The era of not my responsibility

By Dana Milbank,
WashPost
Published: November 11

Herman Cain denies that he sexually harassed women over the years, but there’s no disputing the rude thing he did last week to a man.

After Karen Kraushaar came forward as one who accused the Republican presidential candidate of workplace misconduct, Cain’s chief of staff, Mark Block, told Fox News’s Sean Hannity that “we’ve come to find out that her son works at Politico” — the publication that first reported on the sexual harassment allegations against Cain.

“You’ve confirmed that now, right?” Hannity asked.

“We confirmed it that he does indeed work at Politico, and that’s his mother, yes,” Block said.

In reality, Josh Kraushaar has not worked at Politico for 17 months — and he isn’t related to Karen Kraushaar.

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