According to a new report from the American Independent, “a pair of wealthy tech industry donors with a history of writing rape apologia are set to host a major fundraiser for Senate Republicans and Senate candidates next week.”
Republicans including NRSC Chair Rick Scott, Marco Rubio, Chuck Grassley, Blake Masters, Joe O’Dea, Adam Laxalt, Ted Budd, J.D. Vance, Mehmet Oz, and Tiffany Smiley will be soliciting donations from two men who’ve argued that accusations of rape make “normal sex impossible” and dismissed “statutory rape as ‘a moral directive left on the books by pre-sexual revolution crustaceans.’”
The American Independent: GOP Senators, Candidates Will Attend Fundraiser
Hosted by Donors Who Defended Rape
By: Josh Israel | September 09, 2022
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“A pair of wealthy tech industry donors with a history of writing rape apologia are set to host a major fundraiser for Senate Republicans and Senate candidates next week. At least nine current nominees, in addition to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), are expected to attend the Florida event.”
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“In addition to Scott (R-FL), Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are expected to attend, along with GOP Senate nominees Blake Masters, Joe O’Dea, Adam Laxalt, Ted Budd, J.D. Vance, Mehmet Oz, and Tiffany Smiley as ‘special guests’ for the fundraisier. The invitation pledges that there are ‘more senators and candidates to be announced.’”
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“As a Stanford Law School student, Rabois, reportedly got into trouble in 1992 for berating a member of the faculty and calling them ‘faggot’ and yelling, ‘Hope you die of AIDS.’”
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“After Stuart Thomas, a senior year student at Stanford, was charged with statutory rape of another student that same year, Rabois co-authored a column in a special “Rape Issue” of Stanford Review, Thiel’s conservative school publication. According to the book ‘The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power,’ the column ‘joked’ that the dorm building where the attack took place may become ‘the solution to asexually frustrated freshmen.’”
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“Sacks also contributed to the ‘Rape Issue,’ writing an article defending the perpetrator and dismissing statutory rape as ‘a moral directive left on the books by pre-sexual revolution crustaceans.’”
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“Sacks and Thiel co-authored a 1995 book together called ‘The Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Tolerance on Campus,’ throughout which they defend Rabois’ anti-LGBTQ outburst. They also dismissed date rapes in the book as ‘seductions that were later regretted.’ Both have since tried to distance themselves from their writing.”
Read the full report here.
Published: Sep 9, 2022