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Douche of the Day: Rodrigo Duterte

About a week ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte came under fire for "joking" with troops, saying, under martial law, "You can arrest any person, search any house. I alone would be responsible for anything you do under martial law. I will go to jail for you. If you happen to have raped three women, I will own up to it." To this, Chelsea Clinton responded via Twitter with the tweet, "Not funny. Ever." Duterte of course couldn't let this go and told Clinton, "When your father was screwing Lewinsky and the rest of the young girls there in the office of the president, on the table, on the sofa, did you raise any criticism?" While I in no way condone former President Bill Clinton's actions in cheating on then First Lady Hillary Clinton, the sexual relations were consensual. Rape is a completely different beast, where one person is forced beyond their will to engage in intercourse. Duterte is making an apples-and-oranges argume...