MCMAHON: SIMULATED RAPE, PUBLIC SEX, NECROPHILIA AKIN TO “POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE” 10.16.2009

Hartford, CT – U.S. Senate Candidate Number Four/Billionaire Linda McMahon attempted to explain the nature of her WWE wrestling programming, saying, “There was a time when our program was TV-14, today’s it’s PG and our networks rate our programming… It’s fun, it has something for everyone within the show. It’s energetic, it’s entertaining. It’s music, it’s pyro, it’s pomp and circumstance, it’s what keeps people interested in the product.”

However, several scenes of WWE programming show subject matter which objectify women, and include simulated rape and public sex, as well as necrophilia.

“As WWE Chief Operating Officer, Linda McMahon presided over programming that showed simulated rape, public sex and necrophilia, and now she wants to be our U.S. Senator?” asked Connecticut Democratic Party Communications Director Colleen Flanagan. “People across this state, not to mention the millions of women who are the victims of sexual violence every year, would be horrified and embarrassed to know that the person who seeks to represent them condones this kind of behavior. That kind of programming has no place in our society, and Linda McMahon has no place in the U.S. Senate.”