Male Herschel Walker staffer says Matt Schlapp grabbed his crotch, sexually harassed him

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Toe TAPPERz 4 life

Pictured: smelling the entire Oreo factory

Could someone copy the text? I need the gory details on Missy Schlapp!

R4, that pic screams "Guuuuuuurrrllll"

Schlapp her, Wilona!

Yep, DL knew

Schlapp the Schlong Schlapper!

What the actual fuck is wrong with these mother fuckers? They want all things gay eliminated but want to grope poor straight guys and abuse the position they are in?? These are the real fucking monsters.

Schlapp and his wife even have five daughters.

R1 and R5 here's a link to the article, not paywalled

A staffer for Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign has alleged to The Daily Beast that longtime Republican activist Matt Schlapp made “sustained and unwanted and unsolicited” sexual contact with him while the staffer was driving Schlapp back from an Atlanta bar this October.

The staffer said the incident occurred the night of Oct. 19, when Schlapp, chair of the American Conservative Union and lead organizer for the influential Conservative Political Action Conference, “groped” and “fondled” his crotch in his car against his will after buying him drinks at two different bars.

The staffer described Schlapp, who had traveled to Georgia for a Walker campaign event, as inappropriately and repeatedly intruding into his personal space at the bars. He said he was also keenly aware of his “power dynamic” with Schlapp, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in national conservative politics.

Schlapp, the staffer recalled, said he had wanted to spend the evening discussing the staffer’s professional future.

“It was a public space, and I was thinking that he got the hint. I did not want to embarrass him,” he said. “But it escalated.”

We are withholding the staffer’s name at his request, citing concerns of drawing attention to himself while embarking on his first weeks in a new job in Republican politics. He said he would come forward with his real name if Schlapp denied his claims.

In a statement to The Daily Beast, Schlapp attorney Charlie Spies called the allegations an “attack” and said Schlapp “denies any improper behavior.”

“This appears to be now the twelfth Daily Beast piece with personal attacks on Matt Schlapp and his family. The attack is false and Mr. Schlapp denies any improper behavior. We are evaluating legal options for response,” the statement said.

The staffer, in his late thirties, recalled that while he drove Schlapp back to the hotel, Schlapp put his hand on his leg, then reached over and “fondled” his crotch at length while he was frozen in shock, calling it “scarring” and “humiliating.” When they arrived at the hotel, the staffer said Schlapp invited him to his room. The staffer said he declined and left “as quickly as I could.”

He informed the campaign about the incident the next morning.

When the staffer got home that night, he received a call from Schlapp—shortly after midnight, according to call records the staffer shared with The Daily Beast—to confirm that the staffer would still chauffeur him to an event in Macon the next day. The staffer described the call as “short and perfunctory,” but after confirming he would drive him, the staffer “broke down.” He then recorded a series of tearful video accounts detailing the evening, which he shared with The Daily Beast as well as with two people close to him, including the staffer’s wife.

“What is wrong with me? This is OK to happen?” he said in one of the videos. “I don’t know what I did. It’s very sad that this is OK.”

Schlapp denies it so that probably means the staffer will identify himself like the article says. I wonder if we'll get more people coming out to make allegations about Schlapp.

Strong Marcus Bachmann vibes with this shady trick.

So here's the deal. You try to make sense out of the blithering nonsense of the stupidest, most ridiculous candidate in history while some drunken old queen gropes you.

Welcome to God's Own Party, kid!

"then reached over and “fondled” his crotch at length"

At length? Then making a video crying about it? WTF? Yeah, Schlapp is clearly a disgusting closet glory hole enthusiast, but this victim sounds like such a pussy.

When someone touches you without consent, you fucking knock their hand away immediately! I've never understood people who "freeze" or go into shock.

“I love 💕 me some bulgey hairy guy crotch, what of it?”

Fun fact: "schlapp" in German means limp.

Meh if he was working for Walker he deserves to be treated like a cheap w****.

And then he ... he RAPED ME

In another video, the staffer narrated the events “in regard to Matthew Schlapp, chairman of CPAC, who approximately two hours ago put his hands on me in a sustained and unsolicited and unwanted manner.”

“Matt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length, and I’m sitting there thinking what the hell is going on, that this person is literally doing this to me,” the staffer said in the video.

“From the bar to the Hilton Garden Inn, he has his hands on me. And I feel so fucking dirty. I feel so fucking dirty,” he said.

“I’m supposed to pick this motherfucker up in the morning and just pretend like nothing happened. This is what I’m dealing with,” the staffer continued. “This is what I got to do.”

The staffer’s communications with the campaign the next day, along with further exchanges with Schlapp, were documented in call logs and text messages, which the staffer shared with The Daily Beast, as described below.

At 7:26 a.m., Schlapp sent a text saying, “I’m in the lobby.” One minute later, the staffer called his supervisor, followed by a call with a senior campaign official. The staffer said the senior official was “immediately horrified” and pulled him off the driving duty, instructing him to tell Schlapp in writing that he’d made him uncomfortable.

Right after that call, the staffer sent Schlapp a text.

“I did want to say I was uncomfortable with what happened last night. The campaign does have a driver who is available to get you to Macon and back to the airport,” he texted, providing the name and phone number of the driver.

“Pls give me a call,” Schlapp replied, followed by, “Thx.” Schlapp then called him three times over the next 20 minutes, according to phone records reviewed by The Daily Beast.

When the staffer did not answer or return the calls, Schlapp sent another text, asking him to look “in your heart” and call back.

“If you could see it in your heart to call me at the end of day. I would appreciate it,” Schlapp texted at 12:12 p.m. “If not I wish you luck on the campaign and hope you keep up the good work.”

