Current Events > state senate dudebro physically intimidates his female opponent

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https://www.4029tv.com/article/exclusive-arkansas-state-senate-candidates-discuss-post-debate-confrontation/24176881

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/arkansas-state-senate-candidate-apologizes-for-physically-intimidating-opponent/

Republicans in Arkansas are saying that this is a huge deal, maybe even assault, and are calling on the democratic party of arkansas to disavow represenative leding formally

what are your thoughts on this incident? how should the candidate(s) respond?
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Wow what a jackass. idk I think the only proper thing for him to do after a stunt like that is to drop out of the race.
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looks pretty intentional and shitty
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Meh, his body language didn't look like that of somebody trying to be intimidating tbqh. It looked a little awkward but otherwise overblown
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First link doesn't even work.
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DK9292 posted...

First link doesn't even work.

it works for me, only doesn't work if I get rid of the numbers at the end of the url
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Remember when Republicans cheered after their candidate bodyslammed a journalist?
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I think it's shitty but then we have a president who praises politicians acting shitty so what do I know

DK9292 posted...

First link doesn't even work.

works for me and that guy is a douche who also looks like meri from lotr .
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kavanaugh rule - put the guy in SCOTUS
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I don't even get what I am supposed to be looking at
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Seems pretty douchy.... buuuuut to put on my whataboutsim cap for a second....

Tyranthraxus posted...

Remember when Republicans cheered after their candidate bodyslammed a journalist?

AND he doesn't have a history of trying to fuck teenagers.... so....

womp womp
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...It's literally nothing.
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BLAKUboy posted...

...It's literally nothing.

There's a point when she moves away, and he moves to block her. The rest seems pretty awkward but not actually so bad, but that one motion makes it clear what he's doing.
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well he done fucked up

like he might not have intended to scare her or anything, but it looks bad on camera end of story, especially right now as a male democrat no less...

if this becomes any more overblown his party will throw him to the sharks lol
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Look at the smug look on her face. The bitch deserved to be "intimidated "
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Trump's America.
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Perascamin posted...

Look at the smug look on her face. The bitch deserved to be "intimidated "

CE, everyone

Literally nothing happened.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

Remember when Republicans cheered after their candidate bodyslammed a journalist?

I think it's different rules for women. Especially Republican women.

In the cell phone video I saw, I can't hear what he is saying, so I don't know if he was trying to intimidate her or just has issues with personal space.
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Esrac posted...

In the cell phone video I saw, I can't hear what he is saying, so I don't know if he was trying to intimidate her or just has issues with personal space.

he's allegedly calling her a 'fucking liar'
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that was disgusting, he needs to drop out
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Fam_Fam posted...

Perascamin posted...

Look at the smug look on her face. The bitch deserved to be "intimidated "

CE, everyone

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How far we've come just to regrsss back.

what a sorry state of affairs were in as a nation/world.
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the reactions to this here more or less mirror the irl reactions from what I can tell
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the real questions are:

1) did he have a chance of winning

2) if he withdraws and someone else runs in his place or whatever will they

because really that's all any of this has ever been about for anyone, 'going high' is just a strategy for dems (it does not work well)
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yeah he's definitely going to win, and it's too late for someone else to run if he drops out
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then the response is likely to be "go fuck yourself you hypocritical shits."

i mean, dems do love to lose for no reason

but that would be going too far even for them
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That woman is a traitor how could any woman possibly be a republican I don't get it. The only thing I can think of that even makes a little senseis she is being blackmailed into this.
Either way our nation is at war with bigots and racists that call themselves republicans so if we need to use a little intimidation if you can call it that so be it. I watched the video and would not call that intimidation. What he did was much more civil than anything these republicans are doing.

You have to interact with women differently. Small altercations with another guy are healthy and youll be friends five minutes later. With a woman, small shit can be blown up to serious consequences for obvious reasons. I knew a guy who lost his job for raising his voice.

Not smart on his part, particularly for a guy involved in a business where your reputation and image means everything.
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Shame on Republicans for not thinking he's a cool alpha
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Dude moved in like a dick but
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EnragedSlith posted...

Not smart on his part

yeah that's my take, I don't really care one way or another about the incident itself but what a dummy

he even broadcast the event himself... not only would no one know about it had he not done it, obviously, no one would have known about it had he not broadcast it live on facebook...

idk politicians are weird
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Aggressively hits her shoulder? Lol.
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Intimidation is okay when Democrats do it
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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Aggressively hits her shoulder? Lol.

I don't think that part is really the issue so much as his posture and how he gets into her personal space before that

you can see her backing away or trying to move to the side and her following her.

i understand it doesn't look like a big deal but you would feel uncomfortable if someone was doing that to you
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She gets in his face with her finger and he touches her shoulder.

Makes her look worse tbh
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Returning_CEmen posted...

She gets in his face with her finger and he touches her shoulder.

Makes her look worse tbh

Yah, I was gonna bring up the finger thing but figured that would just make people mad.
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is it any worse then those debates where trump weirdly stalked hillary?
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