Rob Porter's ex-wife rips Kelly in op-ed: 'I can barely contain my indignation'

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



By Avery Anapol - 03/09/18 02:46 PM EST


Former White House staff secretary Rob Porter’s second ex-wife sharply criticizes John Kelly in a new op-ed, accusing the chief of staff of diminishing the significance of the abuse she says she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband.

Jennie Willoughby writes in The Washington Post that Kelly was dismissive of the accusations that she and another woman made against Porter.

“I can barely contain my indignation,” she wrote.

“Kelly’s comments serve to diminish the significance of emotional abuse. Granted, it is difficult for any outsider to understand what takes place in a marriage. But Kelly’s dismissive remarks about my having suffered only ‘emotional abuse’ grossly understate the seriousness of this conduct and the trauma it inflicts.”..............

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377641-rob-porters-ex-wife-tears-into-kelly-in-washington-post-op-ed-i-can

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Downplaying domestic abuse should never happen. Kelly needed to go a long time ago!

[Achilleaze]

1. Deputies of Dirty Donnie* have the same low morals

* republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chier

[RandomAccess]

2. I'll never forgive him for his treatment of

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson.

[BlueStater]

3. It's Frederica. n/t

[RandomAccess]

4. I knew better but my fingers didn't cooperate

thanks

[Stonepounder]

5. This comment is in NO WAY intended to minimize or discredit what Jennie Willoughby went through.

Rather it is meant to lend support and credence to what she says.

I was in an abusive relationship with my previous wife. It was not physical, but rather emotional abuse. I could not do ANYTHING right. At the time I had a job where I was making into 6 figures. If I tried to talk about literally anything that had happened on the job, I would be told all of the things I had done wrong. If I tried to do anything around the house, I would be told what I had done wrong. And on and on and on. And I know how something like that destroys your self-esteem and I understand how you get to the point that you start believing that you are worthless.

I finally got the guts to get the hell out, get a divorce and move far away. Then I met a wonderful woman who gave me positive reinforcement instead. We've been happily married for 20 years not and they have been the best 20 years of my life.

In many respects emotional abuse is as bad as, if not worse that, physical abuse and anyone who is dismissive of it makes me want to get violent with them (and I am pretty much a pacifist). I stand with Kennie Willoughby! And Kelly only exposes himself as being totally unsuited to be anything except 'retired'!

[dlk]

6. Kelly Truly Doesn't Respect Women--He Merely Gives Lip Service to their "Sanctity"

Kelly, like too many other men of his generation, only "respect" women when they quietly submit to whatever abuse their husbands or partners dish out. If a woman dares to speak up or speak out against her tormentor, she's denigrated and her torment and suffering are discounted and minimized. It is insidious, to say the least. Jennifer Willoughby is to be commended for her bravery in speaking up and speaking out. I admire her courage.