On Friday night, AWOL Democrat Lena Taylor and her AWOL Senate colleague Spencer Coggs joined Jesse Jackson at a service/political rally at St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
Prior to the church service/political rally, Jackson, Taylor, and Coggs had a press conference.
Discussing the passage of the budget repair bill, Lena Taylor made a terribly inappropriate, outrageous comment.
Taylor, who fled the state with her fellow cowardly Democrat senators and attempted to bring our state government to a halt, likened the bill to a sexual assault.
Although FOX 6 hasn't posted the video of its report on its website, I do give the station credit for airing Taylor's reprehensible remarks.
TMJ4 had footage of the rally and press conference with Jackson, Taylor, and Coggs, but it didn't report Taylor's extremely offensive comments.
How convenient to leave that out of its coverage! Forget the newsworthy stuff. Instead, protect and defend. Solidarity!
There's nothing at all in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
about what Taylor said regarding the budget repair bill and rape.
As it aired on FOX 6:
LENA TAYLOR: What happened, the way that they did it, was frankly, in my opinon, symbolic of a rape.
That's disgusting.
It minimizes the trauma and the powerlessness experienced by a rape victim.
Taylor and her colleagues weren't violated. They were derelict in their duty. They ran away.
Of course, no Democrats were present when the bill passed. Why? THEY CHOSE TO FLEE THE STATE FOR WEEKS! The Governor's administration and Republican leaders were negotiating with the Dems but they rejected offers. Yet because Republicans went ahead and fulfilled their roles as legislators, Taylor is crying RAPE.
It's inexcusable for media outlets to be editing Taylor's comments to help her appear more reasonable and spare her controversy.
If a Republican had said the passage of a bill was akin to rape, the media would be all over the inappropriateness of the remark and demanding an apology.
Jesse Jackson was sitting right next to Taylor when she made the rape comment. It didn't seem to bother him at all.
Really sick.
2 comments:
Being a rape survivor, I was highly offended that she would minimize the experience of rape victims in such a way.
I thought she was incredibly insensitive.
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