{"id":392547,"date":"2019-01-12T09:21:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T08:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-kamala-harris-blames-not-noticing-top-aides-sexual-harassment-on-having-huge-staff\/"},"modified":"2019-01-12T09:21:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T08:21:01","slug":"prison-planet-com-kamala-harris-blames-not-noticing-top-aides-sexual-harassment-on-having-huge-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-kamala-harris-blames-not-noticing-top-aides-sexual-harassment-on-having-huge-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Kamala Harris blames not noticing top aide\u2019s sexual harassment on having huge staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanmirror.com\/kamala-harris-blames-huge-staff-for-not-noticing-top-aides-sexual-harassment\/\"><strong>American Mirror<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 11, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sen. Kamala Harris\u2019 media blitz ahead of her likely 2020 presidential run has already gotten off to a disastrous start.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During an interview Wednesday with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper, the California Democrat was asked\u00a0about reports that indicated she was not aware of a recent harassment settlement involving one of her top advisers.<\/p>\n<p>Harris responded by implying that her office was too big to notice that one of her top aides had been sexually harassing people.<\/p>\n<p>She also did not issue an actual apology to the alleged victims or for her\u00a0lack of leadership on the issue, but rather acted as if she was the victim by saying the \u201cexperience\u201d was \u201cvery painful\u201d for her.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMQXXLpVuM0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-36525\"\/>\u201cYou were a leader of the #MeToo movement, you were very vocal on the Senate Judiciary Committee during Kavanaugh,\u201d Tapper said. \u201cAn unfortunate thing happened on your staff, which is one of your top aides had to resign a few weeks ago, Larry Wallace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight,\u201d Harris said, nodding her head in agreement.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p>Tapper then detailed how Wallace helped Harris run the California Department of Justice when she served as the state\u2019s Attorney General.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs somebody who is a leader of the #MeToo movement, how did this happen and you didn\u2019t know about it?\u201d Tapper pressed. \u201cAnd what did you learn about it given that it kind of struck close to home?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris said it was a \u201cvery painful experience\u201d for her, playing up the victim card, and suggested her office simply had too many employees \u2014 \u201calmost 5,000\u201d \u2014 for her to notice.<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats claim to be the leaders of the #MeToo movement, several of their top potential top 2020 candidates have been plagued with issues of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, told CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper that he was \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanmirror.com\/i-was-busy-sanders-defends-why-he-didnt-tackle-sex-misconduct-in-2016-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a little bit busy<\/a>\u201d to notice\u00a0that several women experienced sexual harassment&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/kamala-harris-blames-not-noticing-top-aides-sexual-harassment-on-having-huge-staff.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American MirrorJanuary 11, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris\u2019 media blitz ahead of her likely 2020 presidential run has already gotten off to a disastrous start. During an interview Wednesday with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper, the California Democrat was asked\u00a0about reports that indicated she was not aware of a recent harassment settlement involving one of her top advisers. 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