The Daily 202: Trump still hasnt nominated a director for the Violence Against Women office at DOJ

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The Daily 202: Trump still hasn’t nominated a director for the Violence Against Women office at the Justice Department

By James Hohmann February 15 at 8:35 AM

With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve.

THE BIG IDEA: President Trump has not nominated anyone to be the director of the Office on Violence Against Women in the Justice Department.

The person in this position oversees a budget of more than $450 million and is supposed to be the administration’s leading voice on domestic and sexual violence, both nationally and internationally. By controlling the flow of grants, the director can influence programs to better protect and serve victims. Women’s advocates lobbied for years to elevate this job and require that the Senate confirm the president’s pick.

It is one of more than 200 high-profile appointments that Trump has left vacant over the past 13 months, far more than his predecessors. But this opening has become especially glaring against the backdrop of the White House’s botched response to revelations that former senior aide Rob Porter allegedly assaulted both of his ex-wives, top officials learned about it months ago from the FBI and he was allowed to stay until the press found out.

Cindy Dyer, who served as director of the Violence Against Women office during George W. Bush’s second term, thinks Trump nominating someone to the job would be an effective way to show that he’s serious about addressing domestic violence after the lapses on Porter.

“Boy, talk about an opportunity,” she said in an interview yesterday. “To do it right now, in light of what’s going on, I think it’d be a powerful statement and a great opportunity to set an example. It’s perfect timing, and it’s an opportunity to make a statement that violence affects us all and we’re not going to stand for it.”

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[bitterross]

1. Of course not. It's not a real problem to him and his ilk.

To them, women need to be subjugated. It's okay to them if they have to use a little of the "rod" to keep them in line like children.

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2. Porter

He was saving that one for Porter.