How Do Conservative Men Counter the “Believe Women” Attack? By Mrs. Abigail Knight (Florida)

There is a clear pattern here. First Matt Gaetz, now Robert Kennedy Jr, all facing "believe women" sex scandal allegations. Trump himself received a civil rape case going against him in New York by an extremely odd woman, who just decided to come forward. And this is not just Republicans, but Democrats such as Bill Clinton had their share of such allegations. No doubt some of these claims are true, others are cooked up as political warfare. It is odd that victims, so called come forward, always at times politically convenient for Democrats, to scare women.

Yet the right attitude was exhibited by Robert Kennedy Jr, not to fold under the pressure of the allegations. Kennedy said that he was "not a church boy … I have so many skeletons in my closet." What would have been even better was to simply deny the allegations, or say that they were consensual, and then claim that it is just a political attack. That these women who are so aggrieved do not come forward sooner, raises suspicions about motives.

And, they all need to be sued, which would ensure that only cases that were real got public viewing.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/rfk-jr-assault-accuser

"A woman who publicly accused Robert F Kennedy Jr of sexual assault when she worked for him as a babysitter said she was motivated to do so when he released a campaign ad based on a famous advertisement for his uncle, President John F Kennedy.

"I literally was just watching the Super Bowl and saw the ad and thought, 'You've gotta be kidding me,'" Eliza Cooney told USA Today.

Released when Kennedy was running for president as an independent, the ad attracted criticism from members of the famous Democratic political family. Kennedy Jr apologized – but kept the ad online.

Nine months later, after dropping out of the presidential race and backing Donald Trump, Kennedy is Trump's nominee for US health secretary.

A hugely controversial choice given his promotion of vaccine conspiracy theories and other disputed health claims, Kennedy is also one of a number of Trump cabinet picks to be accused of sexual misconduct.

Cooney initially told Vanity Fair about how she went to work for Kennedy in 1998, when she was 23 and he was a 45-year-old environmental attorney. Describing a series of unwanted advances, she said Kennedy ultimately "came up behind her … and began groping her, putting his hands on her hips and sliding them up along her rib cage and breasts", before being interrupted by someone walking into the room.

When Kennedy was asked about Cooney's allegations, he told the BreakingPoints podcast he was "not a church boy … I have so many skeletons in my closet", but refused to comment further.

In the USA Today interview published on Wednesday, Cooney said: "I know that there are hard-working people who don't have skeletons in their closet. And I wish we were electing people with fewer skeletons in their closet."

In July, it was widely reported that Kennedy sent a text to Cooney after the Vanity Fair story was published.

He wrote: "I read your description of an episode in which I touched you in an unwanted manner. I have no memory of this incident but I apologize sincerely for anything I ever did that made you feel uncomfortable or anything I did or said that offended you or hurt your feelings. I never intended you any harm. If I hurt you, it was inadvertent. I feel badly for doing so."

Cooney told USA Today: "I don't know if it's an apology if you say, 'I don't remember.' In the context of all his public appearances, it seemed a little bit – it didn't match. It was like a throwaway."