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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Donald Trump's embarrassing support for Roy Moore

Obviously, Donald Trump is no student of history. His endorsement and now disgusting "robo-calls" in support of serial child sexual predator Roy Moore are another dark page in his deteriorating legacy.  In fact, more attention than ever is being focused on Trump's own history of sexual misconduct, as a result of his overt support for Roy Moore, the Republican running for the Alabama US Senate, despite a series of women who have disclosed his sexual misconduct when they were minors. Trump is degrading the presidency and his own family.

A list of  #MeToo victims who came forward to identify Donald Trump as the perpetrator of unwanted sexual misconduct behaviors

The Guardian reports a series of sexual misconduct incidents, with the names of the victims who were the brunt of Trump's mis- behaviors. (Of course, this report leads to the conclusion that these brave women, who disclosed their encounters, were the ones who agreed to being identified. Inevitably, there were more. This list is from the top 20 beautiful women who came forward:

The Trump allegations- a litany of sexual misconduct

A list of the sexual misconduct accusations made against Donald Trump. He has denied the allegations~ by Lucia Graves and Sam Morris November 2017
A growing list of powerful men have faced serious consequences for sexual misconduct allegations, but the most powerful one of all has faced none. 

Instead Donald Trump's official position, as his spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders (aka: "Morticia" IMO) recently clarified in a White House press briefing, is that the 20 women accusing Donald Trump of assault and harassment are lying

Trump has also suggested some were not attractive enough for him to want to sexually assault. As the conversation around sexual conduct continues to evolve, and new abusers are revealed, here are the cases against the president.

1.  Jessica Leeds - "He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere".  Age 38 Year: 1980s Location: A first-class cabin of a plane Leeds alleges Trump groped grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt. Source: The New York Times

2.  Ivana Trump - former wife: "I referred to this as a ‘rape’, but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense," said Ivana Trump. Age 40 Year: 1989 Location: The master bedroom of the Trump Tower triplex. In a divorce deposition, Trump's first wife used "rape" to describe an incident that transpired between them. After a settlement was reached, and the rape allegation became public in a 1993 book, Ivana softened the claim. As part of her nondisclosure agreement, she is not allowed to discuss her marriage to Trump without his permission. Source: Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J Trump

3. Jill Harth “He pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again.”Age Early 30s Year: 1993 Location: One of the children's bedrooms at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. A former business partner, Harth alleges Trump forcibly kissed her on the lips and groped her breasts and grabbed her genitals, in what she referred to in a 1997 lawsuit as "attempted rape". On a previous occasion, she alleges, he groped her under the table during dinner with colleagues at the Plaza Hotel. Source: The Guardian
4. Kristen Anderson"He did touch my vagina through my underwear." Age Early 20s Year: Early 1990s Location: China Club, a Manhattan nightclub. Anderson alleges Trump put his hand up her skirt and touched her genitals through her underwear. Source: The Washington Post

5.  Lisa Boyne“[Trump] stuck his head right underneath their skirts.” Age 25 Year: 1996 Location: A New York restaurant
Boyne alleges Trump insisted the female models walk across the table and that he looked up their skirts, commenting on whether they were wearing underwear and their genitalia. Source: The Huffington Post

6.  Kathy Heller -  “He took my hand, and grabbed me, and went for the lips.” Age 44 Year: 1997 Location: A Mother’s Day brunch at Mar-a-Lago Heller alleges Trump forcibly kissed her on the lips in public. Source: The Guardian

7.  Temple Taggart“He kissed me directly on the lips."Age 21 Year: 1997 Location: A 1997 Miss USA pageant event ad in Trump Tower. The former Miss Utah alleges Trump forcibly kissed her on the mouth on two occasions, including the first time she met him. Source: The New York Times.

