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Marie Marie

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7. Didn't he make some really disparaging remark about women and their intelligence

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:33 PM

Yesterday

years ago? I remember the controversy but not the quote. Anyway, it all goes to show his lack of respect for women and his involvement with Epstein and his "girls" just back that up. He's always seemed like a creep to me.

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Elizabeth Warren calls on Harvard to sever ties with Larry Summers after new Jeffrey Epstein emails [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP

More background information on an inappropriate relationship with his mentee, in the Harvard Crimson TheRickles Yesterday #1

Ewwwww jfz9580m 6 hrs ago #16

Unless we (the US society as a whole) can hold these people as criminals, we are condoning it. erronis Yesterday #2

Summers sought Epstein's advice in 2018 on screwing a "mentee" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #3

Yes, I surmise that Summers and Epstein had a deeply racist Tanuki Yesterday #9

I hope Summers goes down hard; one of the most hated figures among the democratic base fujiyamasan Yesterday #4

Isn't he the one on Jon Stewart's show about 4 years ago rpannier 15 hrs ago #14

Not sure if that's him, but I wouldnt be surprised if he said something like that fujiyamasan 15 hrs ago #15

His poetry professor wife seems to be of the same cloth RockCreek Yesterday #5

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Yesterday #6

Didn't he make some really disparaging remark about women and their intelligence Marie Marie Yesterday #7

Yes, while he was president of Harvard, between his stints in the Clinton and Obama administrations MichMan Yesterday #8

Yeah he did jfz9580m 22 hrs ago #11

Larry Summers was always a piece of shit.nt jfz9580m 22 hrs ago #10

I've never cared for Summers dlk 19 hrs ago #12

Elizabeth Warren jfz9580m 16 hrs ago #13