James Clendenin was a Republican member of the Wichita City Council when he conspired with Michael O’Donnell and Michael Capps to defame Brandon Whipple in order to keep him from winning the Wichita Mayor’s race. They failed which James Clendenin has proffered as a defense in his trial, suggesting that Whipple wasn’t defamed enough to lose. Yes, Clendenin is that craven.
The three of them created and raised money for an attack ad claiming Whipple sexually harassed women. They hired women to read false claims. They created a fake nonprofit and a fake business and Capps used a fake name. They were caught because the man they hired to film the video recorded their conspiring over how to blame other people when a factfinding check discovered that the claims made in the video were from news stories unrelated to Whipple.
Rape Culture is all about blaming women for being raped or claiming that women lie. These three contributed to rape culture by making false sexual harassment allegations.
- City of Wichita: Statement from James Clendenin Re: Resignation from the Wichita City Council
- KWCH 12News: O’Donnell, Capps and Clendenin added to attack ad lawsuit
- WIBW: Former lawmakers going to trial in defamation lawsuit brought by Wichita mayor
Dec 2, 2020