The staffer said he never called, and has not had any communication with Schlapp since that text. Schlapp, who has been married to conservative commentator and consultant Mercedes Schlapp since 2002, never asked the staffer what had made him uncomfortable.

In interviews, the staffer was emphatic that throughout the ordeal he felt “nothing but support” from Walker campaign officials, saying he never felt pressure and was given “complete autonomy” over how to move forward. The options included legal and therapeutic support, as well as pressing charges.

But the staffer declined to take legal action at the time, telling The Daily Beast he was concerned that speaking out about Schlapp could carry professional consequences and endanger career advancement. (The staffer had previously accompanied Mercedes Schlapp when she visited Wisconsin during the 2020 election.) He also said he felt that going public at the time would only further aggravate what he described as the “circus of scandals” surrounding Walker’s campaign just weeks out from the election. However, he said he is still weighing his options, especially if Schlapp denies the allegations and does not step down from his post at the ACU.

A senior Walker official, authorized to speak on behalf of the campaign, confirmed the details of the campaign’s involvement as the staffer described it, noting the campaign initiated a meeting between the staffer and legal counsel.

It’s not clear whether Walker himself was made aware of the allegations. He did not reply to a request for comment.

A senior campaign official told The Daily Beast that the campaign had no further contact with Schlapp after the incident and did not believe Schlapp took them up on the private driver. The driver told The Daily Beast he did not recall Schlapp, and could find no record of any passenger with that name in his client logs.

No, no, Schlapp. I said grab ‘em by the PUSSY!

He shoulda schlapped Schlapp!

Schlapp—a veteran GOP operative whose decades in the upper echelons of the Republican Party include gigs in Congress and the White House—carries enormous clout in conservative politics. The organization he chairs, the ACU, hosts the annual CPAC events, magnets for die-hard conservative politicians which in recent years have been criticized as an increasingly heated incubator for radicals within the party.

The ACU did not reply to questions for this article.

While Schlapp has personally welcomed the LGBTQ community at the conference, CPAC routinely draws criticism for embracing anti-LGBTQ extremists.

In Feb. 2015, the year Schlapp assumed his ACU leadership, the Log Cabin Republicans—an advocacy group for gay conservatives—complained that CPAC had blocked them as a sponsor for the third straight year. A week later, Schlapp reversed that policy.

“If you are a conservative who is gay, you have a right to be here,” Schlapp said, adding that “doesn’t mean we water down our principles.”

But given the type of guests and rhetoric that enjoy a warm home at CPAC—while the GOP itself increasingly embraces dangerous anti-LGBTQ rhetoric—gay rights advocates have blasted the ACU’s outward efforts at inclusivity as disingenuous and exploitative.

Schlapp, a devout Catholic, has personally taken heat from members of the far right for his acceptance of LGBTQ Republicans, while some conservatives have bluntly denounced Schlapp’s nominal acceptance of the queer community as a betrayal of Christian conservative values.

The criticism flared last year when CPAC hosted an overseas conference in Hungary, whose president, Viktor Orbán, has imposed increasingly oppressive restrictions on LGBTQ citizens. In August, Orbán came to CPAC in Dallas, where he spouted a “hardline stance on gay rights” and received a standing ovation.

Schlapp has also come under fire for his defense of alleged sexual abusers like former President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who partied at the Schlapps’ home this December alongside Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), the subject of a federal sex trafficking investigation.

But when it comes to sexual assault allegations against Democrats, Schlapp hasn’t held his fire, repeatedly targeting President Joe Biden for an unsubstantiated accusation from the 1990s.

“With 5 daughters I’d prefer Biden to be several doors down, not next door,” Schlapp tweeted when those claims first surfaced in 2019.

At the time, Schlapp was entertaining a Senate bid himself. A year later, Schlapp had dropped the political ambitions, but not the mudslinging at Biden.

“Thinking back on the Senate of the 1990s: was there a way for a female staffer who was a sexual assault victim to get fair treatment from an institution that was geared toward protecting senators of both parties,” he wrote on Twitter in 2020. “Biden stressing this event was 27 yrs ago is a bad strategy.”

Whew! Long, ad-filled article.

I also like to schlapp their cute 🥰 little bare asses

What kind of a pussy cries and has little video meltdowns about some guy fondling his crotch? I want men to be men again--so I can enjoy one once in awhile!

^Maddie Cawthorn or Miss Joshua Hawley

R17, if you were straight you'd probably feel differently

[quote]When someone touches you without consent, you fucking knock their hand away immediately!

Or you Schlapp, er, slap ‘em.

[quote]he deserves to be treated like a cheap w****.

You know we can say whore here, right?

Fuck, it’s one of our terms of endearment. You ain’t nobody til you’ve been called a FAT WHORE here.

[quote]Matt Schlapp of the CPAC grabbed my junk and pummeled it at length,

Pummeled it?! Dayum.

[quote] And I feel so fucking dirty. I feel so fucking dirty,”

MARY!!!

Junk man...junk man...

Junk...another one of those words. Say it over and over...

Someone I Touched: The Matt Schlapp Story

"Touched by a Matt Schlap"?

It can lead to tongue 😛 schlappings

He was just hoping for a little schlapp and tickle.

Take back your mink...

Gloated when a guy at The Lincoln Project was accused of sexual harassment

It’s always projection with them, I swear. The more you see it the more you realize it.

Meet the Schlapps, Washington Power Couple!

His wife is well-known for working against LGB interests.

I hate all gays, including my husband!!!

Gawd...all of these people are so...so...rotten

From r44's article:

Schlapp has made clear her own opposition to marriage equality, writing in U.S. News & World Report in 2012 that President Obama’s declared support for marriage equality was a “political ploy” that “represents the worst in politics.”

