In one in all his closing marketing campaign appearances earlier than Election Day, Donald Trump creepily declared that he’s going to guard American girls “whether or not the ladies prefer it or not,” unintentionally driving residence the message that he doesn’t know or care about consent, whether or not in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room within the ’90s or as a presidential candidate.
Talking at a rally in Wisconsin, Trump instructed the group that his workers had begged him to not make paternalistic claims about girls, like his declaration final month that, with him as president, girls on this nation “will not be serious about abortion” as a result of “you may be protected and I can be your protector.” After claiming that his workers instructed him, “We predict it’s very inappropriate so that you can say,” Trump said he responded, “I’m going to do it whether or not the ladies prefer it or not. I’m going to guard them.”
Whereas the present nationwide polls successfully put Trump in a useless warmth with Kamala Harris, she is trouncing him on the subject of help amongst girls, together with in key swing states. Which could have one thing to do with the truth that the ex-president says issues like, “I’m going to do it whether or not the ladies prefer it or not,” and that he additionally:
- Was discovered answerable for sexually abusing author E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room within the ’90s, with the choose presiding over the case saying the jury discovered he raped her
- Has been accused by a further two dozen women of sexual misconduct (which he, in fact, denies)
- Has a protracted historical past of referring to girls as “dogs”
- Performed a significant function in getting Roe v. Wade overturned, which he brags about often
- Chosen a operating mate who beforehand referred to as for a nationwide abortion ban
- As soon as mentioned there “has to be some form of punishment” for ladies who acquire unlawful abortions
- Has mentioned he’s superb with states tracking particular person pregnancies for the aim of prosecuting individuals who endure the medical process
- Continually disparages the intelligence of girls he doesn’t like and/or calls them ugly
- Has called Harris a “low-IQ particular person,” mentioned she’s “barely competent,” and claimed that she “cannot do a information convention” as a result of “she’s not good sufficient”
- Held a rally at Madison Sq. Backyard throughout which one of many audio system mentioned Harris has “pimp handlers”
- Amplified a put up on social media that included a picture of the VP and Hillary Clinton and featured the text: “Humorous how blowjobs impacted each their careers in another way…”
