From the Denver Post:
Conservatives escalated their attacks on a Colorado Democrat Tuesday over his comments on rape, even falsely tying Rep. Joe Salazar to a 2006 university police memo that advised "vomiting or urinating" may ward off attackers.
The barrage of attacks came after Salazar unwittingly turned into the poster child for Republican resentments, from the defeat of GOP candidates who made oafish comments about rape to the likely passage of gun-control measures going through the Democratic-controlled legislature.
The rookie lawmaker was skewered throughout social media as Red State America relished getting to use the "war on women" theme against its original authors.
Salazar's remarks inspired a #LiberalTips2AvoidRape hashtag on Twitter, with comments that reflected both the misinformation concerning the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs campus police memo and the partisan divide in the county.
"Let it happen and blame George W. Bush," one person tweeted.
Salazar, a rookie from Thornton who took office in January, during debate urged the passage of bill concerning guns on campus. He said he was trying to make the point that guns on campuses don't necessarily make schools safer.
Read more: Rape comment by Rep. Joe Salazar reaps viral reaction - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_22624957/rape-comment-by-rep-joe-salazar-reaps-viral#ixzz2LVxMEykB
Salazar said this:
"It's why we have call boxes, it's why we have safe zones, it's why we have the whistles. Because you just don't know who you're gonna be shooting at," Salazar remarked in the debate late Friday.
"And you don't know if you feel like you're gonna be raped, or if you feel like someone's been following you around or if you feel like you're in trouble when you may actually not be, that you pop out that gun and you pop ... pop a round at somebody."
Read more: Colorado lawmaker Joe Salazar issues apology over rape remark - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22617884/lawmaker-issues-apology-over-rape-remark#ixzz2LVxigyw6
And look how the liberal writer for the Post goes out of her way to defend Salazar but I am sure if it were a GOP member, her mood and writing would change.
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