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Trump sends sickening message to workplace sexual harassment victims
By Rex HuppkeThanks to the president of the United States, we have now seen the structural support system that allows workplace sexual harassment to persist, writ large.
And it is sickening.
Responding this week to a New York Times report that Fox News and host Bill O'Reilly have settled five cases with women who claimed he sexually harassed them with payouts totaling about $13 million President Donald Trump cavalierly said: "I don't think Bill did anything wrong. I think he's a person I know well he is a good person."
Trump has no evidence to support his assertion that O'Reilly did nothing wrong, unless he happened to be in the room at the moment of each alleged incident.
And, more importantly, the president has zero credibility on this issue.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-trump-workplace-harassment-0409-biz-20170407-column.html
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Trump sends sickening message to workplace sexual harassment victims (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Apr 2017
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. But he IS awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bill Cosby
TexasTowelie
(112,101 posts)2. The full name of the medal is the
President Medal of Freedom to Sexually Harass, Assault and Exploit. The image on the medal has also changed to show a hand grabbing a pu$$y.
Donald Trump: Dragging America back to the 19th century--reluctantly.
brer cat
(24,556 posts)3. K&R
Doreen
(11,686 posts)4. I know this is very far fetched but
I would not be surprised if it became legal to abuse and rape females of ANY age with Trump in power. I know it is sick but when has he not been sick?
czarjak
(11,266 posts)5. Changed his mind on Assad....
Just shows how stupid he is to ever believe he was the good guy.