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TexasTowelie

(116,759 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:09 PM Oct 2016

GOP Senator Says Grabbing A Woman’s Genitals Is Not Sexual Assault

WASHINGTON ― Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a top Donald Trump surrogate, said on Sunday that even if the GOP nominee actually grabbed a woman “by the pussy,” as he bragged about in a leaked tape from 2005, that behavior would not amount to sexual assault.

“I don’t characterize that as sexual assault,” Sessions told The Weekly Standard in the spin room after Sunday night’s presidential debate. “I think that’s a stretch. I don’t know what he meant.”

“So if you grab a woman by the genitals, that’s not sexual assault?” the reporter asked Sessions.

“I don’t know,” the senator replied. “It’s not clear that he — how that would occur.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-trump-sexual-assault_us_57fbb902e4b068ecb5e06988?

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GOP Senator Says Grabbing A Woman’s Genitals Is Not Sexual Assault (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP

Sessions is the seed that produced Palin and ultimately Trump liberal N proud Oct 2016 #1

How would that occur? librarylu Oct 2016 #2

Then what... underwear inspection? Bucky Oct 2016 #3

Sessions is elected to make and pass laws, he needs help. It is assault. Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #4

You lost me at "GOP Senator says." Beartracks Oct 2016 #5

He may be right... sunweaver Oct 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Oct 2016 #8

Sexual assault: yallerdawg Oct 2016 #9

As usual, differing wikipedia articles! sunweaver Oct 2016 #10

How about not a wiki "article": yallerdawg Oct 2016 #12

F**k Sessions! BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #7

That might be considered assaulting myself. (or battering - if that is the correct verb usage.) sunweaver Oct 2016 #11

you seem very concerned. stonecutter357 Oct 2016 #13

This ... BlueMTexpat Oct 2016 #14

liberal N proud

(60,945 posts)

1. Sessions is the seed that produced Palin and ultimately Trump

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:14 PM

Oct 2016

He is racist, sexist and hates anything government except that which feeds him and his lobbiest.

librarylu

(503 posts)

2. How would that occur?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:14 PM

Oct 2016

Draw that man a picture!

Bucky

(55,334 posts)

3. Then what... underwear inspection?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:17 PM

Oct 2016

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

4. Sessions is elected to make and pass laws, he needs help. It is assault.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:18 PM

Oct 2016

Beartracks

(13,565 posts)

5. You lost me at "GOP Senator says."

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:20 PM

Oct 2016

I stopped reading after that, due to lack of caring.

j/k

If Trump really did shoot someone in the street, these asshats would try to redefine "murder" to excuse him.

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sunweaver

(75 posts)

6. He may be right...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:24 PM

Oct 2016

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"In criminal and civil law, assault is an attempt to initiate harmful or offensive contact with a person, or a threat to do so.[1] It is distinct from battery, which refers to the actual achievement of such contact."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault

If Trump ACTUALLY did this, as he said he did, it would be "Sexual Battery."

"Sexual battery is an unwanted form of contact with an intimate part of the body that is made for purposes of sexual arousal, sexual gratification or sexual abuse. Sexual battery may occur whether the victim is clothed or not. It is a crime, which varies by state laws, so local laws should be consulted."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(crime)

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yallerdawg

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9. Sexual assault:

Reply to sunweaver (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 05:52 PM

Oct 2016

"Sexual assault is a sexual act in which a person is coerced or physically forced to engage against their will, or a non-consensual sexual touching of a person. Sexual assault is a form of sexual violence, and it includes rape (such as forced vaginal, anal or oral penetration or drug facilitated sexual assault), groping, forced kissing,[citation needed] child sexual abuse, or the torture of the person in a sexual manner."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault

sunweaver

(75 posts)

10. As usual, differing wikipedia articles!

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 06:33 PM

Oct 2016

I was, however, merely being facetious!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

12. How about not a wiki "article":

Reply to sunweaver (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 06:40 PM

Oct 2016

Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Falling under the definition of sexual assault are sexual activities as forced sexual intercourse, forcible sodomy, child molestation, incest, fondling, and attempted rape.

https://www.justice.gov/ovw/sexual-assault