Lawrence O'Donnell's Rewrite tonight.....Had me in tears.....

[ProudMNDemocrat]

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Incredible and gut wrenching to hear him read tweets from women who had been abused by their significant others in light of the scandal now racking the Trump Administration and John Kelly.

Thank you, Lawrence, for this.

[dchill]

1. Lawrence is a good man.

I feel reasonably safe in saying that.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Yes he is.....

I was in tears for the women who suffered at the hands of deplorabe men because I have bad memories of my father's verbal abuse of my mother and Middle sister when I was younger. Words hit deeper and harder because the scars never heal.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. You said it so much better than I.

Thanks for posting.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Indeed. Powerful stuff.

[chuckstevens]

4. Very moving!

[HipChick]

5. "I'm a good husband,because I don't leave bruises"..

Is something that my ex-husband would say to me...

[FSogol]

6. Powerful show. N/t

[MontanaMama]

8. My 12 year old son was watching

Lawrence with me, while I had tears streaming down my face. At the commercial he said "Mama who gets married and then hits their wife?" I have no answer. I have few words tonight.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. I hope you told your son....."I love you so much."

That is how boys grow up to be good men who marry women they love and will give their lives for.

And it helps too when they have father's who have done the same.

[MontanaMama]

11. You're absolutely right.

I tell that kid up and down every day how much I love him. His dad is a great role model for being a good man. We're fortunate people. I hope Rob Porter's ex-wives and girlfriends are in better places now. I hope their stories are blazing the path for better lives for all women. I hope General Kelly is unemployed very soon.

[RandomAccess]

20. Unemployed and disgraced would work for me

He has SO MUCH wrong with him that make him unworthy of BEING in the White House, let alone helping lead it. Active, ardent racist and misogynist.

[MontanaMama]

21. Yes.

Yes and yes.

[tclambert]

9. Were any of those women named Ivana Trump?

Or maybe Marla Maples Trump? I have a feeling if he tried anything with Melania, she'd kick his ass.

[kchamberlin25]

12. My first wife verbally and emotionally abused me

Fortunately, after she walked out I met and married an angel.

[pnwmom]

15. Yes, women can be abusive, too. I'm glad you got out of that situation and found someone wonderful.

[cilla4progress]

13. And then theres Hope Hicks

She seems to be making bad choices about men. Trump, Lewandowski, Porter. I wonder if she’s got a support system.

[MontanaMama]

22. Hope Hicks is SO young.

I can remember making some poor decisions and dating some questionable guys back in my twenties and my dad made it his business to get in my face about it. I was really mad at him at the time and he said what he always said which is "this isn't the first or the last time you'll be pissed at me. You need to straighten up and fly right missy." I usually got my shit together after his "big picture" talks. I wonder who is the voice of reason for Hope Hicks? I predict a crash and burn for her.

[cilla4progress]

24. Something doesn't seem right...

I have a few friends with self-destructive man-pickers. I don't know about Hicks, but I feel there are some red flags...

[MontanaMama]

25. I think you're correct.

She is playing with fire on a few levels.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

14. K&R nt

[3catwoman3]

16. Lawrence read the, "And so I stayed" essay by...

...one of Porter's ex-wives last night, in that quiet, controlled, steely voice he uses so effectively. It was chilling.

I agree that Lawrence is one of the good guys.

[DAMANgoldberg]

18. Brooke Baldwin also read the essay...

on her CNN Newsroom show on Thursday, with choked emotion.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/02/08/rob-porter-abuse-accusations-ex-wife-jennifer-willoughby-brooke-baldwin-nr.cnn

I currently don't have cable, but Lawrence was a regular viewer in his time slot when I did. A worthy host.

[RandomAccess]

19. Thanks for the link.

O'Donnell's reading was good, but I wanted to see this one for sure.

[longship]

17. It was good, even astounding, to hear those narratives.

That's the way we begin to turn this around. Speaking out!!!

[panader0]

23. I caught that last night.

Good stuff Lawrence.

[Pachamama]

26. While the last year has been tormenting enough, the last few days and the events happening have

....had me in tears and bringing flash back of my own abuse and bruises to my face and when I was nearly choked to death. Seeing and hearing these womens stories and knowing my own and then seeing and hearing the response from Kelly and Trump and the White House has me not sleeping and really upset.

Watching Trumps comments today about Rob Porter made me scream....not one mention of the women or that domestic violence is wrong...