“Although his announcement was not a shocking revelation by any means, President Obama’s abrupt decision will lead to many disappointed voters who feel betrayed,” Schlapp wrote. “He will surely re-invigorate conservative and religious voters in key states who continue to feel that President Obama is threatening their religious liberties by imposing his liberal agenda on their churches. From imposing mandates on contraception to now redefining marriage, churches are feeling minimized and frankly persecuted by the administration.”

Weird that she's against gay marriage since she's in one!

Kathy Griffin in 2019:

[quote]Yeah, she [Michelle Wolf] did the White House Correspondents dinner, which I attended, by the way, and she was hilarious. So that was Matt Schlapp and his beard wife making that bullshit up. Could you imagine fucking Matt Schlapp while he looks at Channing Tatum on a video? No, he’s super straight, he loves vagina. All right, so that’s the crowd Trump runs with, so fuck him.

Quote from this linked thread:

Will Matt Schlapp EVER come out of the closet? (05/20/2022)

Schlapp looks like at least five gay guys I know.

[quote]The staffer said the incident occurred the night of Oct. 19, when Schlapp, “groped” and “fondled” his crotch in his car against his will after buying him drinks at two different bars.

Were they "piano" bars?

He looks like the kind of gay who would run a tchotchke shoppe.

He pinged on Bill Maher

I was sodomized.

He made the mistake of accepting the drinks from the old poof. Any idiot knows if someone buys you drinks they want something for it.

But yes, he should have raised hell about it the very first time, and then every time after that until something was done. Letting it continue and making videos whining about it make him seem as if either wanted it to happen then changed his mind, or was wanting exactly what is happening; going public with the hope of financial compensation. His cries of, "I feel so dirty!" sound overdramatic and a performance. Please!

"I'm in the lobby ... STHTUD!"

[quote]He looks like the kind of gay who would run a tchotchke shoppe.

"Have you found a treasure?" — Matt Schlapp

"Letting it continue and making videos whining about it make him seem as if either wanted it to happen then changed his mind, or was wanting exactly what is happening; going public with the hope of financial compensation."

Nice victim blaming, Mr Schlapp

If the staffer was driving when this happened, why didn't he just pull over?

On Dec. 9, 2022 from Politico Playbook. Matt Schlapp throws a Christmas Party.

[quote] SPOTTED at Matt and Mercy Schlapp’s annual Christmas party at their Alexandria home on Friday night: Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Ginger Gaetz, Sean Spicer, Alex Acosta, Sebastian Gorka, Stephen and Katie Miller, Chad Wolf, Greta Van Susteren and John Coale, Laura Schlapp and Bryan Wells, Brendan Carr, Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.), Erin and Nick Perrine, Erik Prince, Ziad Ojakli, Peter Davidson, Steve Holland and Ben Terris.

What a frightening group.

George Santos was at that party? That's just perfect.

WAIT! He’s married to a woman????? Wowwwwwwwww

He groped me and it felt like a schlapp

My good friend Matt is every bit the red-blooded heterosexual man that I am!

I just can't fathom a grown man just sitting there and allowing some sleaze like Schlapp to fondle him in a prolonged manner. I'm a gold star gay and if that happened to me I slam on the brakes and tell the fucker I'd kill him if he touched me again. There is no job worth putting up with that.

I happen to know Matt is just as devoted to his wife as I am!

R55 and R65 really we are going to victim blame? That’s the route we are going to take here? First of all no one even knows if the victim was gay or not. Secondly if this was a woman and she was being sexually assaulted while driving would we blaming her. Thirdly he has a right to respond however he wants to respond despite his sexual orientation or his political affiliation. For fuck sake have some compassion.

[quote] Schlapp, a devout Catholic

Another tip-off.

No one's blaming the victim R67. Did anyone say he caused Schlapp to do what he did? But damn, gay or straight, have some guts if some scumbag puts his filthy hands on you uninvited. It's not like he was a 6 year old kid.

R66, that's exactly who I thought of when I saw R4's picture.

For the record, if anyone was going to grab my crotch I'd want it to be Herschel Walker.

In the meantime, anyone have any links to the staffer's videos mentioned above ?

I would have removed his hand too but there's probably a power imbalance here and this man didn't talk about this until now because he actually, genuinely wanted Herschel Walker to win and thinks that Herschel fucking Walker is a good idea at all as a senator. So he's obviously kind of slow.

Pro tip: closet cases trying to get into your pants are very rarely men you'd want to fuck.

I guess he doesn’t want a ride in that Mercedes.

[quote]But yes, he should have raised hell about it the very first time, and then every time after that until something was done.

He did.

It happened and he notified the campaign staff THAT night. WTF? Don’t you even read?

R67 Article references the victim’s wife, so will assume he is straight.

Hersschel Walker has responded. "I ain;t got him pregnant did me?"

Goddamit I hate these closet case fucktards who gain power and prestige by attacking the gay community while thinking they can still get dick whenever they want. Utter scumbags!!!

If they’re going to cower in their closets forever why can’t they just leave the rest of us alone instead of devoting their lives to making gay people’s lives more difficult?

Marry me r34; you sly dog.

These guys may as well just announce I'm a self-hating homo since people who are this deranged about it are inevitably proven to be gay themselves - priests, politicians, pastors, and "community leaders" - all of them.

[quote]Goddamit I hate these closet case fucktards who gain power and prestige by attacking the gay community while thinking they can still get dick whenever they want. Utter scumbags!!!

While power and prestige are, of course, benefits, I've always believed it's more about self-loathing and denial with just a touch of "stop me before I kill again" and needing to make it as difficult as possible to indulge in the self-hating behavior.

The staffer was working for Walker, so he was already a whore.

