Last year, an 18-year-old college student decided to participate in the political process at a New Hampshire town hall, where she had the nerve to challenge Donald Trump.
"So, maybe I'm wrong, maybe you can prove me wrong," said Lauren Batchelder, a student at St. Anselm College in Manchester. "But I don't think you're a friend to women."
How dare she! Naturally, Trump put his crooked little tweeters to work, writes Jenna Johnson.
The next morning, Trump fired back on Twitter — calling Batchelder an “arrogant young woman” and accusing her of being a “plant” from a rival campaign. Her phone began ringing with callers leaving threatening messages that were often sexual in nature. Her Facebook and email inboxes filled with similar messages. As her addresses circulated on social media and her photo flashed on the news, she fled home to hide.
“I didn’t really know what anyone was going to do,” said Batchelder, now 19, who has never discussed her experience with a reporter until now. “He was only going to tweet about it and that was it, but I didn’t really know what his supporters were going to do, and that to me was the scariest part.”
At the time, it was October 2015 and Trump had 5 million followers, a number that has since swelled to 17 million. Trump, who attacked an Indiana union leader this week, reflected Wednesday on his twitter use during a Today show interview: “I think I am very restrained, and I talk about important things.”
Restraint. Definitely the word that comes to mind. And it's becoming clearer every day that Trump plans to ruin more lives. No doubt, his many emasculated followers can't wait to unleash on more women.
Logic doesn’t matter to online trolls, who rated Batchelder’s physical appearance, threatened to rape or otherwise hurt her and called her vulgar names. A photoshopped picture popped up online depicting her face covered in semen.
Trump: The undeniable champion and cherisher of women.