If you count Obama and Clinton as part of the Democratic leadership, the delay in their individual responses to the Weinstein revelations – Weinstein being a big Democratic donor – is quite disappointing. CNN reports it took five days for Clinton to issue a statement:
On Tuesday morning, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic party’s 2016 vice presidential nominee, sat down for an interview on CNN’s “New Day.” Asked about the allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein, the deposed Hollywood mogul, Kaine said: “Any leader should condemn this. These allegations are low-life behavior.”
By that definition, the last two Democratic presidents as well as the party’s 2016 nominee are not leaders.
If the Democrats are reaching for the position of moral authority – an easy grab, given GOP behaviors – they appear to be dropping the ball at the very top, although the other Democrats are scrambling to disassociate themselves from Weinstein via statement and donating the money he gave them to various charities.
But it remains disappointing.
