No Pussy Grabber For President
Posted by Michelle Moquin on October 8th, 2016
Good Morning!
Can you believe what is happening in our politics? This has got to be the most bizarre political time in history.
The Trump video emerges. Shocking. It is one thing to say horrific things about women when the camera is running and you (the person on camera) know it. And evidently a very different thing to say horrific things and a camera is running and you (the person on camera) don’t know it.
Yes, if you know you’re on camera you might say something for shock sake or to get a reaction. And if you’re not aware of the camera then we assume you are just being your “normal” self. But when it comes to Trump, to me, it doesn’t matter – It’s absolutely sickening either way you look at it. Trump is sickening any ole way we get him. But hey, if this was the crux that finally got people to wake up, then all I can say is, “It’s about time.”
In contrary to what Trump says, the video reflects exactly who he is. But then is anyone really surprised?
The Video:
Then comes an apology from Trump, which is not at all an apology. And then at the midnight hour we get a second apology(?) using words that says he’s sorry but then telling the world that “…this is nothing more than a distraction…” (Wha’at?! Did you really just say that?), and ends with an attack on the Clintons.
Trump apologizes for his “words,” but what about his “actions?” In the video he is promoting how he engages in sexual assaults on women, and acts as if there is nothing wrong with it. Does he apologize for that? Absolutely not. Because he doesn’t think there is anything wrong with his actions. Sickening.
The Apology:
WARNING: This story contains graphic language.
The Write from the Huff Po:
Trump’s Latest Comments About Women Are Rape Culture In A Nutshell
“Grab them by the p***y. You can do anything.”
“You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful [women]. I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Donald Trump can be heard saying to “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush in an explicit and uncensored 2005 video recording obtained by The Washington Post’s David A. Fahrenthold and released Friday.
“And when you’re a star they let you do it,” Trump continues. “You can do anything … Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
These comments are among the most lewd and repulsive of what the public has heard the Republican presidential candidate say about women. Americans are well aware that Trump has a history of misogyny, ranging from attacking the appearances of women he dislikes, to shaming a woman breastfeeding, to fat-shaming a beauty queen, to sexually harassing women who worked on “The Apprentice,” to rating women on a numerical scale.
In Trump’s world, women are objects ― objects that only hold a value based on how physically attractive he personally finds them to be. And if women are objects, rather than whole human beings, it follows that Trump must deserve them. Women are things. And when he wants them, he wants them.
As he says to Bush: “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
This is what rape culture looks like.
In a statement, Planned Parenthood Action Fund Executive Vice President Dawn Laguens explicitly connected Trump’s 2005 commentary to sexual violence.
“What Trump described in these tapes amounts to sexual assault,” she said. “Trump’s behavior is disgusting and unacceptable in any context, and it is disqualifying for a man who is running for president of this country.”
Trump shook off the comments he made, telling The Washington Post:
This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course ― not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended.
But whether or not these sort of comments are the “locker room banter” Trump and his buddies engage in ― many men seem to take issue with the idea that this is normal locker room talk ― his comments are indicative of just how little he values women’s autonomy. They also signal how little he understands women’s lived experiences.
As Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet Action, said in a statement: “Comments like these … are an embodiment of a culture that normalizes sexual harassment and violence against women.”
You’d be hard-pressed to find a woman out there who hasn’t been groped against her will or propositioned in a way that felt threatening or had a man yell lewd comments at her as she walked down the street. These experiences are seared into our memories and built into our muscles. They are why we flinch when we sense someone behind us on the street at night, and why we make sure to have a friend nearby at a bar who will intervene if a stranger gets handsy.
This is rape culture, and a man who might be our next president doesn’t understand it at all.\
Rape culture is why victims of rape and sexual assault feel unsafe reporting their assaults to law enforcement.
Rape culture is why even when these crimes are reported and prosecuted, the perpetrators rarely see the inside of a jail cell.
Rape culture is why the vast majority of women have experienced street harassment.
Rape culture is why many female victims of sexual violence are still asked what they were wearing and drinking when the assaults occurred.
