a manner that directly or indirectly captures or allows the viewing of the person’s genitalia, buttock or female breast, whether clothed or unclothed, that is not otherwise visible to the public.
B. It is unlawful to disclose, display, distribute or publish a photograph, videotape, film or digital recording made in violation of subsection A of this section without the consent or knowledge of the person depicted.
C. This section does not apply to:
1. Photographing, videotaping, filming or digitally recording for security purposes if notice of the use of photographing, videotaping, filming or digital recording equipment is clearly posted in the location and the location is one in which the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
2. Photographing, videotaping, filming or digitally recording by correctional officials for security reasons or in connection with the investigation of alleged misconduct of persons on the premises of a jail or prison.
3. Photographing, videotaping, filming or digitally recording by law enforcement officers pursuant to an investigation, which is otherwise lawful.
4. The use of a child monitoring device as defined in section 13-3001.
D. A violation of subsection A or B of this section is a class 5 felony.
E. Notwithstanding subsection D of this section, a violation of subsection A or B of this section that does not involve the use of a device is a class 6 felony, except that a second or subsequent violation of subsection A or B of this section that does not involve the use of a device is a class 5 felony.
F. Notwithstanding subsection D of this section, a violation of subsection B of this section is a class 4 felony if the person depicted is recognizable.
G. For the purposes of this section, “sexual contact” and “sexual intercourse” have the same meanings prescribed in section 13-1401.
The person who did this broke the law by illegally entering our country, laws don’t mean anything to these illegals -
Like hearing fans everywhere chanting “F—- JOE BIDEN!” is part of the process?
Is this part of the “Nothing can stop what’s coming” process?
Because I am so ready for that … whatever “that” is.
if they aren’t students, are they not trespassing???
Going to jail is ALSO part of the process.
And, while we’re on the subject, the public execution of aspiring tyrants is also part of the “process.”
“...and subsequently chased her into a bathroom and filmed her while inside.”
Good way to get capped, too. Does “stand your ground” apply if you’re...sitting down?
If there’s one thing Biden knows it is chasing women where the don’t want to be chased.
I hope Simena and/or Manchin get pissed off enough to switch parties.
That would throw a wrench in the America Last agenda!
Manchin would not benefit from switching, because he wouldn’t win renomination as a Republican. He’s all that is left of the once invincible (1932-2000s) WV Democrat Party. When he goes, they won’t win statewide or federal office again for a very long time to come (short of a toxic GOP nominee).
Sinema, on the other hand, faces a double-edged sword. Because the hardcore Stalinazi wing of the AZ Demonrats demanded she vote with them 110% of the time, this vote has pissed off that base to the point that I think she will have a difficult time winning renomination as a Dem. She has become like her predecessor Jeff Flake in reverse, who also became reviled for his loopy, flaky and ultimately seditious behavior (Flake has since left the GOP). Curiously, at this point, if she did switch to the GOP and moved rightward between now and 2024, she might now have a better chance of renomination and reelection (although she is still too left-wing).
In the 1990s, or as recently as 2002, the Dems would’ve been happy to have both of them, even if losing them on some key votes, because it still meant majority control. But today’s party is so totalitarian ultra-left and intolerant of even one deviation, they would love to see both dead and buried.
Don’t Senators have some sort of personal protection? Maybe not Secret Service, but something similar? How do ‘activists’ chase her ANYWHERE?
Dismiss, alibi, doubletalk, excuse, twist, spin, and worse.
Reverse the political preferences, and he would be CONDEMNING the protesters, damning them for “invasion of privacy”,saying it was “below the belt”,et al. And it would be BIG NATIONAL NEWS, with the Big 3 evening news talking heads feigning outrage, condemning the protestors as well, propagandizing nasty against Republicans.
There were two that went into the restroom. One was a guy. He is the one who filmed the other one filming her in the stall.
PREACH!!!
Away from DC, they are just people like everybody else, unless they hire their own protection.............
She will win renomination easily in AZ.
AZ DemoKKKrats are like AZ Republicans: they want “moderates” and, ever since Goldy, were scared of hard liners on either side.
Kyl, DeConcini, Flakey, McTurd, Enema . . . all were supposed “moderates.” Kelly is an exception but he hid it really well.
Yes, and they were inside a ‘locked’ building, so SOMEONE LET THEM IN.................
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