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Don't discount manipulation, abuse just because someone is technically an adult or a male. #MenToo
Vulnerability, immaturity and powerful religious figures with friends in the highest office make saying no a privilege.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/
End #ReligiousAbuse #EmptyThePews
Vulnerability, immaturity and powerful religious figures with friends in the highest office make saying no a privilege.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-falwell-relationship/
End #ReligiousAbuse #EmptyThePews
"Granda showed Reuters emails, text messages and other evidence that he says demonstrate the sexual nature of his relationship with the couple... “multiple times per year” – and said the encounters took place at hotels in Miami and New York, and at the Falwells’ home in Virginia"
Interesting both the Falwell's relationship with Granda and their relationship with Michael Cohen are said to have started in 2012 before Falwell became the first Evangelical to endorse the current president (before candidacy was announced).
"met Jerry and Becki Falwell while working as a pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel in March 2012. Starting that month and continuing into 2018, Granda told Reuters that the relationship involved him having sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell looked on"
"The relationship between Cohen and Falwell Jr. has not been previously reported, but the two have been acquainted since 2012, according to a source with direct knowledge of Falwell’s decision to endorse Trump" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramroston/jerry-falwell-jr-michael-cohen-pool-attendant-lawsuit
Wonder made Cohen THAT confident?
"According to a separate source with knowledge of Trump’s campaign, Cohen was so confident in Falwell Jr.’s support that he and Trump assured others, even before Trump announced his candidacy, that Falwell Jr. would issue an endorsement."
"According to a separate source with knowledge of Trump’s campaign, Cohen was so confident in Falwell Jr.’s support that he and Trump assured others, even before Trump announced his candidacy, that Falwell Jr. would issue an endorsement."
While the hostel that Granda was given to manage in partnership with Becki Falwell and her son Jerry "Trey" Falwell was sketchy enough to give any reasonable person pause, Liberty University was getting more taxpayer $ than public universities
"In 2015, it [Liberty University] received $345 million from federal undergraduate grant and loan programs—more than twice the amount received by the largest public university in the country. " ~Brandon Ambrosino https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/25/jerry-falwell-miami-hostel-liberty-university-trey-falwell-215528
"the two events appeared to be connected: Jerry Falwell was trying to remove evidence of his family’s ties to Granda in anticipation of getting involved in politics, which could invite greater scrutiny of his activities." @MaggieSeverns
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/jerry-falwell-pool-attendant-401398
#EmptyThePews
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/jerry-falwell-pool-attendant-401398
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"Cohen...was recorded recounting a time when he tried to retrieve “personal photos” of the Falwells from a cellphone. In the surreptitious recording by comedian Tom Arnold, Cohen referenced the “pool boy” story and photos "the guy ended up getting" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/how-sex-in-jerry-falwell-pool-boy-saga-finally-went-public-and-whats-left-unsaid/ar-BB18kp6l
'“It had nothing to do with Jerry having relations with the pool boy and so on,' Cohen told Arnold." @doug_hanks
If not that, then what?
#JerryFalwellJr #EmptyThePews
If not that, then what?
#JerryFalwellJr #EmptyThePews
Falwell's not the only Evangelical leader accused of exploitive, abusive sexual relations with employees who support this what this admin represents.
Remember Jim Bakker?
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1298271564723441664?s=19
Remember Jessica Hahn?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/04/09/the-jessica-hahn-tape/e380f3eb-b15a-4bc2-9367-94cbf58a99fe/
#EmptyThePews #ReligiousAbuse
Remember Jim Bakker?
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1298271564723441664?s=19
Remember Jessica Hahn?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/04/09/the-jessica-hahn-tape/e380f3eb-b15a-4bc2-9367-94cbf58a99fe/
#EmptyThePews #ReligiousAbuse
""It's too emotionally traumatic for her to stand up and defend herself," he said. "She's [Jessica Hahn] up against an organization with unlimited money, a TV show with unlimited air time and loyal followers"
#EmptyThePews
#EmptyThePews
So even with Falwell's exposure, few see this as impacting support from Evangelicals for the current admin, even if Falwell himself loses all credibility, such as it was.
https://twitter.com/paulwaldman1/status/1298354574584164354?s=19
#EmptyThePews
https://twitter.com/paulwaldman1/status/1298354574584164354?s=19
#EmptyThePews
Good thread by @ninaandtito on the complicated political history of tax-exempt Liberty University, including private planes and defense contracts:
https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/1298024505424707584?s=19
#EmptyThePews #Exvangelical
https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/1298024505424707584?s=19
#EmptyThePews #Exvangelical
