Speaker 1: The Harvey Weinstein sex of Your scandal has mushroom. This week,
Speaker 1: one hundred forty women in California politics published a letter
Speaker 1: detailing the pervasive culture of sexual mistreatment in their line
Speaker 1: of work. Twenty six women from the legislature signed it.
Speaker 1: They say fear and shame prevented them from speaking up
Speaker 1: until now. Plus the men who harass them are their bosses,
Speaker 1: their political contacts, and gatekeepers. Remaining quiet was crucial for
Speaker 1: their careers. The Los Angeles Times asked California Assembly Speaker
Speaker 1: Anthony Rendon for common He said, it's widespread in politics,
Speaker 1: in journalism, and academia, in entertainment. Way too many places,
Speaker 1: he said, and it has to stop. Journalism, academia, entertainment.
Speaker 1: California politics looks like they have something in common. They're
Speaker 1: all run by liberals. Meanwhile, another ironic twist to the
Speaker 1: Harvey saga comes from a close friend of Bill and
Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton, Linda Bloodworth Thomas and creator of Designing Women.
Speaker 1: She wrote a piece from the Hollywood Reporter Lessons from
Speaker 1: witnessing four decades of harassment in Hollywood. She says she
Speaker 1: warned top level Democrat operatives not to allow Harvey to
Speaker 1: host political fundraisers. Her warning, she said, fell on deaf ears.
Speaker 1: Yet she gives Bill Clinton a pass, though he taxed
Speaker 1: her feminist conscience. She believes to this day that Clinton's
Speaker 1: sexual misconduct was none of our business, but they didn't
Speaker 1: listen to her. They hired Harvey anyway. How does that
Speaker 1: make her feel? M