{"id":28503,"date":"2016-01-07T09:38:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28503"},"modified":"2016-01-07T09:38:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:38:35","slug":"bill-clinton-rape-accuser-hillary-tried-to-silence-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=28503","title":{"rendered":"Bill Clinton rape accuser: Hillary &#8216;tried to silence&#8217; me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hill<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A woman who publicly accused former President Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978 is resurrecting her claims on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me,\u201d Juanita Broaddrick tweeted Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cHillary tried to silence me,\u201d she wrote of Bill Clinton\u2019s wife and the current Democratic presidential front-runner.\u00a0 \u201cI am now 73\u2026it never goes away.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and Hillary tried to silence me.  I am now 73&#8230;.it never goes away.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atensnut\/status\/684822324227379200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Hill reached a woman by phone in Van Buren, Ark., on Wednesday who identified herself as Broaddrick. She said the Twitter account is hers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Broaddrick said she set the account up in 2009 but hasn\u2019t used it much since because she\u2019s unfamiliar with Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The former nursing home administrator alleged in 1999 that Bill Clinton raped her in Little Rock, Ark., during his 1978 gubernatorial campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In a brief interview, Broaddrick, who said she retired after selling her nursing home business in 2008, said she\u2019s decided to play a more visible role heading into 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cI\u2019ve been quiet for too long, and now with the possibility of [Hillary Clinton] being the Democratic nominee and possibly president, I feel the need to get involved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Broaddrick said that she doesn\u2019t describe herself as Republican or Democrat, but is supporting Donald Trump for president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cHe says the things I like to hear,\u201d Broaddrick said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">She lauded Trump for broaching the issue of Bill Clinton\u2019s past marital infidelities and allegations of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\u201cI\u2019m glad someone did. Everyone has been hanging back and most of the mainstream media won\u2019t approach it but it\u2019s something that should be talked about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">David E. Kendall, the Clinton\u2019s then-personal attorney, strongly denied Broaddrick&#8217;s\u00a0charges when they first emerged during Bill Clinton\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cAny allegation that the president assaulted Ms. Broaddrick more than 20 years ago is absolutely false,\u201d he said in a statement released by the White House in February 1999, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/clinton\/stories\/janedoe022099.htm\">according to<\/a> The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u201cBeyond that we are not going to comment,\u201d the attorney added then.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nlyCsCVHjH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/264988-bill-clinton-rape-accuser-hillary-tried-to-silence-me\/\">Bill Clinton rape accuser: Hillary &#8216;tried to silence&#8217; me<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Bill Clinton rape accuser: Hillary &#8216;tried to silence&#8217; me&#8221; &#8212; The Hill\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/264988-bill-clinton-rape-accuser-hillary-tried-to-silence-me\/embed\/#?secret=Li86e4WptM#?secret=nlyCsCVHjH\" data-secret=\"nlyCsCVHjH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hill A woman who publicly accused former President Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978 is resurrecting her claims on social media. \u201cI was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. 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