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Me.

(35,454 posts)
Sat May 13, 2023, 10:04 PM May 2023

tfg Was A Presidential Abuser While In THe WH

“By now you‘ve likely heard the news that on Tuesday, Donald Trump was found liable for sexually abusing (and defaming) writer E. Jean Carroll, and was ordered to pay her $5 million. Given that Trump has spent decades evading and all repercussions for his actions; has been accused by more than two dozen women of sexual misconduct (he has denied all allegations); and literally claimed on tape that it’s okay for “stars” to sexually assault people, the outcome felt monumental. And by the way, if you’re wondering whether Trump—now a certified sexual predator—refrained from behaving inappropriately with women while he was serving as president, the answer is: Of course he didn’t.

Speaking to CNN, Alyssa Farah Griffin, former White House director of strategic communications and assistant to the president, told host Jake Tapper: “I have countless pieces of what I considered impropriety in the White House that I brought to the chief of staff because I thought the way he engaged with women was dangerous.”cont…

“Incidentally, Stephanie Grisham also appeared on CNN on Tuesday, and she told anchor Erin Burnett: “There was specific staffer…that [Trump] would request for her to be on constant trips when it wasn’t her turn…he one time had one of my other deputies bring her back so that they could ‘look at her ass’ is what he said to him. And I wrote about this in my book so this is nothing new for me to be saying publicly…I sat down and talked to her at one point asked her if she was uncomfortable. I tried everything I could to ensure she was never alone with him. I did take it to a couple different chiefs of staff including Mark Meadows…at the end of the day what could they do other than go in there and say, ‘This isn’t good sir,’ and you know Donald Trump will do what Donald Trump wants to do…when you’re dealing with the president of the United States, again, there’s no HR group or HR representative to go to, to talk to about these kinds of things.”
“Grisham added: “With this one staffer it was really bad, to the point that I was extremely uncomfortable…every senior staff member knew it…it happened with her a lot. I did everything I could to keep her off of trips actually and to stay with her if she was alone because I was really nervous about what could happen.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/donald-trump-inappropriate-with-women-in-white-house

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tfg Was A Presidential Abuser While In THe WH (Original Post) Me. May 2023 OP
No one should be surprised by this, no one. sheshe2 May 2023 #1
I was going to say, soldierant May 2023 #6
When you're famous, they let you. onecaliberal May 2023 #2
And, then E Jean Carroll Cha May 2023 #5
And Yet Yjay Wife Of HIs Stays Me. May 2023 #9
Surrounded by monsters who enabled his abuse every day. RockRaven May 2023 #3
Abusers never stop until they are locked up malaise May 2023 #4
Gosh -- I'm so incredibly not surprised Hekate May 2023 #7
Yet Grisham and Griffin kept working for him dflprincess May 2023 #8
They were just jealous it wasn't their asses he asked to be paraded around maxrandb May 2023 #10

soldierant

(6,776 posts)
6. I was going to say,
Sun May 14, 2023, 12:07 AM
May 2023

"Who did not know this?"

But that's no reason not to spread it. If not reminded, people will forget.

RockRaven

(14,872 posts)
3. Surrounded by monsters who enabled his abuse every day.
Sat May 13, 2023, 10:11 PM
May 2023

Spare me the bullshit about your valiant efforts to protect victims, Stephanie. You could have left and spoken out at any time while it was happening. That would have done more to curtail the abuse than shuffling people around. That sounds like a very familiar strategy (Catholic Church, other churches/schools, Boy Scouts, Hollywood), which serves to cover up abuse and leads to its persistence.

maxrandb

(15,266 posts)
10. They were just jealous it wasn't their asses he asked to be paraded around
Sun May 14, 2023, 10:14 AM
May 2023

You know I am not wrong.

It's one way to get suburban white women to stop voting for him.

It's not enough to convince them he's a sexual abuser. That won't change their vote. You need to convince them that it's not their p×*#y he wants to grab.

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