Trump’s fragrant history
Several news outlets have posted updated lists of the current accusations of sexual assault by Trump. New York mag is one.
It was just last week that a tape emerged of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women. Since then, Trump has been accused of harassment and assault by anumber of women, with several coming forward to share their harrowing stories of alleged misconduct by a so-called “megalomaniac” who also happens to be running for president. The Cut has compiled a list of all the new allegations against Trump, as well as past accusations of assault, harassment, and discrimination by women.
They will probably have to update it regularly.
Some of the new ones:
Kissing a Former Miss USA Contestant Twice Without Consent
Former Miss USA contestant Temple Taggart McDowell claims Trump kissed her on the lips on at least two occasions without consent when she was just 21 years old. In 1997, McDowell was representing Utah in the beauty pageant, and was “shocked” that he thought he had the right to kiss her on the lips, according to the Daily Beast. After one of the kisses, a woman who accompanied her to Trump Tower allegedly warned her not to go into a room alone with Trump. McDowell told NBC News, “I would never approach or greet somebody like that unless it was somebody that I had been dating.” Trump has called the accusation “ridiculous.”
And yet we know he has told people he kisses women without asking. We heard the Tic Tac box rattling.
Sexually Assaulting a People Magazine Writer
Natasha Stoynoff, a staff writer at People, came forward as an alleged victim of Trump on October 12. In an essay, Stoynoff wrote that Trump assaulted her and forcibly kissed her in 2005 while she was on assignment for the magazine. At the time, Stoynoff was asked to interview Trump and wife Melania on their one-year anniversary at Mar-a-Lago. While there, Trump allegedly insisted upon giving her a tour. Stoynoff wrote:
“We walked into that room alone, and Trump shut the door behind us. I turned around, and within seconds, he was pushing me against the wall, and forcing his tongue down my throat. Now, I’m a tall, strapping girl who grew up wrestling two giant brothers. I even once sparred with Mike Tyson. It takes a lot to push me. But Trump is much bigger — a looming figure — and he was fast, taking me by surprise, and throwing me off balance. I was stunned. And I was grateful when Trump’s longtime butler burst into the room a minute later, as I tried to unpin myself.”
Afterward, Trump reportedly told Stoynoff that the two were going to have an affair. The writer says she didn’t report the assault at the time, as she both blamed herself and wrote it off as one of the risks associated with her job.
At the time, she didn’t know he’d be a candidate for president of the US. No one knew that. I doubt that many people fantasized about how great it would be.
Groping a Woman at Mar-a-Lago
Mindy McGillivray claims Donald Trump groped her 13 years ago while she was visiting Mar-a-Lago with her companion, photographer Ken Davidoff. According to the Palm Beach Post, Davidoff brought his friend McGillivray with him to the estate while he covered a concert by Ray Charles. Only 23 at the time, McGillivray allegedly had her ass grabbed by Trump while he stood next to his then-fiancée, Melania.
Well her ass was just standing there right next to him. What was he supposed to do, not grab it? That would be sheer waste! Think of the starving children in Whereverstan! Waste is criminal.
Groping Miss Washington USA 2013
In a Facebook post earlier this year, former Miss Washington USA Cassandra Searles claimed Trump grabbed her ass and invited her back to his hotel room, according toRolling Stone. She called Trump a “misogynist” and accused him of treating women like cattle. Searles wrote that he “lined up [contestants] so he could get a closer look at his property,” a claim that has been corroborated by Paromita Mitra of Mississippi.
Walking in on Teen Pageant Contestants While They Were Changing
Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant have accused Trump of walking into their dressing room while the contestants were changing, BuzzFeed News reported. Mariah Billado, a former Miss Vermont Teen USA, told BuzzFeed News that the contestants (who ranged in age from 14 to 19) were “just scrambling” to grab whatever garments they had when he walked in. She said, “I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, ‘Oh my god, there’s a man in here.’” Trump reportedly responded something along the lines of, “Don’t worry, I’ve seen it all before.”
Since he boasted to Howard Stern about doing exactly that, we have little reason to doubt the story.
Sexually Harassing a Woman During the 1993 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
When Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter invited Trump to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 1993 as a “novelty guest,” he allegedly got more than he bargained for. Forty-five minutes after Trump sat down next to Swedish model Vendela Kirsebom, Carter claims she came over to his table, almost in tears, begging him to move her. “It seems that Trump had spent his entire time with her assaying the ‘tits’ and legs of the other female guests and asking how they measured up to those of other women, including his wife,” Carter wrote. ‘“He is,’ she told me, in words that seemed familiar, ‘the most vulgar man I have ever met.’”
And last, for now –
Hiring Women Based on Appearances
Trump gave writer Mark Singer a tour of Mar-a-Lago for an article in TheNew Yorkerin 1997. Singer wrote that Trump introduced him to the property’s resident physician, Dr. Ginger Lea Southall. When she was out of earshot, Singer asked Trump where Southall had been trained.
Trump replied, “I’m not sure. Baywatch Medical School? Does that sound right? I’ll tell you the truth. Once I saw Dr. Ginger’s photograph, I didn’t really need to look at her résumé or anyone else’s. Are you asking, ‘Did we hire her because she’d trained at Mount Sinai for fifteen years?’ The answer is no. And I’ll tell you why: because by the time she’s spent fifteen years at Mount Sinai, we don’t want to look at her.”
The most vulgar man anyone has ever met.
With such a fragrant history it would take a very large amount of Tactical Tic-Tacs to even begin to even out. If he even had access, but it seems he’s now put on boycott. Which is a great example to follow, U.S. — just sayin’.
Following this election increasingly feels like going to a doctor or dentist to deal with something you’d really rather not know about, but you get that it’s the responsible thing, trying actually to stay alive for those who need you, and if you’re gonna have to look at the ultrasound of the tumour or the x-ray of the abscess, okay, let’s take a deep breath, get it done, already. Each day I wake up, think, yeah, okay, gonna read the papers now, and it’s much that feeling. Gonna feel slightly dirty and ill, afterward, but I guess that’s just what you gotta do. Still better off knowing.
So serious sympathy to those of you actual citizens. I do mean that. Hopefully Ms. Clinton isn’t the only one occasionally taking a time out to laugh at cat gifs.