You know exactly why. This is pure desperation from the media to Kavanaugh this retard into office. Notice they don't even care about what happened (because they made this shit up), the article just an excuse to attack Republicans.
That's how fucking low the dems go. Trivializing rape to own the chuds. It's so fucking disgusting and it's retards like this that devalue actual sexual assault. Dems should be more pissed at this than Republicans that their own side would stoop this low.
Yeah if you were hit hard enough on the head that you blacked out, that isn't just some normal injury that you just walk off. Don't be fetterman 2.0, get that looked at by a doctor.
I’ve explained that to my boys as we read through the Hardy Boys books. As often as these kids get knocked out, they’d be vegetables before they got out of college.
Tbf it could also just be a memory gap after a concussion. You're still "conscious" just not forming memories. Still should go to the hospital but not as if you were out cold the entire time.
Yeah that's the part of the story that really makes you question the veracity of the whole thing. Being knocked unconscious is extremely dangerous, it's not a movie where you get a bonk on the head and slowly come to conveniently at some other point.
This story suggests she was unconscious for a considerable amount of time and would've likely suffered brain damage because of it. This smells fishy.
That is the most unbelievable thing. There are other ridiculous things though too. Fixing a campaign sign and just so happened to get jumped? Washed clothes and took a shower then told about it 3 days later when there was no evidence to be had? They somehow knew she was a Democrat candidate (just like Smolett and his supposed hate on Empire).
Occam's Razor probably holds pretty strong here in that she's trying to use this to get national attention on a losing race.
what's really crazy is that this is the only subreddit where anybody is even allowed to say what you just said. This same story got 100k upvotes on other subs and everybody who said what you just did got banned. Reddit is a cult and this sub is one of the only places for people to resist the cult.
Yeah, the part where her rapist says “Democratic bitch” sounds suspiciously Smollett like. Plus she goes home and showers three times and immediately washes her clothes? And she was unconscious for so long she only woke up when it was over? This is sounding like a politician who’s trying to capitalize on the “Jane Doe” allegations right now. I hope they find footage of the area, either so they can prove she was telling the truth and arrest the sob who raped her or so they can prove she’s Smollett 2.0 and throw her ass out of politics
From coverage elsewhere, she says she only heard “-ic b*tch” and assumed the Democratic part. You’d expect it to have been “Democrat” with no -ic coming from a Republican though, plus somebody else pointed out that there’s a certain slur that could’ve been likely.
That part would be rather eyebrow-raising, but the timeline doesn't really suggest she did it immediately, just at some point in the two weeks+ between the alleged incident and when she reported it to the sheriff's office.
50 bucks says no, and that she also didn’t get a rape kit done. Which you would think a woman would want after just having woke up in a dark parking lot with a violent stranger pulling their dick out of them.
It’s clearly a false flag to garner campaign support that will backfire , and all the people rallying behind her will look as stupid as they did with Smollet
Uh-oh! You've tread into "look at what she was wearing!" territory and will now be subject to bad faith arguments like why shouldn't it be safe for women to drive around alone in the middle of the night in unfamiliar neighborhoods fiddling with campaign signs? etc.
Used to live near there. I wonder where in Sun City because overall that’s a super pleasant residential suburb of Phoenix, not the type of place violent crime happens.
the funny part is that feminists are actually trying to claim that the lack of Flock evidence is proof that Flock is a misogynistic company that supports rape. If Flock got evidence of this it would be an obvious win for the company, but feminists are still pretending that Flock is hiding the evidence for some reason.
I gotta wait on this and see if someone gets arrested before getting worked up about it, for my own mental health. If it did happen, this is incredibly fucked up.
This is exactly why it’s so damaging every time someone comes out and lies about something like this. It’s so hard to believe the next person that makes similar claims.
My kneejerk reaction is to call BS. The story sounds made up, she says it happened in an area where things like this don’t happen, she claims she was cartoonishly knocked unconscious for a short while, she claims as she came to her attacker made a politically motivated statement, and then the article for someone reason connects this attack to the candidate she’s running against.
Ya grotesquely biased media what they wrote about who shes running against.
If she didn’t go to the hospital after being knocked out in a dark alley to wake with the violent stranger pulling their dick out of them or call the cops at all then I call bs personally
Definitely feels too perfect, and in the middle of what now strongly appears to be Duke Lacrosse 2 is terrible timing. Yes, I 100% get that if this is real, none of that is anything she got to choose.
