Cenk Uygur
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Some Democrats Slow To Distance Megadonor Harvey Weinstein
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October 11, 2017
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7:53Now PlayingWeinstein has long been a big money bundler for Hollywood’s political donors. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT
"A devastating New York Times story on Thursday, outlining a long history of sexual-harassment accusations about film mogul Harvey Weinstein, raises a series of difficult questions—for Weinstein; for the colleagues and employees around him; and for the film business writ large.
But it also poses awkward questions for the Democratic Party, for which Weinstein has been a prolific fundraiser and donor.
Weinstein has written many checks over the years, hosted fundraisers for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and rubbed elbows with leading Democrats. The accusations against him come at a time when American society is somewhat less tolerant of such behavior by powerful men, but also when the president of the United States has been recorded boasting privately about committing sexual assaults, in an incident that brought widespread Democratic condemnation.”*
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