--- description: Anti-Hillary Clinton merchandise is everywhere at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, including a Bill Clinton "rape" shirt. title: A Bill Clinton 'RAPE' T-Shirt Appeared at the RNC image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19c2e03516dccb62/69889ebd0b72e3124c6ea4fd/roger-stone-shirt.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [politics](/tag/politics/) ## politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Roger Stone Just Showed Up to the RNC in a Bill Clinton 'RAPE' T-Shirt by [IDEAS Desk](/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2016 9:53 PM CUT  Roger Stone at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016. Roger Stone at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016.Courtesy of Jennifer Jacobs by [IDEAS Desk](/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2016 9:53 PM CUT [Anti-Hillary Clinton merchandise](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/bill-clinton-rape-shirt-republican-convention-hillary-merch "undefined") is out in full force at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. The latest to make a [splash](https://twitter.com/PoliticoRyan/status/756234386073350145 "undefined") on social media? A t-shirt of Bill Clinton’s face in the style of President Obama’s 2008 Shepard Fairey HOPE poster—but with the word RAPE underneath it instead. According to the _Guardian_, Donald Trump supporter Roger Stone is the creative mastermind behind the shirt, which references sexual assault allegations made against the former president and presumptive First Gentleman. On Thursday afternoon Bloomberg Politics reporter Jennifer Jacobs [tweeted](https://twitter.com/@JenniferJJacobs "undefined") a photo of Stone wearing the shirt. In 1999, Juanita Broaddrick came forward with the accusation that the former president had raped her during his 1978 campaign for Arkansas Governor. Bill Clinton has also been accused of other sexual misconduct. No criminal charges have been brought, and Clinton has denied the accusations. There have also been rape and [sexual assault](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/donald-trump-sexual-assault-allegations-jill-harth-interview "undefined") [allegations](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-scandals/474726/ "undefined") made a[gainst Trump](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html "undefined"), which he denies. As Charlotte Alter has [outlined](http://time.com/4357406/hillary-clinton-sexist-donald-trump/ "undefined") for TIME, sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton have been top sellers this campaign season. Other anti-Clinton shirts at the convention feature phrases including “Hillary for Prison” and “Life’s a bitch, don’t vote for one.” And then there are the [pins](http://motto.time.com/4410564/republican-convention-anti-hillary-clinton-pins-sexist/ "undefined"), which include messages such as “KFC Hillary Special: 2 fat thighs 2 small breasts…left wing” and “Hot chicks for Trump.” Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign is not stooping to body-shaming attacks. Instead, it’s using Trump’s words against him. On Thursday the Clinton campaign [unveiled a new ad](http://time.com/4417151/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-ad-praise/ "undefined") featuring clips of Trump praising Clinton’s abilities and the [“Trump Yourself” tool](http://Hillary Clinton Challenges Supporters to ‘Trump Yourself’ on Facebook http://time.com/4417179/hillary-clintons-trumpyourself/ "undefined") that lets users superimpose his negative quotes over their profile pictures. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4418044/roger-stone-rnc-bill-clinton-rape-shirt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4418044/roger-stone-rnc-bill-clinton-rape-shirt/"},"headline":"Roger Stone Just Showed Up to the RNC in a Bill Clinton 'RAPE' T-Shirt","datePublished":"2016-07-21T21:53:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:27:31.262Z","description":"It's just the latest in anti-Hillary Clinton merchandise","url":"https://time.com/4418044/roger-stone-rnc-bill-clinton-rape-shirt/","keywords":["politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19c2e03516dccb62/69889ebd0b72e3124c6ea4fd/roger-stone-shirt.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"IDEAS Desk","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19c2e03516dccb62/69889ebd0b72e3124c6ea4fd/roger-stone-shirt.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Roger Stone at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016.","caption":"Roger Stone at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016.","creditText":"Courtesy of Jennifer Jacobs","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4418044/roger-stone-rnc-bill-clinton-rape-shirt/","name":"Roger Stone Just Showed Up to the RNC in a Bill Clinton 'RAPE' T-Shirt"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trump, Clinton and the Woman Card","description":"Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton relies on the","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/pmBAMZYN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-27T14:19:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pmBAMZYN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4418044/roger-stone-rnc-bill-clinton-rape-shirt/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4418044/roger-stone-rnc-bill-clinton-rape-shirt/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```