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   From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Mittens Romney wrote:   
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   > https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/10/05/doug-emhoffs-spokes   
   erson-denies-slapping-story-silent-on-hush-money-accusation-n2180161   
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   > After a second negative Daily Mail report about Second Gentleman Doug   
   > Emhoff's behavior with women, Emhoff's spokesperson issued a brief   
   > statement to Semafor denying one allegation and ignoring another set of   
   > allegations.   
   >   
   > As RedState covered, Emhoff is accused of slapping an ex-girlfriend   
   > across the face so hard that she spun around. Emhoff's supposed reason   
   > for the assault was his belief that the woman, who the Daily Mail   
   > referred to as Jane, was flirting with a valet as the two left a party   
   > during the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2012. Of course, the   
   > liberal legacy media ignored the story, and the next day Semafor   
   > published a tidbit in their morning newsletter headlined, "Second   
   > gentleman becomes a target," making Emhoff the victim, of course:   
   >   
   > Half of the political world focused Wednesday on a Daily Mail report   
   > that second gentleman Doug Emhoff “forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend   
   > for flirting with another man” at Cannes in 2012. Others (including   
   > Semafor) haven’t matched the reporting, and as of Wednesday evening   
   > the incident didn’t appear in The New York Times or top outlets. But   
   > the allegations are a dominant narrative in conservative media: Megyn   
   > Kelly’s coverage had more than 150,000 views on YouTube, while Trump   
   > aide Stephen Miller demanded answers.   
   >   
   > In a statement to Semafor, a spokesperson for Emhoff said “this   
   > report is untrue,” and that “any suggestion that he would or has   
   > ever hit a woman is false.” This is a new campaign front: Emhoff has   
   > been a key Harris’ advocate, cast as a relatable, enlightened   
   > “wife guy” and father who “discussed the feminism of Pearl Jam.”   
   > Now he’s a target. A New York Post columnist wrote that if “Emhoff   
   > is the new face of masculinity, the Dems are up a creek.”   
   >   
   > The spokesperson didn't address which aspects of the report are untrue -   
   > the Daily Mail published photos of Emhoff and the woman together and   
   > their travel itinerary, and a YouTube video from the party's red carpet   
   > showed Emhoff and a brunette woman attending the event together.   
   >   
   > Jane also told Daily Mail that Emhoff admitted to her that he'd   
   > impregnated the kids' teacher (who also worked for the Emhoff family as   
   > a nanny), and that the teacher/nanny accused Emhoff of causing a   
   > miscarriage during an "aggressive" altercation. Eventually, Emhoff told   
   > Jane, he "settled" with the nanny for approximately $80,000 and had her   
   > sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).   
   >   
   >   
   > Sources not connected with Jane told RedState in August that there was a   
   > domestic violence incident between Emhoff and the nanny that resulted in   
   > the LAPD being dispatched to the home where the nanny lived. The Daily   
   > Mail report included an LAPD report showing a call for service for an   
   > "unknown disturbance" to the nanny's home in June, 2009, which   
   > corresponds with the time frame of the pregnancy.   
   >   
   > Emhoff's spokesperson didn't address the new information about the   
   > nanny's pregnancy specifically. Wonder why?   
   >   
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   Hey, it's all ok as long as he grabbed her pussy before he slapped her   
   jaws. Then it's an official act, not a felony.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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