What Is Trump's Reaction to Roy Moore? Not a Word, Because He's Also an Accused Sexual Assaulter

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What Is Trump's Reaction to Roy Moore? Not a Word, Because He's Also an Accused Sexual Assaulter
By Jason Le Miere On 11/16/17 at 6:50 AM


In nearly four decades of public life, few have described Donald Trump as speechless. As president, he has weighed in on everything from the NFL to the weight of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

But now, as a growing storm of sexual misconduct allegations against Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore threatens to engulf the GOP, Trump has gone quiet. Even as party leaders implore him to help push Moore out of the Alabama race, the president finds himself a deeply-flawed messenger at a critical time for a party that has struggled to appeal to women.

Trump’s dilemma is a unique one: how can he condemn Moore for facing accusations similar to those that he himself has faced?

“There is absolute risk for him to talk about it. From a political standpoint, it’s pure suicide,” GOP strategist and commentator Evan Siegfried told Newsweek Wednesday.

Trump has been accused of sexual harassment or assault by at least 16 women. He has also faced allegations of raping a 13-year-old and of doing the same to his first wife (Trump has denied the allegations). Although Ivana Trump later said that she did not intend for her description to be used in the criminal sense, she nonetheless maintained that the event left her feeling “violated.”

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[Lucinda]

1. Yep. Nice to see someone covering this...

[Kingofalldems]

2. Exactly.

And hopefully this has emboldened at least some of his other victims.

[SHRED]

3. Trump is a pervert

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-donald-trump-tapes-surface-from-howard-stern-show/

Trump added that sometimes, because he was the owner, he would go backstage while contestants were naked or getting dressed.

“I’ll tell you the funniest is that I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed,” Trump said. “No men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in, because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it…. ‘Is everyone OK’? You know, they’re standing there with no clothes. ‘Is everybody OK?’ And you see these incredible looking women, and so I sort of get away with things like that.”

[dalton99a]

4. It's professional courtesy

[bigbrother05]

6. Winner! best explanation yet

but compared to Dotard, Moore is a talented amateur.

[bigbrother05]

5. Anything the Dotard says would only redirect the heat to him

This might represent the only time in recent memory that he hasn't made things worse and put his foot in his mouth. Of course, it's still early, he might not be able to hold himself back for too much longer.

Better to be thought a perv than to open your mouth and confirm you are indeed a perv.

If he defends Moore, he's a perv.

If he condemns Moore, he's a perv because you have to believe the women that have accused him too.

[shanny]

7. he has a problem with his own glass house

[spanone]

8. K&R...