{"id":2116407,"date":"2023-12-05T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bernie-spox-drops-believeallwomen-like-a-hot-potato-when-victims-are-jews\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T14:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:09:16","slug":"former-bernie-spox-drops-believeallwomen-like-a-hot-potato-when-victims-are-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bernie-spox-drops-believeallwomen-like-a-hot-potato-when-victims-are-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bernie Sanders spokesperson quickly abandons #BelieveAllWomen stance when victims are Jewish"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-bernie-spox-drops-believeallwomen-like-a-hot-potato-when-victims-are-jews%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2116407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Bernie Sanders Spokesperson Backtracks on #BelieveAllWomen<\/h2>\n<p>A former spokesperson \u2063for\u200c Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) \u2064has renounced her support for \u200bthe #BelieveAllWomen movement after being confronted with\u200c reports of brutal rapes committed by \u200cHamas terrorists against Israeli women during the October 7 massacre.<\/p>\n<p>Briahna Joy Gray, who served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-hit-trump-era-manufacturing-deal-ahead-of-2024-fight\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dems target Trump-era manufacturing deal before 2024 battle.\">national \u200dpress secretary<\/a> for \u2063the Bernie Sanders\u200b 2020 \u2063presidential \u2062campaign, expressed her dissatisfaction with \u200bIsrael&#8217;s lack of evidence regarding the reported rapes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Believe all\u2062 women&#8217; was always an absurd overreach: women should be heard, claims should\u2063 be investigated, but evidence \u200dis required. The same is true\u2063 of the allegations out of \u2063Israel. But \u2063also, this isn&#8217;t a &#8216;believe women&#8217; scenario\u200d because no female victims have offered testimony,&#8221; she posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zionists \u200care asking\u2064 that\u2062 we believe\u2064 the uncorroborated \u200beyewitness account of *men* who describe alleged rape victims in odd, fetishistic terms.<\/p>\n<p>Shame\u200d on Israel for not seriously investigating claims of rape and collecting rape kits. \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zbHfduQnev\">pic.twitter.com\/zbHfduQnev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briebriejoy\/status\/1731851645691056300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gray further criticized Israel, accusing &#8220;Zionists&#8221; of\u200d controlling the reports\u2062 and\u2063 blaming \u200cthem for not\u200b collecting \u2062rape kits while dealing with\u200d the aftermath of the massacre, \u2064which claimed the lives of over 1,200 individuals,\u200c including women and children who were so badly\u200c burned that\u200d their bodies were unrecognizable. She also \u2062questioned the reliability of\u200b eyewitness testimony provided by men.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zionists are asking that \u2064we \u2064believe the \u200cuncorroborated eyewitness \u2062account of\u2063 *men* who describe alleged rape victims in odd, fetishistic terms.\u2063 Shame\u200d on\u200d Israel for not seriously investigating claims of \u200crape and collecting rape kits,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the backlash she received for\u2064 her comments, Gray <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briebriejoy\/status\/935601044847058950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asserted<\/a> that she had \u2062always found the phrase \u2063&#8221;believe \u2063all women&#8221;\u2062 to \u2064be too simplistic. She argued that\u2063 phrases like \u200c&#8221;support victims&#8221; or\u200c &#8220;sincerely consider \u200ddiverse perspectives&#8221; are more appropriate than &#8220;believe women&#8221; or\u2064 &#8220;trust black women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gray&#8217;s remarks\u2063 were \u2062prompted by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-south-african-children-killed-by-covid-19-vaccines\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show South African Children Killed By COVID-19 Vaccines?\">video clip shared<\/a> by Newsweek&#8217;s \u200bBatya Unger-Sargon, who highlighted the \u2063attempts of \u200dprogressive \u200dwomen to downplay\u200b or ignore \u200bthe reports\u2064 of rape in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For years, certain people demanded we replace due process with &#8216;Believe all\u200c women.&#8217; These same people, when presented \u200cwith evidence of\u2062 the mass\u200b rape \u200bof Israeli women, now demand &#8216;context.&#8217; Believe all\u2062 women became \u200cdon&#8217;t believe the confessions\u200d of rapists \u2014\u200b if\u200d their victims are Jews,&#8221;\u200c Unger-Sargon said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For years, certain people demanded we replace due process with &#8220;Believe all women.&#8221; These same \u200dpeople, when presented with evidence of the mass rape of Israeli women, now demand \u200c&#8221;context.