When Brett Kavanaugh presented himself as a friendly high school virgin, he painted a picture of pristine innocence his critics quickly tried to deface.
The image he presented in a Fox News interview was starkly at odds with one shared by three women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. No one is perfect, as Kavanaugh has noted — but his presentation of himself as a teen who went to church every Sunday and cared mostly about friendships has created a big target for anyone trying to tarnish him.
“The problem with the Fox interview is that Judge Kavanaugh went all in on a squeaky clean image and when you try to paint a picture of yourself in such glowing terms, it invites scrutiny and emboldens people to come forward to challenge the picture you’ve attempted to paint of yourself,” Evan Nierman, founder of crisis PR firm Red Banyan, told TheWrap.
The image he presented in a Fox News interview was starkly at odds with one shared by three women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. No one is perfect, as Kavanaugh has noted — but his presentation of himself as a teen who went to church every Sunday and cared mostly about friendships has created a big target for anyone trying to tarnish him.
“The problem with the Fox interview is that Judge Kavanaugh went all in on a squeaky clean image and when you try to paint a picture of yourself in such glowing terms, it invites scrutiny and emboldens people to come forward to challenge the picture you’ve attempted to paint of yourself,” Evan Nierman, founder of crisis PR firm Red Banyan, told TheWrap.
- 9/27/2018
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Gearing up for the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats are finding themselves in a conundrum: what to do with former President Bill Clinton? Clinton, a prolific fundraiser, has a history of harassment accusations, a history that has become a liability for Democrats looking to embrace the #MeToo movement as a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump, himself accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. “The toxicity level of Bill Clinton is rising,” Jack Pitney, professor of government at California’s Claremont McKenna College, told TheWrap. “As the #MeToo movement continues to gain steam, people are reflecting on what Bill Clinton did in the ’90s.” Also...
- 2/15/2018
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Harvey Weinstein shows up in picture after picture with Democratic politicians, from President Obama to 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. But it may be a long time before anyone running for office is willing to pose with him again. “At a fundraiser, politicians shake hands with donors,” Jack Pitney, professor of government at California’s Claremont McKenna College, told TheWrap. “Who would want to shake hands with him now? We don’t know where those hands have been.” OpenSecrets.org, which tracks political contributions, reported that Weinstein had paid out $772,000 in more than 160 donations since 1991. All but two went to Democrats.
- 10/6/2017
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
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