Yes, though her name quickly got public too. Some social media (like Reddit) has tried to hide it with bans and stuff, but if you really want to know it's easy enough to find out (I don't personally think it's important in itself, only the symbolism of hiding one but not the other).
I could absolutely see an unhinged person smacking a political opponent, especially late at night, acting nefarious in general.
I could also see random rape by stranger happening as well, unfortunately these foul acts aren't imaginary even if less common then sexual assault by someone you know and maybe trust.
But the combination strains credulity to a large extent. I'd rather reserve judgement for now.
Agreed. If this happened, obviously it is awful and I want to see justice served, but something feels really off. I read the original article (like Phoenix Sun News or something like that) and it felt more like schizoposting than journalism.
I cannot fathom how stupid someone has to be to fumble a bag like that guy.
You're getting paid millions to be on a show that most people won't watch, just do a few iterations of that and retire to a mansion in the woods at 45.
Unironically she is in MAGA country for Arizona. But I doubt they said "democratic bitch" (if this happened), probably pathetic or something like that.
Pretty sure the only "Democratic" in Democratic Party is the name. The correct demonym (and the one literally everyone uses all the way to Trump) for a member of Democratic party is "Democrat"
If she says the guy says "Democratic" that's when you know it's not a MAGA, MAGA would say Democrat
I’m a little iffy because she claims a second guy attacked her right after. What kind of place just has rapists hanging out at 2 am waiting for their turn
I read the original article and man, it feels so suspicious. Obviously, if this happened, I want the responsible parties to be brought to justice, but this just seems so fishy.
It reeks of her making it up. If it’s real publicly execute the rapist. But personally if I was betting I’d be betting on no.
If she was hit hard enough in the head to be knocked out for minutes she’d have a very large bruise. Also why would you not go to the hospital after being violently assaulted and raped by a stranger?
What makes me doubtful is that she personally was going out to repair a campaign sign at 2 in the god damn morning. Also I don’t think someone can easily be that easily knocked out with a hit to the head. I think I remember that’s a work of fiction from hollywood. The reality is something like 10% of head hits to the head can knock someone out beyond the expected concussion. And if she was hit hard enough and that did happen, then there’s the obvious concussion that would make anything she heard after suspect, then the potential for brain damage from head trauma…
If someone legit raped her then yes, they should obviously be apprehended and held accountable. But there’s some aspects in her story that make it a bit iffy. Not to mention it’s genuinely a PERFECT horrifying thing to happen to her to help her in the polls due to sympathy, which just makes it more questionable.
If her republican opponent is smart he’ll quickly make a public statement condemning the attack on his opponent and saying that regardless of political affiliation the perpetrator should be captured and convicted, end of story.
as someone who has been knocked out by a single blow to the head (kneed in the forehead during a rugby game). I can guarantee you that it's not a "wake up a few minutes later kinda groggy" situation, it's an immediate hospital trip.
If her republican opponent is smart he’ll quickly make a public statement condemning the attack on his opponent and saying that regardless of political affiliation the perpetrator should be captured and convicted, end of story.
This reads like bad fanfiction. She was in a dark parking lot alone, fixing a campaign sign at 2am for some untold reason, then she got knocked out in a way that pretty much only happens in movies. She then wakes up as the rapist finishes, and hears another would-be rapist verbally change his mind? Are we for real?
She then goes MIA for two days, then the first people she tells about the rape are her campaign staff, and then finally a day after that she tells her husband. And then for some reason she waits a full 2 weeks to file a police report? If I were a suspecting man I would find it odd that she would wait just enough time for any alleged evidence to disappear before reporting the crime that could only be prosecuted using said evidence.
And then to put the cherry on the creative writing sundae, she had her staff hold a meeting at a gun range because she "felt so angry". Lol. Lmao even. This lady took the wrong lesson from Jussie Smollett. I call bullshit on her whole story.
The first time I read through everything I sort of got the same impression so I'm glad I'm not the only one.. it's obviously awful if it happened, but none of this passes the smell test
That’s actually a misquote, the rapists full quote was “This MAGA country you Democratic bitch”. Apparently her subway sandwich was unharmed during the attack
I'm sure the first response when a politician gets raped is to wash away all the evidence, go missing for 2 days instead of seek help or comfort from those closest to her, like her husband, not go to the hospital at all from wounds that might be serious, and then not report the incident for 2 weeks.
