A CNN political analyst speculated Tuesday that Roger Stone could be raped if he ends up going to prison.
“Roger Stone must also worry that if he goes there — you know, he’s seen as something of a dandy — will he be physically safe? Will he be subject to rape?” David Gergen said on CNN Tuesday afternoon. “I mean, there must be a lot of things are going through his mind.”
The FBI raided Stone’s home, and he was arrested, late last month early in the morning at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
CNN was there with a camera crew to capture the moment he was arrested, just after 6:00 a.m., and many suspect CNN was tipped off, although the network says it had other reasons to believe Stone might be arrested that day.
Gergen said it was odd of Stone to circulate these conspiracies, which he has done on his Instagram page since he was arrested in January, but said it was even more odd that Trump decided to surround himself with people like Stone.
Conservative Twitter was furious:
What’s this? Sounds like a liberal activist is hoping a conservative takes it up the butt in prison. That could be misconstrued as homophobia. Surely he didn’t mean that.
— Tracy Garnett (@tgarnett25) February 20, 2019 [1]
@David_Gergen [2]
Your a sick asshole for saying Roger Stone might get raped in prison. You can think that if you want about anyone, but to say that publicly makes you an asshole. Bet they'd liked to get you in there.— One Who is Concerned (@IsConcerned) February 20, 2019 [3]
WTF is a dandy ? I worked corrections and have NEVER heard that word in jail or prison .Pethaps they use that to describe Gergen at his bathhouse ?
— Billy mimnaugh (@MimnaughBilly) February 20, 2019 [4]
David Gergen has now crossed over into Prison rape fantasies….out loud on @CNN [5] no less. Inside the mind of a liberal is a scary place
— Todd Headlee (@ToddHeadleeAZ) February 20, 2019 [6]
His cellmate gonna ???? looking at Nixon's face while they get….acquainted????
— CoryMac???????? (@CoreyMccall11) February 20, 2019 [7]
WATCH:
CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen called Roger Stone a "dandy" and said he might "be subject to rape" if sent to prisonhttps://t.co/9cBUdSYQEQ [8] pic.twitter.com/s3B0BlHsFh [9]
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) February 20, 2019 [10]