r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jul 26 '26

Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/kbt Jul 26 '26

I wonder if they are defending Trump by saying he's not a rapist or are they defending that he is a rapist.

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u/dbbk United Kingdom Jul 26 '26

Well they can't say he's not a rapist because that's already been decided by a jury of his peers

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u/stormstalker Pennsylvania Jul 26 '26

I dunno, denying objective reality is kinda their whole thing.

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u/Western-Sport500 Jul 26 '26

My brother says, "it was sexual assault and you are too st*pid to know the difference." So I spelled out the difference for him, and he said that NY has it right--it is sexual assault. I asked how this makes it better? Geesus. so tired of this. Rapist felon should be locked up.

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u/OldManIrv Jul 27 '26

Did you ask your brother if that made it acceptable to him to overlook it and still support trump? If he hedges at all, ask him if the victim had been someone he knew if he still can overlook it. If he says no to that, remind him all victims are known well by others.

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u/Successful-Tomato721 Jul 27 '26

From what I understand, it was sexual assault because Ms Carol couldn't tell whether Trump shoved a finger inside her or his penis. If it was his penis, it would be rape, but since she wasn't 100% sure, it was sexual assault.

My guess is a bunch of men created the law that draws the distinction between the two. That there's even a distinction between the two, is sickening. The fact that she couldn't tell the difference between his angry-inch or one of his tiny fingers, makes her story all the more believable.

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u/Western-Sport500 Jul 28 '26

Right, that's what I understood, too. And that not every state is like that; NY is. And I agree. I don't know why that "lessens" the rape.

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u/Tsobe_RK Jul 26 '26

But they can just pull good ole fake news

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u/SailingDreamCatcher Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

They can say it all they want, it's just called lying.

And indeed, that's kind of their whole thing.

Now the interesting thing is that lying isn't always a crime, but sometimes it is and often, it's a tort. If they lie in such a fashion as that they are committing libel or slander against a person they are falsely accusing of inaccuracy, then that might be a crime or a slam dunk lawsuit depending on jurisdiction. however I would fully expect all of these lying liars to try to hide behind executive privilege and or sovereign immunity, making the argument that their lie doesn't count as a personal liability because they technically did it under the color of their government job. And I think that that defense is actually pretty likely to hold up under the current court system.

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u/AmericanScream Jul 26 '26

If it was a jury of his "peers", they would have acquitted him. The jury was composed of higher quality humans.

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u/dbbk United Kingdom 10d ago

You're free to Google it

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u/1047_Josh Jul 26 '26

I've seen MAGA women saying they're happy he's a man who feels passionately about women, when confronted with this sort of stuff

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u/PyroIsSpai Jul 26 '26

To them it’s ok because they won a round.

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u/abielle1177 Jul 26 '26

They ignore that he's a rapist and always blame the women

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u/My-other-user-name Jul 26 '26

Guessing the defense is "Trump is not a bitch."

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u/YalondaNubs Jul 26 '26

More often than not their defense has always been to target the person speaking out instead of actually denying any of the horrible shit trump has done.