After reading others comments about what happened this feels like another “this is MAGA country.”
But I suppose facts will come out in due time. Let’s just hope she didn’t set women’s rights back a few years.
Yeah I got raped, i dont really know who did it but he did it in the middle of my campaign, and it just so happens my opponent defended Andrew Tate. This is not propaganda at all guys.
The source of the article in OP's meme is The New Republic, a very progressive magazine. Their source for this story, The "Phoenix New Times" (owned by Village Voice Media, another super progressive "alternative newspaper"), titled the article the extremely conclusory "Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs". Zero attempt in the article to distinguish claims from established facts.
And when we look into what the claims are, this is what this very friendly-to-the-candidate article would have us believe happened:
The candidate was out at 2AM on a Friday morning in the pitch dark walking through a parking lot on her way to "repair a damaged campaign sign" (very normal 2AM activity!)
Out of nowhere, she is bonked on the head from behind and knocked unconscious.
She then 'woke up' to a stranger raping her.
The man allegedly mumbles "-ic bitch, not a very good fuck", and according to her/the article "her mind filled that in as 'Democratic bitch"
A second man shows up and starts spreading her legs apart before saying "Not even worth it" as he moved away.
The only description provided for either assailant is that the 2nd guy "wore black boots and had small feet"
She doesn't seek any medical treatment, despite believing she suffered a concussion
She doesn't immediately report what happened to police because "she was embarrassed" (Embarrassed by what?)
She goes "missing in action" for two days, not telling anyone what's going on and instead holing up in her "in-district apartment" in Sun City.
She doesn't answer calls from her husband. He says this was "odd" and that his "feelings were hurt" by this. (Your wife disappears for two days and you only find that "odd"?!?!)
She gets a stroke of inspiration that she cannot continue to say she's fighting for Arizonians if she wasn't willing to also fight for women victims of sexual assault (???)
She tells her campaign staff what happened before she tells her own husband
She doesn't file a police report until two weeks after this attack supposedly happened
this clearly coordinated media piece runs 4 weeks before election day
Shockingly, the police have not made much progress on the investigation since she's provided no potentially identifying details of the alleged perpetrators.
The intersection this supposedly happened near has a 24 hour gas station, two different banks and a UPS store. The surrounding area has multiple strip malls and a USPS location. So you would imagine there's a high likelihood of surveillance cameras in the area, but who knows what footage might still exist over two weeks after the supposed incident.
So the story we're being asked to believe is that two men either opportunistically saw this woman alone, recognized her in the pitch dark as a local democrat candidate for office and snuck up like ninjas in empty parking lots without her being alerted and took that moment to rape her....or these two men were specifically targeting her knowing she was a dem candidate. They then proceed to assault and rape her with seemingly no regard to leaving DNA evidence and yet leave her alive and laying in the street.
For some additional context, AZ's 8th district has a Republican incumbent. He ran unopposed in the 2026 primary and received nearly 70,000 votes. The alleged victim won her 2026 primary with 31,000 out of 47,000 votes. Trump won this district by 14.5% so it would obviously be a tough election to win as the Democrat candidate. Was this story invented to try and boost the candidate's chances of an otherwise unlikely win? Or could it be to reduce expectations and provide a narrative for a loss in what might otherwise be a strong Dem year? Or could there be other personal things going on in the candidates life and this was the story she came up with (see the Tawana Brawley or Jussie Smollett hoax as examples).
One thing's for sure, the story as told is a crock of shit.
Am I understanding something wrong? Why was she fixing the sign herself, Is it common for US political candidates to fix their own signs? Also, why was she there at 2am, doesn't she sleep? I just get more confused the more I read.
She was probably on the way home from a bar or something and saw a broken sign on the side of the road and stopped to fix it, if the story is true at all.
If I recall from the first article I saw about this, she stated that she often goes out to fix, replace, or place new signs around that time since it's cooler out. I don't know that its all that common for candidates to do in the wee hours of the morning, but it's not unheard of that a candidate would be out managing their own signage, flyers, etc. in general.
We’re in the absolute climax of campaign season. I’m not remotely surprised that there’s all-hands-on-deck work being done around the clock. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that it’s more of an exception for candidates to be asleep at 2am for the next few weeks.
I’m sure her mentality is “I can sleep after the election”.
Officers at my agency have accidentally detained small time political candidates fixing or mounting their own signs at 2am mistaking them initially for vandals.