R46 They all deserve each other.

R76 Matt Schlapp also has a wife and 5 children to boot... Regardless, whether gay or straight, being sexually assaulted by someone who is extremely unattractive to you is not nice for anyone.

R60, that sounds like one of Dante's circles of hell

Love Betty Bowers

Campaigned for Herschel Walker with fellow straight dudes Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton. Things that make you go hmmmmm....

The staffer said he would come forward and identify himself if Schlapp denied his claims.

Schlapp did indeed deny his claims to the Daily Beast.

Has the staffer come forward yet to identify himself ?

The real question here is, did it 'move'?

He took it out.

Help me! I've been Schlapp-lap'd!

I bet you Schlapp began performing oral on him while he was driving.

Matt Schlapp does have whore mouth.

Did everyone hear the audio of the shamed staffer? Weird that he took Matt to a famous Democratic watering hole. Maybe it was a sting. Miss Lindsey and Tom Cotton could have ended up in the net if not for the guy having to scrub the mission due to Rapey Schlapp.

The news outlets said they weren’t going to release the guy’s name or image because the staffer was concerned about retaliation. And considering how rabidly vicious the reich-wing is and can be that is probably wise. Nevertheless, they released the audio of his voice. I’ve got to believe that someone knowledgeable in conservative circles is going to listen to that audio, identify this guy, and let his information out.

He's identifiable by his irresistible bulge, r93.

I bet Schlapp was the pivot man at most of those sex orgies that Madison Cawthorn kept getting invited to.

He was probably schlapping Madison

Anyone have a link to the audio ???

Miss Lindsey was constantly with the Herschel Walker campaign during that period.

What did Miss Lindsey know and when did she know it?

Herschel Walker: still the dumbest candidate choice that I've seen. It might have worked in Alabama (Tommy Tuberville got elected and is actually a senator).

The audio is at the link at r92

Miss Lindsey was probably waiting back at the Hilton Garden Inn, hoping Matt would bring them back a juicy one.

Do we know what the victim looks like?

I was there, too

In 2000, Roger Stone organized what became known as the 'Brooks Brothers Riot' which crashed and halted the Miami-Dade voting count. Matt Schlapp was prominent among these rioters. If you look at the video thumb, you'll spot him, just above the 'play' button and to the left.

[quote] He took it out.

The funniest scene Seinfeld ever did IMO.

The guy has texts to back up his claims

How sad for him that he was relegated to the Hilton Garden Inn-Airport. Whoever was paying for his visit was clearly not interested in spending much money on him.

I was.

If he’d only kept his mouth shut.

Did Schlapp want to jerk him off, suck his dick, or both?

No one grabs my crotch. Their loss.

I was gonna play it by ear and see where it went.

R109, he was up for some schlapping

No DLers have a Schlapp story?!!

None of us would come within 30 yards of that ugly fuck.

And if we did, we sure wouldn’t admit it here.

He’s no Lindzebelle. She’s a master of the process.

Is Lindz a molester?

Any other GOP turds known to get handsy with guys?

Is the former congressional staffer around? Surely he/she has heard a Schlapp story or two.

R118, I want to hear from him, too!

Matt wanted to give that boy a dick schlapp.

And...

And what, r121?

We been know that.

There doesn't seem to be anything new about this. The American Conservative Union which Schlapp is chair of are completely standing by him and think this is made up by this staffer. Seems like the staffer has just decided to go quiet instead of coming out fighting.

The American Conservative Union has no defense. They're blaming "the libs" even though this guy is a Herschel Walker staffer.

Sorry, r122, I didn't know you been know that.

Look at the happy, power couple.

Trump raped a 13yo with Epstein, Gaetz made fake/stolen IDs and paid whores to take drugs and has a son that his not his son, Larry Craig sucked dicks in airports, Denny Hastert sucked HS wrestlers, Jim Jordan ignored it, Some other cunt I don't want to Google, sucked the pool boy, none of it matters as long as you vote against the queers and say you love Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior hate Jesus the pool boy.

R125, I’m still getting a chuckle out of your response.

That was funny as hell.

Anderson doing it on CNN with the fabulous Jamie Gangel (sp?) on CNN.

the wildest thing about this whole story was that herschel walker's campaign was unquestionably supportive of whatever the staffer needed to do in terms of going to the authorities. They handled it like a respectable company would despite being in the midst of a campaign that didn't need any more distraactions.

I think that was smart play by them. This staffer was obviously very upset and reactive - so taking it seriously and hearing his concerns probably got him to calm down and be generous to the campaign back. It's not as if they would be able to stop an upset person going straight to the media anyway.

Was the victim’s identity ever publicized? I feel like people have lost interest in this story.

I hope more guys come forward, I'm sure he did this to others

There's still nothing new in the media. I wonder if the staffer has been paid off.

If he had been paid off he wouldn't have come forward in the first place

I meant after he went to the media, obviously.

UPDATW: Schlapp's accuser filed a lawsuit today accusing the conservative leader of "aggressively fondling" his "genital area in a sustained fashion" while the two were alone in a car.

See this has an affect on his credibility, at least to me:

[quote]The former Walker staffer, who filed the lawsuit anonymously,

Especially when he said if Schlapp denied the allegations he’d come forward.

If he used his name, you'd accuse him of wanting to be famous.

He's probably afraid that right-wing activists will come after him

A lawsuit, interesting. So Schlapp is probably going to have to pay to make this go away after all. No sympathy from me: he's fairly obviously gay while working against gay rights.

"Timothy Hyland, a lawyer for the accuser, said in a statement that the lawsuit, which asks for at least $9.4 million in damages, had been filed in part because Mr. Schlapp had not apologized for “his despicable actions.”

