“Rape Is Never The Fault Of The Victim

And that’s just the way it is”

Augusta Khalil Ibrahim
2 min readJun 10, 2016

-Ted Poe on the floor of the house June 9 2016

Yesterday, June 9, on the house floor, Texas Congressman Ted Poe read excerpts from the statement of the student who was raped by Brock Turner. He called for Aaron Persky, the sentencing judge, to be removed and the rapist to do more time:

Poe, a prosecutor and criminal court judge in Texas for more than thirty years, demanded that the punishment be longer than a semester in college.

“Clearly, Brock is a chip off the old block”, Poe said, referring to Dan Turner’s calling the rape “twenty minutes of action.”

“There is an archaic philosophy in some courts, that sin ain’t sin if good folks do it”, Poe continued.

“As a country, Mr Speaker, we must change our mentality and make sure that people recognize sexual assault and rape for the horrible crimes that they are”

“As a grandfather of eleven, I want to know that my granddaughters are growing up in a society that has zero tolerance for this conduct, this criminal conduct.”

“No means no and a woman who is unconscious does not even have the ability to consent or fight back”

“Victims like this remarkable woman must know that society and the justice system are on their side…”

“When rape occurs, the criminal is trying to steal the very soul of the victim.”

“Because, Mr Speaker, rape is never the fault of the victim. And that’s just the way it is.”

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