Gohmert defends Jordan: Unlike Olympians, wrestlers 'were adults' at time of alleged sexual abuse

[riversedge]

So, it seems Gohmert (perhaps? the freedom Caucus) will demean and go after the law firm now.



Gohmert defends Jordan: Unlike Olympians, wrestlers 'were adults' at time of alleged abuse




https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/politics/louie-gohmert-jim-jordan-ohio-state-sexual-abuse-statement-defense/index.html?sr=twCNNp070918louie-gohmert-jim-jordan-ohio-state-sexual-abuse-statement-defense0329PMVODtop&utm_term=image&utm_content=2018-07-09T20%3A31%3A05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp
By Daniella Diaz, CNN

Updated 3:00 PM ET, Mon July 9, 2018



Washington (CNN)Rep. Louie Gohmert on Monday defended his Republican colleague, Jim Jordan of Ohio, arguing the former wrestlers who say Jordan knew about abuse allegations and did nothing about it were adults when the alleged abuse happened to them and that the accusers have not said that they specifically reported abuse to Jordan at the time.


"Unlike the Olympians who were minor children at the time they were abused, these former wrestlers were adults at the time they claim they were sexually abused by the Ohio State team doctor," the Texas Republican said in a statement. "Note that they do not claim they reported specific abuse to Jim Jordan or to anyone else. To the contrary, they specifically state they did not tell Jordan but instead say he should have known because there was talk around the locker room."




Jordan's fellow members in the conservative House Freedom Caucus were urged to stand by him amid allegations that he knew about, but did not report, the alleged sexual abuse of wrestlers he coached at Ohio State University in the early 1990s.

In his statement defending Jordan, Gohmert also called the firm representing the accusers, Perkins Coie, "a Washington, DC-based dirty tricks law firm."

"Perkins Coie boasts a client roster that includes the DNC, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and several Democrat Members of Congress," he said in the statement. "They were recently paid by Hillary Clinton and the DNC as a pass-through entity to hire Fusion GPS to concoct the salacious and unverified Russian dossier at the heart of the Clinton team's attempted take-down of President Trump."
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[Sneederbunk]

1. Gohmert has never been an adult.

[csziggy]

2. I thought it had been brought up that some were teens?

That some of the college student were underage and that high school athletes also had participation at times?

No link, just what I remember from interviews on various TV shows and some comments here.

[bettyellen]

6. I thought so too- but I saw on Twitter that female trolls were calling them

buff adults and hinted like they’d also like a crack at touching them. Yeah. Crazy fake female trolls acting like it was some sweet action they wanted to get in on.
So weird.

[csziggy]

7. Are we sure those a female trolls?

They could be closeted men writing those messages.

[bettyellen]

10. Well they were trolls with "sexy republican" women's pics so I've no doubt the pics are fake,

The accounts controlled by god knows who for the most part. They all had pretty much the same pervy script.

[moriah]

15. TANGOTI....

... not true always, but probably true in this case.

[csziggy]

16. LOL! Mostly because I am female

And I have been on the internet since 1982.

[moriah]

18. I was on BBSes and Telnet MUDs by 1992 myself, also female.

Even back then we had our impersonators, though.

[csziggy]

19. Oh yeah - and the haters

The guys who could not deal with women in real life much less online.

At least these days there are a few evolved men around, even on the internet.

[dhill926]

3. asshole being defended by an idiot....

today's republican party.....

[Gothmog]

4. Relying on Louie is a sign that you are in trouble

Link to tweet

[underpants]

5. So he admits they were abused

Not only are scholarship athletes in a flux a sport like wrestling is incredibly patriarchal where the coach is the king.

[Leghorn21]

8. Okay, so it's not possible to sexually assault people who are over 18 years of age? Because

honestly, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE, I did not know this

[wonkwest]

9. Well that makes it better

Look at what Terry Crewes is dealing with. Here is grown adult, built like a brick shithouse, and someone with a little bit of power thought he could manhandle the guy. And the industry tried to hush it up and make life difficult for him.

If it could happen to him, it could happen to anyone.

People really underestimate the human ability to freeze up in abusive situations. There's a component of, "Wait, is this really happening to me?" that creates a feeling of surreality that short circuits normal reaction processes. And then comes shame and embarrassment. In a masculine culture (and college wrestling is hyper-masculine if anything), that shame and embarrassment is a strong impetus for self-silencing.

These Republicans defending this shit are ignorant, scummy asshats.

I wonder how they'd feel if it were their sons who got touched.

[Recursion]

11. Speaking of special places in Hell

[walkingman]

12. Another Texan with their head up their ASS.

[Mopar151]

13. I do not understand how Skrewie Louie stays alive

He must have someone who reminds him to breathe at reasonable intervals. He must have an onboard refueling port for vitrol...

[Demsrule86]

14. One of the accusers was 14 at the time.

[LiberalFighter]

17. Were there high school wrestling summer camps on campus?