“Because Mr. Schlapp has refused to own up to his misbehavior,” Mr. Hyland said in a statement, “this suit aims to make Mr. Schlapp, and those who lie for him, accountable for their actions and statements.”

He is suing not only because Schlapp didn't apologize. He's also suing for defamation by Mrs. Schlapp, according the NYT story.

[quote] The lawsuit argues that Ms. Schlapp defamed the Walker staff member by telling neighbors that he was a “troubled individual” who had been fired from previous jobs for lying and for making false statements on his résumé. The message was shared on a group text with neighbors, the plaintiff said. The lawsuit says that the plaintiff had not been fired from a job for lying or for lying on his résumé.

Mrs. Schlapp was a vocal opponent of gay marriage, especially before the Supreme Court ruling legalizing it in 2015.

Good!

Go after both cunts.

So funny that this homophobic cow is attacking the guy who dared to speak out against her GAY husband

Hope Matt and his wife get bitch schlapped in court!

[quote] See this has an affect on his credibility

Nah. Being a staffer for the Repukes, he knows that the true believers are insane and would likely seriously harass him — or worse.

Schlapp will get shunned by Republican officials.

Primary Cable networks, including Fox, will stop having him as a guest commentator.

He may get invited on some fringe podcasts, but basically he’ll be sidelined.

I agree with R137. He needs to identify himself in order to add any credibility.

I already believe him, but by remaining anonymous it does appear he’s just in it for the money and not truthful about wanting to end this fucker’s ability to harass and abuse others.

Not to mention, remaining anonymous makes me wonder if John Doe isn’t a closet case himself.

Hoe does remaining anonymous prove he's lying, a lot of sexual abuse victims do maintain their anonymity. Like I said, if he gave interviews under his own name you'd probably accuse him of wanting fame

I didn’t say his anonymity “proved he is lying,” I just said it makes it seem like he’s in it for the money.

When this story first broke, John Doe was attributed to have said he would reveal himself if Schlapp denied it. He’s not only denied it, but now they’re coming after him. Yet we’re still calling the victim John Doe AND he’s suing for $9mil.

Like I said, I’m already inclined to believe him. I guess I’m just feeling less sympathetic towards him. I’ll save that sympathy for the inevitable next victims of Schlapp’s predatory behavior.

The staffer is remaining anonymous because if he showed his face he'd be clocked as a big ole MARY! by his previous tricks/sugar daddies.

[quote]R146: He needs to identify himself in order to add any credibility.

So that he can make himself a permanent target for the crazy-assed far right? Mmm-hmm.

[quote]Not to mention, remaining anonymous makes me wonder if John Doe isn’t a closet case himself.

So, your position is that if he's gay, it automatically invalidates his claim to have been sexually harassed?

Doesn’t matter if the staffer/victim is gay or not. If Schlapp’s sexual aggressiveness was unwanted and he was told that, but continued with the behavior, that’s sexual harassment and assault.

[quote] R149: The staffer is remaining anonymous because if he showed his face he'd be clocked as a big ole MARY! by his previous tricks/sugar daddies

[quote] R150: So, your position is that if he's gay, it automatically invalidates his claim to have been sexually harassed?

I can understand his desire for anonymity because he probably knows he isn’t going to get any support from the LGBTQ community who probably figured he was slobbering on Herschel Walker’s BBC in between concussive seizures.

As far as R150, I believe R149 stated a position closer to your conclusion than anything I’ve said so far. But thanks for jumping to conclusions.

JFC?!? what is it with you all that you’d rather take someone’s words out of context than to spend one second of critical thought on this poor guy’s tactics?!

Let me say this again: I believe this happened. I believe John Doe got manhandled by Matt Schlapp. So now what?

I’d like to see Schlapp get taken down by this incident. I had hopes of that when Doe said he wanted an apology and if MS or anyone in the organization were to lie about it, JD would publicly come forward.

It sounded to me as if that would reveal MS for the hypocritical, evil, prisspot that he is AND ALSO prevent something like this from happening to someone else.

Instead we now have a $9mil lawsuit and the official anonymity of “John Doe” (insert eye roll here) If this issue loses steam or never moves forward, it will all end up as “didn’t someone once accuse you, Matt, of something that one time?” To which he will reply “Me? No! I’ve never done anything like this before, now hurry up and cum in my face!” Afterwards, MS will be even more evil and threatening towards his next victim in order to keep him quiet.

Does anyone else think this the best way to achieve change? Have these tactics worked so broadly before? Please, PoisonedDragon, tell me why you think this is going so well!

[quote]R152: Does anyone else think this the best way to achieve change? Have these tactics worked so broadly before? Please, PoisonedDragon, tell me why you think this is going so well!

What was it you were saying about "jumping to conclusions" and taking "someone’s words out of context"? I didn't say anything about the validity of Doe's "tactics"; what I was questioning was your assumption that there could not be any other motive for anonymity than money-grubbing. IMO, that still needs further slapping around. Viciously.

It's reminiscent of Republicans demanding that the names of whistleblowers be entered into the public record so that they can become vulnerable to intimidation and attacks from the right.

For persons who are serial offenders, it's important to establish a chain of reporting, so that the next report can build upon the previous, in terms of establishing a pattern. That's why John Doe's effort is important, and effective in its own way. It still comes across as though you're impugning the victim, and suggesting it would be better that he remain silent. John Doe's efforts are a good start.

ny times 1/17/23

That evening, after returning to Atlanta, Mr. Schlapp invited the staff member for a drink.

The two men met at the Capital Grille, where they chatted about sports, and then drove to a second bar, Manuel’s Tavern, about 25 minutes away, the lawsuit says. At the second bar, Mr. Schlapp sat “unusually close” to the staff member, according to the lawsuit, which claims that his leg “was in almost constant contact” with the aide’s leg.