Rape culture is what allows famous men like Bill Cosby to remain untarnished in the public eye until more than 50 women publicly accused him of sexual assault.
Except that the public is not discussing Trump and Bush’s comments in the midst of a referendum on a famous man’s character or past. Americans are weighing whether Donald Trump is a person who should be allowed to hold the futures of more than 318 million Americans ― of whom 162 million are women ― in his hands.
In four weeks we will elect either our first woman president or a man who doesn’t understand the difference between “locker room banter” and sexual assault. The choice is ours.
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar,rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
Readers: The forum is open. There is certainly plenty to talk about.
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PS: Yes, Billy Bush from the Bush family.
Happy Saturday! Can it get any crazier? Oh, yeah, the next presidential debate is on Sunday. Oh…and please let me stress, and it won’t be the last time I do this…In spite of this news, please don’t even think that this is a shoo-in for Hillary. GO VOTE. #ImWithHer
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October 8th, 2016 at 4:05 pm
Mischa, I read this yesterday and felt like puking. His disgusting disregard for women is obvious.
What’s even more gross on his part is inferring Bill Clinton was worst at ‘locker room’ talk on golf courses, subliminally planting the seed that it’s got nothing to do with the job and shouldn’t play a part in anything. Uh huh, We all know BC paid dear for his bs in office and it is irrelevant to this taping session with another Bush no less. PS it’s one thing to have an affair, that’s between you and your spouse, it’s another to treat all women with disdain (or worst, way worst).
“You, sir, are the distraction” #11 is exactly right, step down.
I do still wonder if the conspiracy plan of giving Hilary the presidency in exchange for a few favors is in play, there’s certainly enough dirt on trumps misogyny to turn the polls and make that a reality.
A very 11th hour replacement could make things interesting but no matter who it is, please don’t be distracted, the gop is very broken if they allowed this pathetic clown a run at office for this long.
The whole thing is just embarrassing, we allowed a flat out reality show business celebrity jack ass to be considered for the most important job in America. *puking a little*
Luv, Zen Lill #imwithher she’s got the chops for the job and you all know it, so go vote.
October 8th, 2016 at 4:14 pm
Sorry, have to take that back, ^ his treatment of women is grosser, the other thing up there is just his way of creating distraction and deflection when he’s on the hot seat, don’t buy in to it. ~ ZL
October 8th, 2016 at 7:42 pm
As long as this gets white women to wake the fuck up I can stand it. Now bitches get out and vote like your life depends on it because it does.
October 8th, 2016 at 7:44 pm
Did you hear the creep tell that host creep that he could call his daughter “a piece of ass?”
How low can he go before those disgusting republicans with their basket of deplorable supporters will say enough.
October 8th, 2016 at 7:45 pm
The guy is a pervert and a predator.
October 8th, 2016 at 7:46 pm
But look at all the white women and the rest of that basket of deplorables are rallying around him.
October 8th, 2016 at 7:52 pm
6 Sonja, I’m hoping any woman supporting him now is doing it for ‘show’ and party support (lame anyway) but that on that special day in November she gets in that booth and dumps that piece of poop and does the right thing.
Notice the males aren’t chiming in? It’s bc they’re either appalled and have nothing to say or they’re pig dawgs, too. Remember a pig in a suit is still a pig.
~ ZL
October 8th, 2016 at 7:52 pm
“Grab them by the pussy,” never heard that in all my 62 years of living and I have heard some serious macho shit.
This is definitely a whiteboy expression.
October 8th, 2016 at 10:08 pm
#3 June
Let’s hope they do.
And not just the white ones but all the dumb republican women
Like Condaleesa Rice who finally stopped towing the line and suggested the orange pig should step down
/SB
October 9th, 2016 at 1:21 am
I had to check out trumps Facebook and Twitter accounts, this Sunday’s debate is going to get ugly and will look like a cheap reality show. Somebody better bless America bc these 2 are going to be pulling up some old dirt to push around…I can’t wait for Nov 9th already.
Kenneth, agree, I spent some years in a male dominated industry and when I was out of earshot there was the old boys yakfest but I never that line either. Mostly what I heard was just wishful thinking lol
~ ZL