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Bill Clinton: Norms Have Changed on “What You Can Do to Somebody Against Their Will”

HeadlineJun 15, 2018

Back in the United States, book publishers are reporting that Bill Clinton’s new novel, “The President Is Missing,” co-written with James Patterson, has sold more copies in its first week than any other fiction book in the past two years. This is despite the fact that on his highly publicized book tour Clinton has repeatedly diminished the #MeToo movement, saying that he does not owe Monica Lewinsky an apology. Here is Clinton speaking on PBS last week, responding to a question about Minnesota Senator Al Franken’s resignation after he was accused of sexual harassment.

Bill Clinton: “I think the norms have really changed in terms of what you can do to somebody against their will, how much you can crowd their space, make them miserable at work. You don’t have to physically assault somebody to make them, you know, uncomfortable at work or at home or in their other—just walking around.”

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