This is an important time to talk about this WH and whether they value women. Because, consistently, their actions tell us they don’t.
Despite some cheap words in the State of the Union, the President refuses to lift a finger to pass a real paid family leave bill. elle.com/culture/a15948…
Worse yet, this administration actually rolled back an Obama rule that required businesses to report pay data to help close the wage gap. nbcnews.com/politics/white…
At the same time, they remain all in on trying to restrict women's access to reproductive health and birth control. politico.com/story/2017/10/…
And now, we learn they were fine with an alleged domestic abuser working next to the Oval Office as long as the press and public didn’t know about it. washingtonpost.com/opinions/look-…
The WH press office and chief of staff John Kelly ignored credible allegations against this staffer until the very end. In fact, Kelly called him a man of “honor."
We have learned that Kelly has previously "appeared as a character witness in a 2016 court-martial of a Marine colonel accused of sexually harassing two female subordinates. Mr. Kelly praised the colonel as a 'superb Marine officer.'”
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The RNC, led by President Trump, called out Democrats for their association with the disgraced Harvey Weinstein. Democrats returned the donations and widely condemned his actions.
Then, as RNC Finance Chair Steve Wynn has similar allegations of sexual assault, we hear nothing on his donations of over $300k to the RNC. And don't even get me started on the President's embrace of Roy Moore. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
It all goes back to the President himself. He has over a dozen credible allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him and has bragged, on video, about sexually assaulting women. nymag.com/daily/intellig…
The President absolutely should be held accountable, and hearings should have already been conducted into these serious allegations. But the GOP Congress looks the other way in abdication of its responsibility to provide oversight.
This isn’t normal. It isn’t acceptable. And in our families, our communities, and our workplaces we need to speak the message about the value of women in our words and our deeds.
Our next chance at holding this President and the WH accountable comes on November 6, 2018, when we can flip the House and Senate and bring back some accountability.
Every day between now and then, let us organize, advocate, and fight to make sure women’s voices are heard and valued.
