Time magazine they named The Silence
breakers who spoke out against sexual
harassment as its Person of the Year
pretty powerful stuff but glaringly
absent was gretchen carlson who was one
of the first who claimed sexual
harassment by then Fox News chairman
Roger Ailes Time magazine never reached
out to me to be a part of this process
and that is wholeheartedly their
decision I know what place that I have
served in history and jumping off my own
cliff in July of 2016
and as you can see on social media
millions of other people also have been
recognizing what my role was Gretchen
speaks out about what many are
perceiving as a huge slight being left
out of times Person of the Year issue
highlighting the silence breakers I've
been featured in ton of stories over the
last 17 months since my story broke at
Fox and really the purpose of Time
magazine featuring all of these women
was their bravery and I just support any
woman who's had the courage to come
forward the cover included the likes of
Ashley Judd who brought allegations
against Harvey Weinstein as well as
Taylor Swift who won her grope in trial
against a former radio host I think she
sent a really strong message especially
to young people to stand up and speak up
especially on this issue so I don't have
a problem with her at all on the cover
listen I don't complain or berate any
woman who takes one minute or 40 years
to come forward Gretchen was featured on
the cover of Time in 2016 as well as
being named one of its 100 most
influential people this year this award
is not about gretchen carlson and this
awards about all the women out there who
you've never heard of who also faced
sexual harassment in so many different
occupations and they felt voiceless
imagine if we pass this in the House and
the Senate and it will land on the desk
of President Donald Trump it's time for
all of us to hold hands across the aisle
and get something real done for women
wouldn't that be amazing
Gretchen is in Capitol Hill helping to
get legislation passed that would
protect people in the workplace by
ending forced arbitration clauses in
contracts that essentially silence those
who want to come forward the reason
being that arbitration is a secret
chamber and so when somebody files a
sexual harassment case in the comp
the workplace they go to this secret
place and that's not really fair
ironically among the lawmakers who
initially teamed up on the arbitration
Fairness Act was senator Al Franken who
today announced that he was resigning
from the Senate amid sexual harassment
claims against him some of the
allegations against me are simply not
true
others I remember very differently and
now Gretchen's name is being thrown
around to possibly run from Franken seat
in her home state of Minnesota or
elsewhere
I was asked months ago to run for Senate
in the state where I live now in
Connecticut I'm being asked on social
media right now for to run for Senate in
my home state of Minnesota based on
what's happened to senator Al Franken
his politics in the cards for me right
now no but I would never say no to any
kind of challenge in my life and that
would include running for president not
retching Carlson such the callous she's
the first name and face that I could put
together I've seen a woman take down a
powerful man and you wonder if it will
all if any of it would have happened
without her I know
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