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>> Tucker: POLLS HAVE CLOSED
IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
THE RESULTS ARE COMING IN
NOW.
TRICKLING IN.
THEY WILL BE ON YOUR SCREEN
ALL NIGHT.
THE RACE FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN MANY YEARS CAN GO EITHER
WAY AT ANY TIME.
STAY RIGHT HERE.
WE WILL BE UPDATING YOU ALL
NIGHT.
RYAN OF THE NEW YORKER WAS
SEXUAL HARASSERS.
THE MAGAZINE DESCRIBED CRIME
NOT ELABORATE BEYOND THAT
WHO REMAINS ANONYMOUS.
THE NEW YORKER WAS UNABLE TO
SITE A COMPANY POLICY THAT
WAS VIOLATED HE WROTE.
THAT DIDN'T MATTER.
LIZZA LOST THE JOB HE HELD
CNN AS WELL AS ADJUNCT
PROFESSORSHIP AT GEORGETOWN.
IS HE IN HIS 40'S BUT HIS
CAREER IS OVER NOW.
THE SAME HAS HAPPENED TO
PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE ON
THE BASIS OF SEXUAL
STEVE EDWARDS.
AL FRANKEN IS ABOUT TO LEAVE
THE SENATE.
A OF OTHER ONES, TOO.
MAYBE THESE PEOPLE ARE
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS REAL
AND APPARENTLY COMMON.
SO IT COULD BE.
HOW COMMON IS IT?
WELL, IT WOULD BE NICE TO
KNOW THAT BUT THAT WOULD
REQUIRE FACTS, WHICH ARE ONE
OF THE MANY THINGS THESE
CASES LACK ALONG WITH NAMES
AND DATES AND THE SPECIFIC
NATURE OF THE CRIMES
PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE IS
THE VERY ESSENCE OF WESTERN
JUSTICE.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE MOVING
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
TOWARD A STANDARD WHERE TO
BE ACCUSED MEANS TO BE
JUDGED GUILTY.
THIS IS NOT A DEFENSE OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
OBVIOUSLY, JUST AN
POLITICO.
EMILY EXPLAINS HOW WE GOT
HERE.
IT TURNS OUT IT DID NOT
START WITH HARVEY WEINSTEIN
EXACTLY BUT WITH THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
DECADE, THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED A
CAMPAIGN TO STAMP OUT SEXUAL
ASSAULT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
THE GOAL WAS LAUDABLE
OBVIOUSLY BUT THE MEANS WERE
HORRIFYING.
USING TITLE 9 PRESSURED
COLLEGES TO LOWER THE BURDEN
OF PROOF FOR SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AND URGED THEM TO
CREATE KANGAROO COURTS THAT
DENIED BASIC RIGHTS TO
STUDENTS LIKE ACCESS TO
COUNSEL AND THE ABILITY TO
FACE AND QUESTION ACCUSERS.
WITHIN A FEW YEARS, IT
BECAME NORMAL TO VIEW SEXUAL
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE WAS
WARRANTED.
ACCUSATION EQUALED
CONVICTION.
TWO YEARS AGO DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN PUT IT AS
CLEARLY AS ANYONE EVER HAS.
IF THERE ARE 10 PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN ACCUSED AND MAYBE
ONE OR TWO DID IT.
IT SEEMS BETTER TO GET RID
OF ALL 10 PEOPLE.
IN OTHER WORDS IT'S OKAY TO
PUNISH THE INNOCENT.
IF YOU WANT AN OMELET YOU
HAVE TO BREAK SOME EGGS.
ON CAMPUSES STUDENTS WERE
HUMILIATED AND EXPELLED ON
THE BASIS OF NO EVIDENCE
THEY HAD DONE ANYTHING
WRONG.
IN ONE CASE, AT THE
ACCUSER WAS PROSECUTED FOR
LYING TO POLICE ABOUT THE
SAME INCIDENT.
NOW, AT THE TIME, MANY ON
THE RIGHT ALLIED WITH CIVIL
LIBERTARIANS TO DECRY THIS
AS A BASIC ATTACK ON THE
PREACCEPTS OF JUSTICE WHICH
IT WAS.
NOW THOSE SAME GROUPS ARE
SILENT, MOSTLY.
SOME ARE EVEN CHEERING ALONG
BECAUSE THIS TIME THE
VICTIMS PRIMARILY ARE
LIBERAL JOURNALISTS,
POLITICIANS, AND MEDIA
ODIOUS PEOPLE ANYWAY AND
IT'S GRATIFYING TO SEE THEM
HOUNDED FROM PUBLIC LIFE.
THAT'S A MISTAKE.
PRINCIPLES MATTER.
CHARGE IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU,
TOO.
AND IT MIGHT.
IN A BRILLIANT NEW PIECE IN
SKI SUMS UP THE REALITY WE
ARE NOW LIVING IN.
MAN'S LIFE.
JUST ONE FOR HIM TO BE TRIED
AND SENTENCED IN THE COURT
OF PUBLIC OPINION.
RESPECTABILITY.
WE ARE ON A FRENZIED EXTRA
THE PUNISHMENT FOR SEXUAL
HARASSMENT IS SO GRAVE THAT
CLEARLY THIS CRIME, LIKE ANY
OTHER SERIOUS CRIME,
REQUIRES AN UNAMBIGUOUS
DEFINITION.
WE HAVE NOTHING OF THE SORT.
WELL, REAR LIVING THROUGH A
MORAL PANIC OBVIOUSLY.
AS BERLIN SKI POINTS OUT WE
HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
AGAIN, A QUOTE FROM HER.
WITH SHALLOW SLOGANS.
WE LIVE IN A TIME OF BLACK
AND WHITE THINKING.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE
SELF-AWARENESS TO SUSPECT
THAT EVENTS IN RECENT WEEKS
MAY NOT BE ASPECT OF OUR
GROWING ENLIGHTENMENT BUT
OUR RATHER ENAMOURMENT OF
EXTREMISM.
YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH HER
POINT.
IT'S STRONG AND THOUGHTFUL
AND WORTH DEBATING.
BERLINSKI SAID SHE COULD
SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND
OF NEW YORK HAS TRIED TO
MAKE HERSELF A LEADER IN