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A few years ago I had just begun my TV writing career when I was warned by friends in the industry not to publish a column critical of the fact that Democrats like Hillary Clinton had for years accepted donations from Harvey Weinstein and others like him.
I did anyway.
Even though Weinstein’s numerous instances of sexual assault were not common knowledge, his generally abusive behavior was, and he had previously launched a petition in support of Roman Polanski. That’s like wearing a flashing neon sign that says you’re not a great person, especially to women and girls. But Democrats—all of the major ones—lined up to take money from said terrible person, who was the embodiment of everything they claimed they were against. This made it hard for Democrats to tout their bona fides as the “party of women” and now here we are.