Mr. Schlapp encouraged the staff member to have more drinks, which made the staff member uncomfortable, the lawsuit says. The staff member turned away from Mr. Schlapp to watch a baseball game on television in the bar, and Mr. Schlapp asked why the aide would not look at him, according to the lawsuit.

The staff member said they had an early event the next morning, and offered to drive Mr. Schlapp back to the hotel, the lawsuit says.

On the way home, Mr. Schlapp allegedly grabbed the staff member’s leg and crotch inside a car while the staff member drove to Mr. Schlapp’s hotel, according to the lawsuit.

The episode left the plaintiff “frozen with shock, mortification, and fear from what was happening, particularly given Mr. Schlapp’s power and status in conservative political circles,” according to the lawsuit.

Fucking creep.

Blithely implausible denial works for me!

Anyone who votes Republican deserves to be raped and worse.

^ The story should be covered this way by reporters' " Oh well, they're the party of rapists, what do you expect?"

If you think I'm too harsh...

What the fuck happened to Jesus, you goddamn hypocrites?

[quote]R160: What the fuck happened to Jesus, you goddamn hypocrites?

In Christianity, people can be forgiven of absolutely 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, which is probably why it attracts the worst people.

Trump definitely changed things. The Republicans now know that nothing really matters in terms of morality with the base. They don't need to concern themselves with integrity any more. As long as they get their tax cuts.

The Daily Beast has a new article up with some new peripheral information.

Not this dumpy closet qween but I wish some HOT guy would grab my crotch and sexually harass me.

It's almost never the hot guys is it though?

If Schlapp was around Herschel in Georgia, he would also be around Lady Lindzebelle. Why harass the aide/driver when……..?

no paywall / may work

[quote]The accuser, a lifelong conservative operative and former mid-level staffer with Walker’s Senate campaign,

No sympathy. You lay with dogs, you get up with fleas.

From r167

[quote] The fundraiser, Caroline Wren, who has worked for Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump, organizers of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, Kari Lake, and Caitlyn Jenner—and who now appears by name in the accuser’s $10 million sexual battery and defamation lawsuit against the Schlapps—likely knew the answer to that question.

Lindsey, Donald, Kari, and Caitlyn? Are they the gold standard in sexual allure?

Caitlyn is ready to have a baby.

Lindz, Kari, Caitlin - all the worst people

The driver told The Daily Beast he did not recall Schlapp, and could find no record of any passenger with that name in his client logs.

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If Schlapp grabs whatever Caitlyn has between her legs, that will be an epic encounter for the ages.

Why hasn't this accuser been named yet?

Wren has named him on her Twitter, but other media are acceding to his request for anonymity.

I'm just curious, what's the name? Would like to see what he looks like.

The pic at r167...

No wonder the staffer was so traumatized.

Is this the pummeling victim?

Hmm, could be. I can't find any Wren tweets naming the Schlapp accuser (although I didn't look very hard, admittedly).

There is one bitter tweet of hers about Huffman although it doesn't reference the Schlapp case.

I don't know if this is the guy (picture taken from Huffman's twitter) but it blows my mind that someone can wholeheartedly work for and support Herschel Walker's candidacy while criticizing Madison Cawthorne.

Really?

The cognitive dissonance is huge. It makes me wonder if there is cognitive dissonance about anything else. He was assaulted by an extremely unattractive man to him - no doubt about that.

With Tulsi Gabbard

Carlton, a favorite, was a snazzy dresser on Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

Always deserving of a hug.

With Nancy Mace.. he really likes the sketchy weirdos.

If that him he has gayface for days

He couldn’t handle Matt Schlapp? Randy Rainbow could have floored Matt.

This story is missing some things.

Yes, definitely missing some things.

He's *special*, r187...

[quote]The staffer’s wife said that while she was furious with Matt Schlapp—“it makes me want to punch him”—she understands why her husband chose to wait to move forward.

[quote]“There was never a point where he said I’m not pursuing this. It was more like it wasn’t the right time, and he wasn’t ready to face it yet, and on top of that there was everything the campaign was facing,” she said.

[quote]“He really believed in what he was doing, really believed in the campaign and didn’t want anything he was going through to affect it. It kind of made me mad, honestly, that he put his job before himself, but that’s who he is. He works for people he believes in and puts 100 percent into his job,” she said.

[quote]And even though the couple is proceeding with their divorce, she said she will continue to stand by him.

[quote]It was more like it wasn’t the right time,

Translated: I couldn’t reveal the fact that he made me feel ‘so dirty, so dirty’ because that might affect Walker’s campaign. As such, I waited until he lost the election to be oh so offended and ‘dirty.’ So pay me.

Yes, r190...*special*.

I had the impression the driver/aide/victim was an early 20+ y.o.-something, twinkish guy just gettting his start working on a campaign.

Conrad was married, had worked around several high profile campaigns, knows the politicians involved, and physically shows thining hair, prominent crows feet, and very basic suits/attire. Yet, he was unable to say at the time to Schlapp “no, hands off me now, don’t try that again! Got it?”

Yeah, let's pick on the victim and not the perp, a closeted, self-hating prick with a homophobic hag of a wife

^thinning hair

Nobody is arguing that Schlapp and wife aren’t disgusting characters.

How the victim (and now His ex-wife) have chosen to explain the scenario and the post-incident sequence of events, did have a few perplexing dynamics. That by no means excuses or resolves Schlapp’s alleged sexual assault as reported by the victim.

R192, it happens more often than not. Would you say the same thing when it happens to a woman?

