Speaker Paul Ryan thinks it’s possible there are some Harvey Weinstein-type characters in Congress and he said that, if there are, they need to be exposed.
Ryan said in an interview on “KasieDC” on MSNBC the allegations against Weinstein are “horrendous” but it’s not hard to imagine something similar happening in Congress.
“It would be naive to suggest that doesn’t happen. And I do believe exposing these things can help improve the culture. Look, I’ve got to confess. I’m not a big Hollywood gossiper,” he said. “I didn’t know who he was until I started reading these articles. I’m not a big Hollywood pop culture. It’s horrendous. No woman should ever fear they have to put up with this kind of stuff. Obviously he needs to be held to account.”
“In any institution, wherever you look in society, you’re going to have these kinds of problems. The more you can expose it and the more we can castigate people in society on these things to show that this is not acceptable behavior, that’s to the good.”
Weinstein, a major movie producer, has been accused by multiple women of everything ranging from rape to lewd comments in abusing his power in the entertainment industry.
He was exposed earlier this month by the New York Times and has since been fired from his company and kicked out of the Motion Picture Academy.