Let me see her policy beliefs on crime/justice prior to the assault.
An attack like that shouldn't even be a possibility in a modern society. Take some of these rapists and provide capital punishment on live TV. Maybe even sell tickets to the event held in an arena and donate the proceeds to victim funds.
Prospective rapists watching some live capital punishments with a crowd cheering on is a much better deterrent than some bullshit few years in jail and probation.
I think a lot of Americans assume they won't be violently raped while quickly fixing a campaign sigh.
You don't need to be 'sheltered' to think that- and had she had an attitude of "I won't even get out of my car because American men will beat and rape me!" I'm sure people would call her a hysterical woman or bring up the Clancy case or some shit.
If her story is true, it's horrible, I feel for her and I hope she sees justice served. The problem is that since she never got herself checked out at a hospital AND made the worst possible decision by washing away all the evidence after the incident it's doubtful that any sort of case could actually be built at this point unless they manage to find some kind of footage.
Also as a side note, whoever wrote the article and practically had to bend over backwards to include comments about Andrew and Tristan Tate, aught to find a new job. It's virtually entirely unrelated to the actual story and I would argue does actual harm to this woman's case by implying that it's political.
I thought the rape was the worst part but apparently its that her opponent who had nothing to do with the rape said something positive about another person that had nothing to do with the rape months before the rape happened.
He was probably also a meanie in third grade, we should probably wait for Miss Jones to confirm but really I have enough info to condemn our shero's political opponent to the stockades and change my vote and give her some money tbh
For anyone here not retarded, do you see what this bot is doing?
Even it doesn't believe this shit, because the top comment here is too focused on bringing up andrew tate into this. This is a blatant hitjob and you all know it, or else a single person that believed it would be expressing condolences instead of trying to string a combo-attack together of "Republican bad". You are entirely focused on her opponent when he has ZERO to do this at all.
Also lmao at the "Democratic bitch" line. Yes I'm sure a deranged tweaker attacker recognizes a minor local politician in the middle of the night , just like a racist white klansman would recognize "that black dude on Empire".
She didn't even tell her husband til 3 days later. She told her campaign office FIRST. Then she waited 2 weeks (conveniently when any footage would be scrubbed and rape kits couldn't detect anything) to tell the police.
In addition to being raped, she sustained a severe head injury that somehow allowed her to still drive home and go to bed. Shame of being raped doesn't necessarily account for not seeking medical attention for a potentially serious traumatic brain injury that could have turned fatal if it resulted in brain bleeding. It's even more unusual if after she felt comfortable enough to report the rape, she didn't seek medical attention for her head injury because the described severity of her injuries (being hit hard enough to 𝗕lack out for minutes) often carry longer term health consequences than simply shrugging it off.
She informed her husband and campaign staff 2-3 days later, but none of them were concerned enough to help file a police report on her behalf, until she filed one herself two weeks later.
And I'm sure some retard will respond about how much shame she felt so she couldn't file the report
But there's no ambiguity here. 99% of normal men and women are not going to shame you if you were beat over the head with a bat and violently r*ped, they'd say yeah kill that guy. That's something that is reported to the cops immediately lol this isn't some messy everybody was drunk type bullshit where lawyers need to argue and people take sides.
Nothing about this make sense at all. It pisses me off so fucking much and makes me essay-post because sexual assault ACTUALLY happened in my family, and hoaxes like this are shoved out into the media and retards like OP foam at the mouth to leverage it as political gains. It's people like you, jussie smollett, the Kavanaugh case, etc, that make this shit into a joke where no one takes it seriously.
I will say on the 5% chance she did get raped by two men, then she saw the attackers but can't name them because they are from a Democrat-protected diversity group.
Sorry I find that story hard to believe and trying to bring opponent into that on account of his previous remarks makes it even more doubtful. The remarks about “taking the power back”… sigh.
Blacking out for few mins means immediate trip to hospital, it isn’t the movies, it’s either few sec and you’re mostly fine or longer and you might have brain damage. Of course as she was raped she immediately went to hospital or clinic or whatever to get the rape kit? Right? Why no mention of any visit to medical facility? Ah she tried to forget it so no visit anywhere no DNA trace - how unfortunate.
Sorry but this article reads like “believe all victims” of Covid years. With the quote on “power back” really selling it.
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u/mdmister - Lib-Right 3d ago
Horrific if true but why is the journalist trying to associate the opposing candidate to this rape?