The war is on
Somebody somehow got Trump to refrain from flinging his shit at Christine Blasey Ford for the first few days, but of course it couldn’t last. Of course not.
I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018
That’s gorgeous, isn’t it, coming from him? The proud, indeed boastful, grabber of women by the pussy? The guy who has mused aloud about sex with his own daughter? The guy who gave his warm approval when Howard Stern called Ivanka “a piece of ass” on live radio? The guy who walked into the dressing room of the “Miss Universe” pageant so that he could leer at women in their underwear? The guy whom multiple women have accused of various gradations of sexual assault?
The Times explains a few things:
Many women are reluctant to come forward and report sexual assaults to authorities, in part because they fear they will not be believed.
And they fear this not because they’re stupid flighty airheads but because of men like Pig Trump who shout their disbelief from inconspicuous places like the White House. They fear they will not be believed because that is what happens – they are not believed. Pig Trump talks as if “filing charges” meant the perp would instantly be arrested and sentenced and locked up, but that’s not how that works. He should know that better than most, since he hasn’t been arrested and sentenced and locked up.
Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, assured an audience of conservative Christians on Friday that Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation would go through.
“Keep the faith. Don’t get rattled by all of this. We’re gonna plow right through it and do our job,” Mr. McConnell said at the Values Voter Summit. “In the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court.”
Don’t worry, guys. We’re not gonna let some bitch get in our way.
I hope the Dems are already cutting some ads with Mitch McConnell saying they’re going to “plow right through” Ford’s accusations and confirm Kavanaugh. Sounds like a fair hearing process is in store!
For those of us who have reported incidents, it is maddening to hear him say that. We have had our reports ignored, mocked, made light of, dismissed, and turned against us. A 15-year-old girl filing a charge against a boy who molested her is almost certainly going to end up with a reputation as a slut. Most girls can’t handle that, and shouldn’t have to, because once labeled as a slut, all the boys pile on. The unwanted attentions begin in earnest.
I suspect Trump knows that. I also suspect he doesn’t care. In his worldview, that is all how it should be. Boys (and men) should have the right to take whatever female they desire, and the female should let them. (This formula can be ignored if said male is not white, and said female is white).
Considering that ‘plowing’ is a euphamism for sex, and also one often found in a sentence containing ‘it’, usually along the lines of ‘Check the ass on that, I’d plow it anytime’.
An unfortunate if in all likelihood deliberate choice of words.
Good to know that the thing Trump doubts is the severity of the attack, not the fact of it.