Donald Trump: The Lout Persists and Denies
People have accused Donald Trump, with supporting evidence, of lying as easily as he breathes.
Numerous allegations against him these last few days seem, however, to prove that he was telling the truth about the subject of the hour in the U.S.: his behavior toward women he lusts after.
Allow us to remind you again of the vulgar and incriminating appearance of the video broadcast a week ago in which he talks with the host, Billy Bush.
"I've got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her. You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful. I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy."
The journalist, Anderson Cooper, asked Donald Trump afterward if he had ever "kiss[ed] women without consent or grope[d] women without consent." The Republican candidate denied both.
Since then, more than a half dozen women have said the opposite. They maintain they were assaulted by the businessman cum politician.
Donald Trump and those close to him claim to be victims of a conspiracy "orchestrated by the Clintons and their media allies." If they're not, they allege, why did all these women wait so long before speaking publicly?
That's easily understood, however.
Donald Trump's denials were the trigger. Several women said they found the courage to speak publicly when they heard him swear he had never done such things. Or when they heard other women speak about it.
We know, in general, that only a minority of women file charges in the case of sexual assault. And when the aggressor is a star, they hesitate even more to do so.
That's what Rachel Crooks, who is today accusing Donald Trump of having kissed her on the mouth in 2005, pleads. The boyfriend of the secretary, who was 22 at the time, confirmed it to the New York Times. "I remember her saying, 'I can't do anything to this guy because he's Donald Trump.'"
And Donald Trump knew that very well.
Rich, powerful, he could – to use his own words – "do anything."
The actor Bill Cosby said the same thing for decades. The fact that tongues are suddenly loosening about him, and more than 50 women now accuse him of sexual assault, has nothing to do with a conspiracy.
There are no extenuating circumstances for Donald Trump. "The fact is that in this election we have a candidate who, over the course of his lifetime and this campaign, has said things that are so shocking and so demeaning that I simply will not repeat any of them here today," Michelle Obama reminded us on Thursday.
The allegations of sexual assault against the Republican candidate can't be brushed away in crying "conspiracy." The more women testify against him, the less we will believe his denials. And the more we tell ourselves that the choice of Americans in November will be made between a woman... and a man who despises women.
Numerous allegations against him these last few days seem, however, to prove that he was telling the truth about the subject of the hour in the U.S.: his behavior toward women he lusts after.
Allow us to remind you again of the vulgar and incriminating appearance of the video broadcast a week ago in which he talks with the host, Billy Bush.
"I've got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her. You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful. I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy."
The journalist, Anderson Cooper, asked Donald Trump afterward if he had ever "kiss[ed] women without consent or grope[d] women without consent." The Republican candidate denied both.
Since then, more than a half dozen women have said the opposite. They maintain they were assaulted by the businessman cum politician.
Donald Trump and those close to him claim to be victims of a conspiracy "orchestrated by the Clintons and their media allies." If they're not, they allege, why did all these women wait so long before speaking publicly?
That's easily understood, however.
Donald Trump's denials were the trigger. Several women said they found the courage to speak publicly when they heard him swear he had never done such things. Or when they heard other women speak about it.
We know, in general, that only a minority of women file charges in the case of sexual assault. And when the aggressor is a star, they hesitate even more to do so.
That's what Rachel Crooks, who is today accusing Donald Trump of having kissed her on the mouth in 2005, pleads. The boyfriend of the secretary, who was 22 at the time, confirmed it to the New York Times. "I remember her saying, 'I can't do anything to this guy because he's Donald Trump.'"
And Donald Trump knew that very well.
Rich, powerful, he could – to use his own words – "do anything."
The actor Bill Cosby said the same thing for decades. The fact that tongues are suddenly loosening about him, and more than 50 women now accuse him of sexual assault, has nothing to do with a conspiracy.
There are no extenuating circumstances for Donald Trump. "The fact is that in this election we have a candidate who, over the course of his lifetime and this campaign, has said things that are so shocking and so demeaning that I simply will not repeat any of them here today," Michelle Obama reminded us on Thursday.
The allegations of sexual assault against the Republican candidate can't be brushed away in crying "conspiracy." The more women testify against him, the less we will believe his denials. And the more we tell ourselves that the choice of Americans in November will be made between a woman... and a man who despises women.