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StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:21 PM May 2019

"Mr. President. How many abortions have you paid for and/or helped to arrange?"

Just a suggestion for the next journalist who interviews him.

No point in asking IF he's paid for or arranged an abortion. There's little doubt that he has. In fact, given his sexual proclivities and prolificacy, it's virtually impossible that he hasn't. So they should skip straight to the number.

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"Mr. President. How many abortions have you paid for and/or helped to arrange?" (Original Post) StarfishSaver May 2019 OP
Melanie should answer your question saidsimplesimon May 2019 #1
Does David Pecker have the dirt on him in this area? BigmanPigman May 2019 #2
I bet he does. dewsgirl May 2019 #4
After Pecker reportedly flipped NewJeffCT May 2019 #30
Eight!?!?! BigmanPigman May 2019 #33
democrats should ask this question. nt msongs May 2019 #3
And he's known to refuse to use protection-- dawg day May 2019 #5
What I meant by "proclivities" StarfishSaver May 2019 #6
"he's known to refuse to use protection" left-of-center2012 May 2019 #21
or mushroom shaped kag May 2019 #27
I am certain there are multiple women redstatebluegirl May 2019 #7
it's time for women to come forward to talk openly about their pregnancies/abortions with Repub CharleyDog May 2019 #10
One reason why i'm not so sure. Seems ONE would have come forward by now. oldsoftie May 2019 #15
Why? 23 women came forward on sexual assaults....how many of them received justice? Moostache May 2019 #18
I have always thought Broidy was just covering for Trump: Glimmer of Hope May 2019 #8
well if the father wasn't Broidy but the orange pustule sdfernando May 2019 #25
All the more reason Ohiogal May 2019 #9
A presidential quote from the orange one: pazzyanne May 2019 #11
Disagree slightly relayerbob May 2019 #12
Mr. President, why didn't your mother have an abortion? Poiuyt May 2019 #13
He'll just lie in response AdamGG May 2019 #14
I'd LOVE to see proof of it. As rabid as the RW is about abortion, it would be interesting. oldsoftie May 2019 #16
They would just forgive him and say it's okay because reasons. Aristus May 2019 #32
Didn't Marla say he wanted her to get an abortion when she was expecting Tiffany and she refused? monmouth4 May 2019 #17
Yup. SunSeeker May 2019 #23
spoton yaesu May 2019 #19
Why wasn't that asked at the debates? LisaM May 2019 #20
Trump wanted Marla to have an abortion. ("Oh great. What are you going to do about it?) SunSeeker May 2019 #22
I'm sure he never paid...he never pays for anything. Arranged? Probably several. Buckeyeblue May 2019 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #26
He did call sleazing around NYC as a young man "his own personal Vietnam". His brewens May 2019 #28
He's been asked this before, and the answer was "That's a very interesting question," and life WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #29
Don't Trump's sex NDAgrmnts demand "no paternity" i.e. no baby. Cohen testified smthg like that. stuffmatters May 2019 #31

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
30. After Pecker reportedly flipped
Thu May 16, 2019, 04:40 PM
May 2019

a year or two back, there were rumors swirling that he had evidence of upwards of 8 abortions paid for by Trump.

BigmanPigman

(51,651 posts)
33. Eight!?!?!
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:43 PM
May 2019

Even if it were proven I bet his cult and fundies will forgive him as usual. If it happened before he became the anti-POTUS they don't hold it against him. Hypocrites!

CharleyDog

(759 posts)
10. it's time for women to come forward to talk openly about their pregnancies/abortions with Repub
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:05 PM
May 2019

especially the righteous lawmakers passing these anti-choice laws.

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
18. Why? 23 women came forward on sexual assaults....how many of them received justice?
Wed May 15, 2019, 07:37 PM
May 2019

I don't blame any woman for making decisions to go public or remain silent in these situations, but I can certainly understand why no one would feel like being first to the party in naming themself as someone Donald Trump paid for an abortion with. The lunatic fringe on the right would immediately destroy their life without regard to anything and it would happen with dizzying speed...

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)
8. I have always thought Broidy was just covering for Trump:
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:46 PM
May 2019
http://time.com/5239654/michael-cohen-elliott-broidy-playboy-payout/

"Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, negotiated a $1.6 million payment with a former Playboy model who said a top Republican donor and fundraiser impregnated her last year, the donor acknowledged Friday.

Cohen handled the settlement to the woman for Elliot Broidy, a venture-capitalist, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Broidy served as a deputy finance chairman for the Republican National Committee — along with Cohen – sources familiar with the situation said he had resigned from his post Friday after the news broke.

“I acknowledge I had a consensual relationship with a Playboy Playmate,” Broidy said in a statement. “At the end of our relationship, this woman shared with me that she was pregnant. She alone decided that she did not want to continue with the pregnancy and I offered to help her financially during this difficult period. We have not spoken since that time.”

The payment bars the woman, who is based in Los Angeles, from speaking about her relationship with Broidy. The money will be paid to her in quarterly installments and the first installment was due on Dec. 1, the Journal reported."

sdfernando

(4,948 posts)
25. well if the father wasn't Broidy but the orange pustule
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:47 AM
May 2019

then she could talk about that without breaking the agreement....of course that presupposes that the agreement only states Broidy, which is unlikely.

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
11. A presidential quote from the orange one:
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:10 PM
May 2019

"She wanted to get some furniture. I said, “I’ll show you where they have some nice furniture.” I took her out furniture I moved on her like a b****. But I couldn’t get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony t*** and everything. She’s totally changed her look."

LisaM

(27,850 posts)
20. Why wasn't that asked at the debates?
Wed May 15, 2019, 07:44 PM
May 2019

There was a time during the 2016 campaign where he went on record stating women should be "punished" for having abortions. The next time there was a debate, that should have been one of the first questions asked.

Response to StarfishSaver (Original post)

brewens

(13,660 posts)
28. He did call sleazing around NYC as a young man "his own personal Vietnam". His
Thu May 16, 2019, 02:44 PM
May 2019

worshippers should know he probably had little regard for women or children back then. Probably the only way his activities related to the war.

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