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NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.

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As more and more cases like the #Cornell_7 become common, Bernadette's and similar more legitimate cases become desensitized and deselected.

Dear Lord ... these are rabid animals. Please don't abandon your campaign. You need a security detail the rest of your campaign AND when win your seat. So deeply sorry. 😢

I’m sorry it happened but you didn’t report for two damn weeks ? This is why women are not believed, I understand trauma but if you are planning on representing female constitutes this is not an example to set. FFS, rape is not an embarrassment, it’s a damn time to grab a sharp object and swing!

This is crazy. I've never heard this story before. I feel incredibly bad for her. I wish she would have reported it immediately and gotten the men responsible to pay for what they did to her.

I hope they’ve got it on some sort of video. Without her being examined immediately, it’s going to be very difficult. My heart breaks for her. 😢

I get now why this tv show was canceled after only one season. Consequences are required for change. My husband watched every episode with me. It's difficult, but necessary for change. Predators count on our silent shame. Trigger warning.

The powerlessness rage and sadness we must all feel as women hearing this story and knowing how the right will use it and spin it. Listen, they can be as mean and as horrible as they want but proven RAPE needs a life sentence and anyone who excuses this in ANY way can NEVER have any power.

Jesus😞….take this wheel & PTSD it triggers in other victims. . This behavior is ingrained and normalized now by MAGA. This is a scourge of brutality and evil that requires MAGA to hate the opposition so much they either want them muted, raped or annihilated.

🤬I am so pissed at this culture of violence against women the republicans not only condone, they protect it. The republicans have fostered the idea that women and children are property to be exploited.

My parents bought a home in Sun City back in the 80s and now my sister owns it. We will snowbird down there upon retirement so I know this area very well. Scary when I hear these stories.

I see a connection between this and the lynchings that have been under-reported and called “suicides” by the media. I think of these as acts of terror that will increase as the MAGA white men see their power slipping away. I hope I’m wrong about that.

It pissed me off also that I know some asshole out there will ask why she didn't go to the hospital right away. She has a fucking concussion!!!! Find them. Chop it the fuck off. Make sure they get a cell mate in prison. NO MERCY FOR RAPISTS!

Maricopa County seems to be full of the most degenerate scum on the face of the Earth. The number of times that county has been in the national news is horrifying

The Republicans should be ashamed at themselves over the culture they created. Congress should move to impeach him again over this. Trump allowed the culture that supports this vile crappe to fester and grow.

Magats: if they’re not actively raping kids, they’re covering up for someone who is actively raping kids. Just because she isn’t a kid, doesn’t make that statement any less true. Magats needs to be rounded up and put in camps. They are all SEX PESTS!

Yes, and did she go get a rape kit done at the hospital? Documentation of the assault and any DNA traces is paramount, she could always call the police later. Sadly, you can bet her opposition is going to dispute the validity of her experience and say she's just seeking attention.

The risk of this happening to anyone of us increases daily. The republicans have cultivated the environment to make it so. Rapists, pedophiles and domestic violence is the foundation of our government officials and the justice department encourages it by ignoring the law.

hmm.. ok. I’m not taking ‘points off‘ of a horrifying r4p3 for whether it should have been presented in a palatable method. Are there ‘norms’, for news stories? I’d like to revisit Walter Kronkite, but I digress. With or w/out brutality laid bare, there will always be the din of r4p3 hecklers

I have not read the account due to fear of being triggered, but one does wonder in that case whether the details were included for prurient interest of the Maga readers

Please don’t be embarrassed. That’s what this admin has made a normal behavior. We need to show it not normal!!! Keep head up know there is support for you! Get in Congress and KICK BUTT!

As a survivor of rape, let me just say that it's a lot more difficult than you think to report it, to be taken seriously, to not be sl*t-shamed by law enforcement to silence you, and to have it investigated. ~17% of ~128,000 rape cases reported every year in America make it to an indictment (2025).

rainn.orgSexual Violence StatisticsSexual violence affects millions of people in the U.S. Explore the latest research and take action for prevention, justice, and healing.

Don’t speak on a topic you clearly don’t fully understand. The responsibility for rape lies with the person who chose to commit it not the victim. Victim-blaming only shifts responsibility away from the perpetrator.

It's not stupid. Come on. I'm a man, but I have female friends this has happened to and it's not as easy as just "reporting it to police". You don't understand what they have to endure *just* to report it. It's degrading, scary and as she says, embarrassing.

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I can't read it. Don't have to read it. . It isn't in the news . It isn't supported by laws that reflect the seriousness of the crime. . JUST LAWS NEEDED ASAP.

I'll bet she isn't the first. And she won't be the last. I find it difficult to believe they just decided one day to rape a woman in such a brazen way. I hope they're caught. My heart goes out to her.

one of the two major political parties in the United States has unequivocally aligned itself with pedophiles and rapists. (republicans. this is a post about republicans.)

I'm so sorry for her and also mad as hell at the two assholes who did it! Those guys deserve a penalty like castration! It was assault, plain and obvious! Random assault! But no, conservatives don't support that; always blame the women! Men like the current president go free! 😡

I have no words. This is because of the vile, pathetic excuse for a human being infesting the WH right now. When your leader is so, so, sooooo hateful and spews divisive vitriol, which verges on criminal hate speech, those who would do harm to others are emboldened and this is the result. #sosorry😢

May those disgusting scumbags experience the worst sort of karma. Absolute trash. I wish them the absolute worst suffering for the rest of their days. They deserve it. 😤

She was “embarrassed” and just wanted to “forget it happened.” Woman know the hard road to prosecution, that they will be blamed, and often feel responsible for being assaulted. Yet ppl still question the validity if a woman waits to report it. The system, and attitudes, need to change.

This definitely had to be targeted. It's tough to fathom how this far into human existence, this is where we're at.

I forget if it was Snowcrash or Virtual Light in which a young lady wore a form of vaginal dentata for protection. A hypodermic needle is injected into the assailant’s member upon penetration and he is knocked out. I always wondered why nothing similar exists in reality.

47 will opine that the rapist with the small feet and the rapist's partner in crime would be treated very badly if they're ever caught. Rape is back with a vengeance because of one man's poisonous behavior. Its trickle-down impact has slithered out into the world and debased us all by association.

I guess they think that will knock her out of the race..bet it won't & I hope her rapists are found & if they don't get thrown in jail, I hope they get tossed into a wood chipper

These are the worst times! I hope she is ok & getting lots of nurturing & I hope she's called the cops, done a rape kit, gathered up all the evidence possible & nails these 2 thugs to the wall!!MAKE THEM SO SORRY!!