Van Jones just slammed Trump for his "locker room talk" excuse

[True Dough]

In regards to the recently leaked video of Trump's lewd comments, Jones said on CNN tonight:

"The worst thing about it for me, going forward, is this idea that you can dismiss it as locker room talk. That is very dangerous. There is a culture that allows rape. There is a culture that allows sexual assault. And when you minimize it, 'Oh, that was just locker room talk,' no, you are describing sexual assaults. If I grab Donald Trump's crotch and tried to kiss him, I would go to jail. That's sexual assault. You're talking about criminal activity but you minimize it."

[rusty quoin]

1. I cannot get over the women backing his excuse.

Paula Jones sat there backing the sexual assaulter. She has always been a no-class act.

[greatlaurel]

2. Thank you, Van!

Way to keep hammering their lies.

[stage left]

3. K&R

It shouldn't be dismissed. Sexual assault is exactly what Trump described.

[NBachers]

4. The comment wasn't made in a locker room, and Trump isn't an adolescent high school boy.

He was 59 years old when he made that comment.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

20. Exaclty, he was in a workplace.

#HostileWorkplace

[yellowcanine]

5. Trump said he tried to F**** a married woman, took her furniture shopping, etc.

I take him at his word.

[LisaL]

8. He certainly wasn't bragging there. He admitted he failed with her.

[Skittles]

6. Trump is a pervert

most guys would brag about women WANTING them, not them ASSAULTING women

[ecstatic]

7. Has trump ever played a sport that would require a locker room

visit? WTF does he know about locker rooms? Or is he referring to golf locker rooms? He should clarify.

[Johonny]

9. That excuse didn't work so well for Zeke Mowatt either

A deep reference I know, look it up people

[loyalsister]

10. He keeps trying to deflect with that

But, this interview popped up last night. Now that he flat out lied about it, I think we may see more.

http://liberalsociety.com/trump-sexual-assault-victim-comes-forward-trump-campaign-goes-silent/

[Hugin]

15. Never has a typo been so approbos!

"Darth and Houraney had approached Trump with a business proposal..."

Trumpski was in a deal with DARTH!

Anyway, good article. Very informative.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Lock Him Up talk, more like.

[napkinz]

12. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

13. Thank YOU!

[malaise]

14. Athletes are now tweeting against this

condemning it and saying this does not take place in their locker rooms.

Please proceed Groper Don the Con - keep digging your own hole.

[True Dough]

16. That's right

Huffpo article on that very topic found here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pro-athletes-trump-locker-room-talk_us_57fb8fb3e4b0b6a43033cd01

[malaise]

17. Thanks

[athena]

18. Van Jones has been great.

I agree completely. We cannot allow talk of sexual assault to be minimized and "made OK" by calling it "locker room talk". If this is how men talk in locker rooms about women, they need to stop.

[alarimer]

19. Yes and those guys he was talking to are part of the problem.

They tacitly accept this talk, instead of condemning it.

There are a lot of men denouncing what Trump has said and rightfully so. But how many of those men also blame rape victims for their own rapes? How many support the Jameis Winstons of this world? How many choose to believe the athlete instead of his victim? And how many turn around and visit porn sites which depict the very assaults Trump was talking about, and which are exploitative in their very nature.

How many of us (men and women) have done these things? How many of us have stood by while a colleague, say, has sexually harassed someone else and have not reported it?

All of these things are part of the problem. I get that there is a social cost to speaking out, but this is how rape culture is perpetuated.