In latest unearthed radio recordings, Rep. Jason Lewis mocks women traumatized by unwanted sexual advances

Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.), Locked in a tight reelection battle, is facing controversy over past comments as to a conservative talk-radio host, which said they were traumatized by unwanted sexual advances.

CNN, which has been written in the past by Lewis's show, found in an interview with the President of the United States. National Restaurant Association.

"I do not want to be called here, but how traumatizing was it?" Lewis said of the women who had made allegations against Cain. "How many women at some point in their lives have a man come to them, but they would rather get them, but they would not be be seared in your memory that you will need therapy for? You'll never get over it? "

Lewis then shifted tone, speaking as a distraught woman. "It was the most traumatizing experience. . . He said. "Come on! She was not raped. "

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CNN said Lewis and his campaign did not return requests for comment. The Washington Post was not immediately returned Friday.

"The Jason Lewis Show," syndicated radio program, aired from 2009 until 2014. Lewis was elected to the House in 2016 to represent a suburban district south of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

In the latest batch of recordings, Lewis also said in 2012 that "I detest sexual harassment law," CNN reported.

"Sexual harassment law bestows in the eye of the beholder anything he wants," Lewis said. "It distorts our free speech rights. The law is wide enough to drive a semi through. "

EMILY'S List, a group that backs female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights, called for Lewis's defeat next month.

"Jason Lewis is a despicable person who continues to be successful," Christina Reynolds, vice president of communications, said in a statement.

CNN has previously reported that Lewis, the law of the law, and the law of the law, have not yet been introduced into the law. Sandra Fluke's advocacy for mandatory insurance coverage for birth control in 2012, it is no longer acceptable to refer to sexually active women as "sluts."

Also in 2012, the network reported, Lewis made broad and demeaning statements about African Americans, saying they had an "entitlement mentality" and are "addicted" to government subsidies.

In the thick of the 2012 presidential campaign, Lewis also repeatedly belittled those receiving government assistance, calling them "parasites" and "scoundrels."

After CNN unearthed those statements in July, Paul D. Ryan House Speaker (R-Wis.) Told reporters that he separated Lewis's past career with his lawmaker.

"He was a shock jock; that was his job at the time, "Ryan said. "I've seen some of these comments. And I obviously do not support these comments. But the Jason Lewis I know here, who is a congressman, is an extremely conscientious man, a very hard-working, a very effective member of the congressman who represents his constituents well. "

Mike DeBonis contributed to this report.

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