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Really good piece by @paulwaldman1 on @ejeancarroll's "credible accusation" of rape.
Waldman queries--rightly--how we have become so inured to Trump's history of sexual misconduct and assault. He says flat out that the president is likely a rapist and cites why.
Heavy stuff.
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Waldman queries--rightly--how we have become so inured to Trump's history of sexual misconduct and assault. He says flat out that the president is likely a rapist and cites why.
Heavy stuff.
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Waldman explains how what Carroll describes rings true compared to other accounts from other women.
And notes that she told two friends at the time.
One said, go to police, the other said, stay silent, he'll bury you.
We all know the second friend was right.
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And notes that she told two friends at the time.
One said, go to police, the other said, stay silent, he'll bury you.
We all know the second friend was right.
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The question is, why aren't we doing something for Carroll and Trump's other victims? Why have we chosen--even those who are not Trump supporters--to ignore these allegations? Why wasn't Carroll's story front page? Why did the @my post pull it?
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Waldman leaves out one of Trump's victims when he says the president has likely raped a few dozen women. Ivana Trump. She accused Trump of battery and rape, later recanting. But the description of him smashing her face and banging her head and tearing her hair sounds familiar.4/
So you can believe what you choose, but the man who said publicly that women "let you grab them by the p***y" "without even asking" when you're famous--that guy definitely thought a sexual assault in a fitting room was no big deal.
It should be, though. It should be.
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It should be, though. It should be.
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