Yet another powerful man was removed from his perch amid a deluge of sexual assault allegations this month. Harvey Weinstein was a ruthlessly successful Hollywood executive and, according to the allegations of a growing number of women, a sexual predator. "This entire ordeal is yet another window in the entitled mind of powerful, predatory men who are used to operating without consequence," Seth Meyers said in an impassioned monologue Thursday night, as he drew the line between Weinstein, Roger Ailes, and President Trump to illustrate a "culture of systemic misogyny." Meyers also took on the people crassly forcing the new revelations into a Democrats-vs.-Republicans narrative.

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One riff stood out:

"There is no doubt that this horrifying story reveals yet again a culture of systemic misogyny that exists at the highest levels of society. In the last year and a half, the most powerful man in news, the most powerful man in politics, and the most powerful man in Hollywood have been accused of serial sexual predation. This should not be a partisan issue—it requires all of us to speak out and ask what we can do to address it."

As Weinstein was also a prominent Democratic donor, this was an opportunity for us to acknowledge that (alleged) predators exist and can thrive in any industry or environment if those around them—particularly other men—allow it. It only matters Weinstein was a Democrat in that it shows the problem is not reserved to men like Ailes, Trump, and Bill O'Reilly whose misogyny is also translated into toxic politics.

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But as Meyers highlighted, that didn't stop Republicans and conservative talking heads from cramming the allegations into a left-vs.-right narrative. This, of course, is the group that says it's always too soon to talk about gun control after a mass shooting. But within a day or two of the Weinstein revelations, it wasn't just about Democrats—the whole thing was somehow blamed on Hillary Clinton. "Women should not be held accountable for the predatory behavior of men," Meyers said. "This is a problem with systemic misogyny." And that's the key point: conservatives are driving home the scale of the problem—and perpetuating it—by somehow blaming a woman Weinstein donated money to for his alleged sexual predation. Never mind that Clinton has already faced more political consequences for the allegations against her husband than Bill Clinton ever did.

"Women should not be held accountable for the predatory behavior of men."

That Kellyanne Conway was among those leading the charge only drives home that this is an overarching cultural problem. It also drives home the overriding shamelessness of our politics today. It was Conway who continued working for a man after he was accused of sexual assault by nearly a dozen women, and caught on tape bragging about grabbing women "by the pussy," because "when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything." Conway told the world that he should rise to be its most powerful man.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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