8. Mariah Billado"I remember putting on my dress really quick because I was like, 'Oh my God, there’s a man in here." Age 18 Year: 1997 Location: Backstage at the 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant. The former Miss Vermont Teen USA and other unnamed accusers allege Trump walked into the dressing room unannounced while teen beauty queens aged 15 to 19 were naked. Source: BuzzFeed.

9.  Karena Virginia"Then his hand touched the right side of my breast. I was in shock."Karena Virginia.  Age 27 Year: 1998 Location: Waiting for a car after the US Open in New York
Virginia alleges Trump grabbed her arm and touched her breast. Source: Gloria Allred press event.

10.  Bridget Sullivan -“The time that he walked through the dressing rooms was really shocking. We were all naked.” Age 19 Year: 2000 Location: Backstage at the 2000 Miss USA pageant
The former Miss New Hampshire alleges Trump walked in to the dressing room unannounced while contestants were naked. Source: BuzzFeed.

11.  Tasha Dixon "Our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half-naked changing into our bikinis.” Age 19 Year: 2001 Location: Backstage at the 2001 Miss USA pageant. The former Miss Arizona alleges Trump entered dressing rooms while her fellow contestants were "half-naked". Source: CBS News

12.  Melinda McGilivray “All of a sudden I felt a grab, a little nudge." Age 23 Year: 2003 Location: At Mar-a-Lago during a concert by Ray Charles. McGillivray alleges Trump grabbed her buttock in a pavilion behind the main house in the middle of a group of people. Source: Palm Beach Post.

13. Jennifer Murphy"I was thinking ‘Oh, he’s going to hug me’, but when he pulled my face in and gave me a smooch. I was like ‘Oh – kay.’" Age 26 Year: 2005 Location: Outside an elevator after an interview. The former contestant on The Apprentice alleges Trump forcibly kissed her after a job interview.

14.  Rachel Crooks -  “[Trump] kissed me directly on the mouth.”
Age 22 Year: 2005 Location: Outside the elevator in Trump Tower
Crooks alleges Trump kissed her forcibly on the lips. Source: New York Times

15. Natasha Stoynoff "I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat." Age 40 Year: 2005 Location: A closed-door room in Mar-a-Lago. Stoynoff alleges Trump forcibly kissed her. Source: People

16. Ninni Laaksonen “Trump stood right next to me and suddenly he squeezed my butt." Age 20 Year: 2006 Location: Outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, before an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. The former Miss Finland alleges Trump grabbed her buttocks during a photo-shoot before an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Source: Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat

17.  Jessica Drake "When we entered the room he grabbed each of us tightly in a hug and kissed each of us on the lips without asking for permission."Age 32 Year: 2006 Location: A golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. Drake alleges Trump forcibly kissed her and two female friends on the lips and when rebuffed, pursued her, asking: "How much?" Source: Gloria Allred press event.

18. Samantha Holvey"He would step in front of each girl and look you over from head to toe like we were just meat, we were just sexual objects, that we were not people." Age 20 Year: 2006 Location: Miss USA 2006 pageant. The former Miss North Carolina alleges Trump would barge into the pageant dressing room and inspected women like "meat". Source: CNN.

19. Summer Zervos“He then grabbed my shoulder and began kissing me again very aggressively and placed his hand on my breast." Age Early 30s Year: 2007 Location: Trump Tower and a hotel in Los Angeles. The former contestant on The Apprentice has accused Trump of groping and kissing her on two occasions. She has filed a defamation claim against the now-president. Source: Gloria Allred press event.

20. Cassandra Searles “He probably doesn’t want me telling the story about that time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room.”Age 24 Year: 2013 Location: Miss USA 2013 pageant. The former Miss Washington 2013, alleges in a comment on Facebook that Trump repeatedly grabbed her buttocks and invited her to his hotel room. Source: Facebook, via Yahoo News.

Donald Trump is a terrible leader with no moral authority.  He is destroying the American nation and dismantling the prestige of his office. It makes no sense for him to endorse Roy Moore in Alabama because doing so causes even more of a stain on his already lousy legacy.

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