&#8221; Believe \u2062all \u2064women became don&#8217;t believe the confessions of rapists \u2014 if their victims are Jews <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wObfVswfxC\">pic.twitter.com\/wObfVswfxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Batya Ungar-Sargon\u200d (@bungarsargon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bungarsargon\/status\/1731845301869146247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For those who\u200d still demanded\u200c evidence of the \u2062reported rapes, conservative pundit @AGHamilton29 provided a list of evidence demonstrating \u2063that Hamas had been using rape and sexual violence as weapons\u200c to terrorize\u200c and \u2063brutalize Israeli women.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As some detestable people spent yesterday dismissing \u2064reports of \u200bextensive rapes \u2063on 10\/7 based\u200c on the \u2064lack of direct testimony \u200bfrom the\u2064 murdered\u2064 rape victims, here is\u2063 just some of the other evidence that has been \u200creported on in recent weeks:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Israel\u200d submitted to\u200d the UN\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AG (@AGHamilton29) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1732017043971375326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Gray&#8217;s criticism of the\u2064 #BelieveAllWomen movement shine a light on the importance \u2064of gathering evidence in cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-the-people-of-new-york-to-determine-andrew-cuomos-fate\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Time For The People Of New York To Determine Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Fate\">alleged sexual assault<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 &#8220;believe all \u200bwomen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gray&#8217;s backtrack\u200b on the #BelieveAllWomen movement comes after the October\u200d 7 massacre in Israel, where \u200cbrutal rapes \u200bwere reported to have been committed\u200b by Hamas terrorists\u2062 against Israeli women. Gray expressed her\u200b dissatisfaction with Israel&#8217;s lack of evidence regarding these reported rapes and called for evidence to be presented before \u2064jumping to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>In her post, Gray stated, &#8220;&#8216;Believe all women&#8217; was always an absurd overreach: women should be \u200cheard, claims should be investigated,\u2063 but evidence is required. The same is\u2062 true of the allegations out\u2064 of\u200b Israel. But also, this isn&#8217;t a &#8216;believe women&#8217; scenario because no female victims have offered \u200dtestimony.&#8221; She emphasized the importance of gathering facts and evidence\u200d before\u200d making judgments.<\/p>\n<p>Gray&#8217;s criticism extended to Israel, \u2064accusing &#8220;Zionists&#8221; of manipulating the reports and blaming them for not \u2063collecting rape kits during the aftermath \u200bof the \u200dmassacre. She also questioned \u2062the reliability of eyewitness testimony provided\u2064 by men, highlighting her skepticism towards the accounts provided.<\/p>\n<p>Gray&#8217;s comments \u2064received backlash, with many accusing her of dismissing the experiences of rape victims and victim-blaming. In response, she clarified her position,\u2064 asserting that she had \u200balways found \u2063the\u2063 phrase &#8220;believe all women&#8221; to be too simplistic. She argued for phrases like &#8220;support victims&#8221;\u200c or &#8220;sincerely \u200cconsider\u200c diverse perspectives&#8221; as more appropriate ways to approach such cases.<\/p>\n<p>The #BelieveAllWomen movement emerged as a \u200cresponse to the\u200d historical skepticism and disbelief \u200bof women&#8217;s \u2062claims of \u200dsexual assault and harassment. Its purpose is\u2062 to create an environment where women are taken seriously and their claims are investigated without prejudice. However, Gray&#8217;s criticism\u200c highlights the importance of\u2063 not blindly accepting allegations without proper investigation.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial to strike a balance between giving victims a\u2063 platform\u2064 to share their experiences and ensuring\u200c that due process is followed, including gathering evidence and conducting fair investigations. This \u200dnuanced approach\u200b allows for justice and accountability while also respecting the principles of fairness and objectivity in legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Gray&#8217;s change\u200c of stance\u200d on the \u2064#BelieveAllWomen \u2062movement raises important questions about the complexities of addressing \u2064allegations\u2064 of sexual violence. It emphasizes\u200c the need for careful consideration and thoughtful analysis of each case, weighing the evidence and respecting the rights of all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>By challenging the popular\u200b slogan of &#8220;believe all\u2062 women,&#8221; Gray brings attention to the necessity of examining each case independently and avoiding\u200d sweeping generalizations. Her critique encourages a more nuanced and evidence-based approach to addressing claims of \u2064sexual assault, ultimately \u200daiming for a fair and just \u2064resolution for \u2064all\u2064 parties involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former spokesperson for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) abandoned her support for #BelieveAllWomen after learning about the brutal rape of Israeli women by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre. Briahna Joy Gray, ex-national press secretary for Sanders&#8217; 2020 campaign, criticized Israel for not&#8230; (55 words)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2116408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2116408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}