It's amazing that Donald Trump's Trump card in the race against Hillary Clinton. is that her husband is a sexual predator.
This Trump strategy is blatantly sexist-even when a woman is your opponent, you want to talk about her husband.
It is also classic pot calling the kettle black. With the kind of glass house he lives in, he ought to think twice. But of course, thinking is not his thing. So he runs around running on the 90s stuff that didn't work for the GOP then.
"The allegations raised against Donald Trump in a recent New York Times article are nothing compared to the Clintons’ history, the presumptive Republican nominee said in an interview with Fox News’ “Hannity” aired Wednesday night."
“For example, I looked at The New York Times. Are they going to interview Juanita Broaddrick? Are they going to interview Paula Jones? Are they going to interview Kathleen Willey?” Hannity asked Trump, according to a transcript of the show. “In one case, it’s about exposure. In another case, it’s about groping and fondling and touching against a woman’s will."
Trump replied, “And rape.”
“And rape,” Hannity repeated.
“And big settlements, massive settlements,” Trump added. “And lots of other things. And impeachment for lying.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-mentions-rape-discussing-bill-clinton-223348#ixzz49CTF8tPw
Trump is treated like he's such an unconventional fighter but this couldn't be more conventional-and tired. The GOP did this in the 90s and it failed miserably.
But Trump ought to be careful talking about rape. He has been accused of rape in depositions more than once.
As for 'groping and fondling and touching' against a woman's will' that is what many women who have worked with him complain of. And many have said this under oath.
So how does he answer this? He has his daughter, Ivanka assure us 'he's not a groper.'
"Ivanka Trump says she thinks a New York Times story claiming that her father mistreats women is a distortion of the facts. One reason: "He's not a groper."
"I found it to be pretty disturbing, based on the facts as I know them," Trump’s daughter told CBS host Norah O'Donnell in an interview that will air in full on Wednesday's "This Morning" show. "I'm not in every interaction my father has, but he's not a groper — it's not who he is," she said when asked about a specific account in the story where a woman said the presumptive Republican nominee groped her."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/05/17/ivanka-trump-nyt-story-pretty-disturbing/84510738/
"The details surrounding the alleged rape are bizarrely novelistic even by Trumpian standards. According to Ivana, Trump was driven to freakish rage by a failed anti-baldness surgery - a so-called 'scalp reduction'. But the actions are very clear cut. According to her deposition, Trump flew into a rage, attacked her, held her down and began pulling hair out of her head to mimic his pain and then forcibly penetrated her."
"Trump of course denies Ivana's claim. And Ivana Trump, who now has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband has gone to great lengths to downplay the incident. But she has never taken back the claim only stating that while she said he had "raped" her she did not "want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-to-press-donald-on-raping-his-wife
Makes you think of that feminist book 'I Never Called it Rape.'
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Called-Rape-Recognizing-Acquaintance/dp/0060925728
Ivana Trump also related something else about The Donald during their marriage: he kept a book of Hitler's speeches by the bed.
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8
You can say Trump is nothing like Hitler-but would he agree with you?
This Trump strategy is blatantly sexist-even when a woman is your opponent, you want to talk about her husband.
It is also classic pot calling the kettle black. With the kind of glass house he lives in, he ought to think twice. But of course, thinking is not his thing. So he runs around running on the 90s stuff that didn't work for the GOP then.
"The allegations raised against Donald Trump in a recent New York Times article are nothing compared to the Clintons’ history, the presumptive Republican nominee said in an interview with Fox News’ “Hannity” aired Wednesday night."
“For example, I looked at The New York Times. Are they going to interview Juanita Broaddrick? Are they going to interview Paula Jones? Are they going to interview Kathleen Willey?” Hannity asked Trump, according to a transcript of the show. “In one case, it’s about exposure. In another case, it’s about groping and fondling and touching against a woman’s will."
Trump replied, “And rape.”
“And rape,” Hannity repeated.
“And big settlements, massive settlements,” Trump added. “And lots of other things. And impeachment for lying.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-mentions-rape-discussing-bill-clinton-223348#ixzz49CTF8tPw
Trump is treated like he's such an unconventional fighter but this couldn't be more conventional-and tired. The GOP did this in the 90s and it failed miserably.
But Trump ought to be careful talking about rape. He has been accused of rape in depositions more than once.
As for 'groping and fondling and touching' against a woman's will' that is what many women who have worked with him complain of. And many have said this under oath.
So how does he answer this? He has his daughter, Ivanka assure us 'he's not a groper.'
"Ivanka Trump says she thinks a New York Times story claiming that her father mistreats women is a distortion of the facts. One reason: "He's not a groper."
"I found it to be pretty disturbing, based on the facts as I know them," Trump’s daughter told CBS host Norah O'Donnell in an interview that will air in full on Wednesday's "This Morning" show. "I'm not in every interaction my father has, but he's not a groper — it's not who he is," she said when asked about a specific account in the story where a woman said the presumptive Republican nominee groped her."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/05/17/ivanka-trump-nyt-story-pretty-disturbing/84510738/
Obviously, a daughter wants to believe the best about her father. But how does she really know-is she with him 24/7/365?
Then again, with all his talk of what he'd do to her if she wasn't his daughter...
Ivanka's own mother once claimed Trump raped her-in a deposition under oath-over a 'bad hair day'-wish I was kidding.
"With Trump's top GOP supporters now saying his deportation was never real and is actually just a matter of issuing undocumented immigrants with new paperwork, there's a growing list of questions reporters should really start asking Trump. But Trump himself has now moved on from immigration politics to dredging up allegations about Bill Clinton that range from unsubstantiated to discredited to ridiculous. But here's the thing: Trump's former wife Ivana said Trump raped her in a sworn deposition. Given how central a role rape accusations have played in Trump's campaign - against Mexicans, political opponents, etc. it is clearly a highly germane question, as frankly it would be for any presidential candidate."
"The details surrounding the alleged rape are bizarrely novelistic even by Trumpian standards. According to Ivana, Trump was driven to freakish rage by a failed anti-baldness surgery - a so-called 'scalp reduction'. But the actions are very clear cut. According to her deposition, Trump flew into a rage, attacked her, held her down and began pulling hair out of her head to mimic his pain and then forcibly penetrated her."
"Trump of course denies Ivana's claim. And Ivana Trump, who now has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband has gone to great lengths to downplay the incident. But she has never taken back the claim only stating that while she said he had "raped" her she did not "want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-to-press-donald-on-raping-his-wife
Makes you think of that feminist book 'I Never Called it Rape.'
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Called-Rape-Recognizing-Acquaintance/dp/0060925728
Ivana Trump also related something else about The Donald during their marriage: he kept a book of Hitler's speeches by the bed.
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8
You can say Trump is nothing like Hitler-but would he agree with you?
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