All the presidents women

Created
Thu, 04/05/2023 - 09:30
Updated
Thu, 04/05/2023 - 09:30
Charlie Sykes had a good column today about the astonishing fact that the GOP front runner is on trail for rape and there is a legion of other women who have credibly accused him of assault: By the latest count, 26 (!) women have accused Trump of sexual assault or misconduct. Here’s the full list. […] Now we hear that Trump plans to skip the Carroll trial, passing up a chance to testify, or to deny the charges under oath. Let’s try to put this into some context: It is hard impossible to imagine that someone with more than two dozen accusations of sexual assault would be able to survive in any other realm of American society: business, entertainment, sports, the military, even politics. We save our lowest standards for the presidency. As we now know, the charges of assault — and rape — are not disqualifying for the GOP; since the release of the Access Hollywood tape, the charges have barely been a factor. Now, they hardly even register. In the right-wing media, the women have been thoroughly memory-holed. Philip Bump notes: Seven times. But, to be fair, it’s not just Fox News. Out of the hundreds (thousands?) of articles written about Donald Trump in the last two years, how many have mentioned the women? Imagine writing a story about Harvey Weinstein . . . without once mentioning the #MeToo allegations. And yet, when is the last time Trump was even asked about the allegations? Outside of the E. Jean Carroll trial, how many news stories about…