Herman Cain, asked about harassment charges: ‘Don’t even go there’

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By Philip Rucker
THE WOODLANDS, Tex. — Herman Cain had survived 90 minutes of debating Newt Gingrich here, and seven minutes fielding softballs from the press afterwards, without anybody uttering the words “sexual harassment.”


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But then he was asked at a post-debate news conference about the complaints of sexual harassment filed by two former subordinates at the National Restaurant Association. Before this Washington Post reporter could state his question, Cain cut him off.

“Don’t even go there,” Cain snapped.

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Gena Cook, one of the debate organizers, shouted: “No gossip!”

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