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Former President Bill Clinton’s sex scandal with Monica Lewinski was back in the news on Monday after he lashed out during an interview with NBC News’ Craig Melvin to promote the thriller novel he co-authored with James Patterson. And surprisingly, some members of the liberal media were critical of his attitude towards both Lewinski and Melvin, as was the case during CNN Tonight where host Don Lemon and his panel took the Democrat to task.
With Lemon’s critical tone at the very start of the CNN segment, it was like a trip to the Twilight Zone. “Former President Bill Clinton speaking out about some pretty ill-considered comments earlier about the Monica Lewinski scandal and whether he owes her an apology,” he said just before playing a clip of an indignant Clinton defending himself.
That indignation was something former federal prosecutor and CNN analyst Laura Coates zeroed-in on immediately. “[W]hat he fails to recognize, inherently, is that while he said that 20 years ago got ‘him’ in a great deal of trouble, the truth of the matter is he has thrived over last 20 years and Monica Lewinski, by her own account, has had the life of a hermit. One who is shamed and forced to wear a red scarlet letter,” she said in a serious tone.
Coates then declared “[t]here is a reckoning to come” for Bill Clinton. “And 20 years later we still find ourselves wondering why he won't address the fact that there was some about the victimization of her based on his position,” she added.
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