Read the accounts of the women who accused that racist, sexist, irresponsible imbecile in Mar-a-Lago -- in particular the woman he assaulted on the airplane.

The victim reacts in shock to the trauma. That's what happened here.

You can’t compare how a woman reacts to how a male reacts to another male groping him.

R197, as a gay man you can't compare your reaction to a man groping you to the way a straight man would act

We don't know that he's straight, r198. We *do* know he's Republican and that he chose to wait until after the election because "He really believed in what he was doing, really believed in the campaign and didn’t want anything he was going through to affect it."

Also, r198, you’re right. However, as a man—gay or straight—I know how I’d react to someone uninvited grabbing my shit. It’s happened before.

A woman and a man have different dynamics.

And a straight man being groped by a gay guy, I’d imagine the straight guy would knock his teeth down his throat, not go make a video in his hotel room saying how dirty he feels.

[quote] alleged sexual assault

Hand on covered flaccid penis?

Two minutes?

Scho what if he schlapped his schlong? And whose schlong wuz it?

R200, most straight men sat that's how they'd act. But they're not always as tough as they think

[quote] I know how I’d react to someone uninvited grabbing my shit.

Oh, R200, put it in the toilet.

[quote]not go make a video in his hotel room saying how dirty he feels.

Yeah, r200, what's that about? Why *was* his marriage already in trouble?

You're also forgetting that Matt Schlapp is a big name in conservative circles. Those of you saying "Why didn't he beat him up?" don't get that he would have been conflicted about pissing off someone who could hurt his career

Yeah, there's a big power imbalance here. Huffman is just a lowly staffer while someone like Schlapp could have the power to ruin his career. Just look at how GOP people like Caroline Wren are already going after him for not being a 'true' or loyal conservative.

I don’t think he’s lying about the assault, or how much it bothered him. But I do think his career is his primary focus…he probably thought Walker would be a Senator, he would be a Senate staffer, maybe COS, so that might be why he waited. If it is who is named above, he seems pretty much into the worst of the GOP, including this Walker farce, so it’s not like he can redeem himself as a Dem. So if the PTB turn on him and can no longer work for the GOP, he’s out of politics altogether.

His last hope is a big payday. And maybe he puts the hurt to Schlapp while getting it. But if he doesn’t enrich himself, I probably won’t lose sleep over it.

New development:

Is he filing that one anonymously too?

This story is among old.

Why hasn't it been resolved?

^ This story is a month old.

Is this your first time encountering the American legal system, R211?

[quote] Why hasn't it been resolved?

Civil cases in the United States can take YEARS to be resolved. Judicial resources are limited and civil cases are a low priority; criminal matters take precedence. The only way this would be quickly resolved is if the parties arrive at a settlement to get rid of it and avoid some rather embarrassing personal details being revealed.

I think he was especially shook because he never would have dreamed that Schlapp would sniff out the gay in him. All of these obvious queens think they excel at hiding.

MAGA political operatives closet gay drama.

Matt has a new lane. Kitara could make him have a happy face.

What guys is Matt schlapping these days?

Mother, may I Schlapp with danger?

Schlapp has hired Johnny Depp's lawyer to try to unmask his accuser

That's got to be an expensive lawyer.

Trying to intimidate his accuser

If this is the victim, it's hard to feel sorry for him. What a creep.

But, but, he felt so dirty, r224. Shouldn’t we feel sorry for him?

Forgive me, I couldn’t get that out without a snicker.

^ Where does it say that guy is him?

There is speculation beginning at [R180]. I don't know how to link screenshots, but this is a cut & paste from googling Carlton Huffman Matt Schlapp: Twitter Caroline Wren The former Herschel Walker staffer accusing Matt Schlapp of sexual assault is now suing Jan. ... Staffer Carlton Huffman's tenure working for.

I can't seem to bring up the tweet; perhaps it was deleted. Supposedly Caroline Wren did out the person on Twitter at some point (according to news articles that still were respecting his privacy).

Carlton Huffman was Regional Field Director for Herschel Walker in Atlanta from August '22 until January '23 according to his LinkedIn.

Perhaps someone with better detective skills can find out if this guy is currently in the process of getting a divorce. That would be too many coincidences.

Even if it isn't him, anyone who worked for Herschel Walker's campaign trying to make Walker senator who then turns around and complains about misconduct just because it happened to him is quite something.

It's quite something to defend a pervy self-loather Matt Schlapp

R229 I don't know if you meant me but I definitely wasn't doing that. Just commenting on the hypocrisy.

I don’t see anyone here defending Schlapp.

There’s a difference between saying “it’s fine it happened” and “we don’t believe the details this douche bag is saying” cause, ya know, he’s a douchebag.

Saying that the victim is defending Schlapp

Sorry that should be "Saying the victim is lying is defending Schlapp"

R231 I believe the victim. I just think it's mind blowing that the staffer thinks that defending Herschel Walker and trying to make him senator is a good idea when he finds it so unacceptable when Schlapp does those things to him.

Sexual assault victims aren't in the witness protection program. The media doesn't report their names to make it easier for victims to come forward and to prevent harassment in higher profile cases.

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with R227. It's one thing to play internet detective and satisfy your own curiosity. It's another to google fu the identity of a sexual assault victim and post it to an anonymous forum that doesn't allow deletions.

Probably a Schlapper working to out the accuser or get the post deleted, r235. Maybe both!

The victim is widely known already, regardless of the anonymous court filings…that by itself is nothing out of the ordinary.

The defendant’s attitude and his wife’s public actions since then are extraordinary…a vile couple.

Seems like Mr. Huffman has made enemies. Why would anyone care enough about a state-level House staffer to dig up dirt on him and make sure the press knows?

This is an interesting thread on Twitter.

