Follow the money

You recall those 30 GOPers who voted against Franken's amendment? I'm sure you'll shocked to learn this.

The thirty GOP Senators who voted against the Franken amendment, which protects women who were raped or sexually abused while working for private defense contractors, received generous contributions from those same private contractors.

Of course, the campaign cash may have had nothing to do with it. It's entirely possible they really are objectively pro-rape, or more likely don't believe rape is a crime because they know how women are. They're always just asking for it.

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