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Former President Bill Clinton gave the creepiest answer imaginable when asked about sexual assault taking place today compared to when he was in office.
During an interview with PBS, Clinton was asked by host Judy Woodruff about the #MeToo movement and addressing sexual misconduct. She was pushing Clinton to speak about his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and perhaps apologize, but Clinton had other ideas.
The former president said that rules about sexual assault and misconducthave changed since he was in office in the late 1990s, suggesting his behavior was acceptable back then.
Clinton said “norms” have changed about “what you can do to somebody against their will, how much you can crowd their space, make them miserable at work.”
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Rather than issue an apology for abusing his power, preying on a young intern, and having an affair in the White House — Clinton implied his abhorrent behavior was acceptable back then.
Clinton was impeached in the House of Representatives for having an affair with Lewinsky. The House charged Clinton in 1998 with perjury and obstruction of justice. Since then, several women have levied similar accusations against Clinton, saying he raped and sexually assaulted them.
At the time, Hillary Clinton also led a smear campaign against Lewinsky and claimed she was to blame for her husband having sexual encounters in the White House and Oval Office with his mistress.
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He also defended former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., who faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct from numerous women. He resigned from office in disgrace late last year, but Clinton believes his behavior wasn’t as bad as everyone made it out to be.
“Maybe I’m just an old-fashioned person,” Clinton said, “but it seemed to me that there were 29 women on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and they put out a statement for him.”
As Clinton embarks on his media tour to promote his new book, many would agree that more network hosts should push Clinton about the many well-documented allegations of sexual misconduct that have been levied against him.
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