If you read down it, it says " There's extra pressure on Schlapp as American Conservative Union chairman -- traditionally unpaid position -- because he started getting paid $$$six figures as lobbying biz declined."

Why is Matty getting such a huge salary when no one else has before him? Such grifters.

One more thing - there was an article a few years back when Trump was in office stating that the Schlapp's had lost all of their friends in DC because of their toxic politics.

Nobody likes Matty or Mercy.

Here's the archived version of the WaPo article. Lots of interesting stuff in there, including:

Shortly after (Herschel) Walker lost the election, the (accuser) lashed out at Schlapp on social media, accusing him of drunken misbehavior. A few days later, CPAC demanded nondisclosure agreements with a $25,000 penalty from all its employees.

R239, so he made anti-gay comments? That tracks with guys like this. I remember Lindzebelle ranting about gays in the military

^She’s such a hypocrite. She’s no stranger to military cock.

Are the Schlapps related to the Schapps?

“Allegedly” regarded as the most corrupt Senator:

Oops, wrong thread, but relates.^

The accuser comes forward:

^^Confirming speculation earlier in the thread. And yeah, Huffman's a horrible person, too. Doesn't mean he should be sexually harassed.

Miss Huffman's linkedin lists his pronouns as "bro/patriot" More like "ho/hot-to-trot"!

The Hill 03/08/23 2:35 PM ET

A longtime Republican campaign aide who accused American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual battery came forward publicly on Wednesday after a judge ruled he couldn’t pursue his claims anonymously.

Carlton Huffman gave an interview to The Washington Post and said he plans to amend his lawsuit to include his name once the judge enters the order.

Schlapp has vehemently denied Huffman’s claims.

“I’m not backing away,” Huffman told the Post. “I’m not going to drop this. Matt Schlapp did what he did and he needs to be held accountable.”

Huffman’s lawsuit alleges Schlapp was “aggressively fondling” his groin while the two drove back from a restaurant to a hotel on Oct. 19 after attending an event to support Herschel Walker’s Republican Senate campaign in Georgia.

The complaint accuses Schlapp of battery and goes on to allege that he and his wife, Mercedes Schlapp, defamed Huffman after news reports about his allegations surfaced.

When the suit was first filed, an attorney for the Schlapps criticized the request for anonymity and said it demonstrated that the accuser’s agenda was to harm the Schlapp family.

“The plaintiff has not established I think the heavy burden of establishing both a concrete need for secrecy and identifying the consequences that would likely befall him if forced to proceed in his own name,” said Alexandria Circuit Court Judge Lisa Bondareff Kemler, according to the Post.

The Hill has reached out to attorneys for the Schlapps and Huffman for comment.

In his interview with the Post, Huffman acknowledged years-old racist writings on a WordPress blog, which included glorifications of the Confederate flag and posts criticizing diversity and non-European heritage.

Huffman left a job as a policy adviser in the North Carolina House Speaker’s office in January after one month, according to his LinkedIn, after the blog resurfaced.

“That was an ugly chapter of my life that I am personally ashamed of,” Huffman told the Post. “That is not who I am anymore.”

The development comes days after the conclusion of the Conservative Political Action Conference, Schlapp’s organization’s flagship annual event.

That dude is obviously gay.

He certainly is not a snappy dresser. That suit is ill fitting and looks like something that's hung in his closet for a couple decades.

He’s what passes for MAGA hot.

[quote]Miss Huffman's linkedin lists his pronouns as "bro/patriot" More like "ho/hot-to-trot"!

Then shouldn't this sentence read like this:

Huffman’s lawsuit alleges Schlapp was “aggressively fondling” patriot's groin while the two drove back from a restaurant to a hotel on Oct. 19 after attending an event to support Herschel Walker’s Republican Senate campaign in Georgia.

I mean, c'mon, people, respect the pronouns!

The photographer for the WaPo's article about Huffman is named Eamon Queeney.

They both would have been around Miss Lindzebelle during the Herschel Walker campaign.

What did Miss Lindzebelle know, and when did she know it?

Because it’s a local story of sorts, the local news dug deep. Apparently the accuser is also an accused:

[quote] The lawsuit was filed in January. In February, a woman filed for a restraining order against Huffman, alleging that he assaulted her in his Raleigh home. Huffman was ordered to stay away from her for a year. The paperwork says she accused him of “digitally penetrating plaintiff without plaintiff’s permission” on Feb. 15.

[quote] “Although plaintiff was engaged in acts with another person, she didn’t give permission to defendant to engage in the sexual activities,” the protection order states.

[quote] Huffman told WRAL News Wednesday that he is “innocent of improper conduct.”

I wonder if his victim felt "so dirty. Oh, so dirty."

So a sex pest gets groped by another sex pest.

[quote]“Although plaintiff was engaged in acts with another person, she didn’t give permission to defendant to engage in the sexual activities,”

Were they at Plato's Retreat?

At this point, it would be safe to assume that every MAGAt is a sex pest of some kind.

The only one who can defeat a straight sex pest... is a gay sex pest.

Matt Schlapp asking in the bar: "Can you not bear to look at me?" made my toes curl--before I laughed.

Man, the video he made after the 'attack' has the worst acting in it since Vanna White in 'Goddess of Love'.

Not saying that it didn't happen, but MARY, that performance was hilarious. CLEARLY gay...

Perhaps Huffman is closeted. That said, he didn’t like Schlapp touching him. Gross Schlapp is ugly and was allegedly, being aggressively offensive.

Huffman overstepping boundaries during group sex?

Madison Cawthorn, being proved right again about the plethora of Republican orgies.

Yes r266, M. Cawthorn was right about those GQP orgies.

Why do these people freak out so much then?