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sasha031

(6,700 posts)
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:33 AM Jan 2013

Gayle Trotter "Guns for Mom's" (who Lawrence ripped to pieces) opposed Violence Against Women Act

An assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies in her home becomes a defense weapon,” she said.

Trotter based her defense of gun rights on the need for women to defend themselves against those who would commit violent acts against them. Back in 2012, she was not as supportive of the federal government’s efforts to protect women with VAWA. The law, she wrote on the website of the Independent Women’s Forum, could promote false accusations of domestic violence.

Trotter opposed VAWA, she wrote last year, because it opened the door to false accusers wasting taxpayer funds.
“Americans all want to deter violence, but we also need to protect that foundational principle of the presumption of innocence,” said her April 2012 post. “Needed resources like shelters and legal aid can be taken by false accusers, denying real victims of abuse access to these supports. That result runs directly counter to the VAWA’s spirit.”

Trotter was also skeptical of the law for other reasons cited by the Republicans in Congress who kept it from being renewed last year, including provisions allowing illegal immigrants victimized by domestic violence to seek temporary visas.
“VAWA now touches hot button immigration issues, which have the potential to encourage immigration fraud, false allegations of abuse, and denial of a rebuttal by the accused spouse, whether male or female,” she wrote.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/gayle-trotter-violence-women-guns.php?ref=fpb

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Gayle Trotter "Guns for Mom's" (who Lawrence ripped to pieces) opposed Violence Against Women Act (Original Post) sasha031 Jan 2013 OP
Could she be on the payroll for the Heritage as well as the NRA? sasha031 Jan 2013 #1
Another thread says Richard Scaiffe's gang is involved. They haven't changed, huh. freshwest Jan 2013 #3
I haven't seen that one, freshwater sasha031 Jan 2013 #4
It's a different side of the story, posted by CBHagman. freshwest Jan 2013 #5
Good catch! LeftyMom Jan 2013 #8
Let's see. False accusers of rape, where have I heard that one trotted out. A Judas goat, she is. freshwest Jan 2013 #2
Despicable women, Lawrence certainly called her out tonight sasha031 Jan 2013 #6
I wonder how a mother and a woman can adieu Jan 2013 #7

sasha031

(6,700 posts)
1. Could she be on the payroll for the Heritage as well as the NRA?
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:35 AM
Jan 2013
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I'm sorry people, I don't know how to make this small, just copied it off twitter

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
5. It's a different side of the story, posted by CBHagman.
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 12:45 AM
Jan 2013
AR-15-lovin' Gayle Trotter, brought to you by Richard Mellon Scaife (Remember him?)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251282480

 

adieu

(1,009 posts)
7. I wonder how a mother and a woman can
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 03:32 AM
Jan 2013

live with herself by advocating these talking points. I can't imagine being paid enough to say things like what she had to say. Whoring yourself out this much goes against the grain of any sense of human decency.

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