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>> so those comments caused death threats and racists attacks? here is why. zerlina maxwell was invited on fox news to talk about women arming themselves with guns to prevent rape. maxwell was asked to discuss a recent column she wrote for "ebony" magazine about sexuality assault. she wrote telling women they can behave in a certain way they can prevent rape creates the false insecurity. maxwell was not promoting gun proposals on fox news but talking about shifting the burden away from the victims. it was surprising when conservative web sites like the blaze ran the story with the headline dem...

Segment. i don't view rape culture as a partisan issue. rape happens to republicans, as well as democrats. >> your point is that women shouldn't have to be armed? i don't think women should have to get a gun or should not have to wear skirts or heels and shouldn't have to do anything to prevent rape from happening to them. i think we should refocus like a laser on the perpetrators of the rape. i think the problem is that because we always ask women, well, what do you do to bring about the attack? a lot of women are too afraid to come forward. that is the reason i went on hannity and in that fo...

>> it's what happened afterwards that happened in the interpretation. has law enforcement gotten involved in this. >> i am exploring the possible options. unfortunately, there is not a lot that can be done that i'm aware of but i'm a law student so i know a lot of lawyers. >> isn't this -- we're at a point of trying to make change. you were just trying to change the conversation. >> right. >> that it's about behavior and it's not about firearms. they are trying to make the case and the people who were attacking you is that you're trying to suppress some kind of gun ownership out there. >> righ...

Republicans don't seem to think it matters, where we heard, and you saw some of them. people like a man running for senator in missouri talking about rape as -- there is a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate. this political cultures attack people like zerlina. fox is a mirror of the problems the republican party is facing and you see it in the public trust, the ratings, the audience that they are losing. >> when a woman speaks up and says it's about behavior and you can teach men not to rape, you become attacked. i think parallel a lot of the policies they have. they attack women i...

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