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But Trump has conspicuously not distanced himself from his candidate for governor of Nebraska, Charles Herbster. The wealthy farmer/rancher (a real titan in the bull-semen industry) had built a modest lead in the polls over a large field of rivals when he was hit with allegations of sexual assault from no less than eight women, including a state senator (Julie Slama) who said he put his hand up her skirt at a Republican event. According to the allegations, Herbster is a serial groper. All the incidents he is accused of happened in the last few years, so we’re not talking about ancient history. One of Slama’s legislative allies concluded, “He’s clearly a predator.”
Herbster is sure taking Trump’s advice. In addition to angrily claiming that he’s the victim of a conspiracy in media appearances, he’s running an ad comparing himself to two famous conservative martyrs who were accused of sexual misconduct, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, and directly accusing the sitting governor and his rival candidate of fabricating the allegations.
Why is Trump encouraging this man to go hog wild in professing his righteousness against such formidable evidence? They do go back a ways; Herbster was considered Trump’s top adviser on agriculture issues during the 2016 campaign, heading up an agricultural advisory panel during Trump’s presidency. Beyond that, it’s possible the former president, the subject of so very many sexual-assault allegations over the years, actively empathizes with Herbster. He cannot dismiss groping as “locker-room talk,” but there’s no question he has always deployed 100 percent denials and angry counterattacks when he has been in similar situations.
But Trump has conspicuously not distanced himself from his candidate for governor of Nebraska, Charles Herbster. The wealthy farmer/rancher (a real titan in the bull-semen industry) had built a modest lead in the polls over a large field of rivals when he was hit with allegations of sexual assault from no less than eight women, including a state senator (Julie Slama) who said he put his hand up her skirt at a Republican event. According to the allegations, Herbster is a serial groper. All the incidents he is accused of happened in the last few years, so we’re not talking about ancient history. One of Slama’s legislative allies concluded, “He’s clearly a predator.”
Herbster is sure taking Trump’s advice. In addition to angrily claiming that he’s the victim of a conspiracy in media appearances, he’s running an ad comparing himself to two famous conservative martyrs who were accused of sexual misconduct, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, and directly accusing the sitting governor and his rival candidate of fabricating the allegations.
Why is Trump encouraging this man to go hog wild in professing his righteousness against such formidable evidence? They do go back a ways; Herbster was considered Trump’s top adviser on agriculture issues during the 2016 campaign, heading up an agricultural advisory panel during Trump’s presidency. Beyond that, it’s possible the former president, the subject of so very many sexual-assault allegations over the years, actively empathizes with Herbster. He cannot dismiss groping as “locker-room talk,” but there’s no question he has always deployed 100 percent denials and angry counterattacks when he has been in similar situations.
