A few days ago, Donald Trump questioned the #MeToo moment, lamenting the lack of “due process” when allegations are made.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been working on improving the process to adjudicate sexual assault within the military for years. For example, in 2013, she did this:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stood on the Senate floor for hours Wednesday dominating a debate over how the Pentagon should manage sexual assault and rape in the ranks. — www.washingtonpost.com/...
So it’s appropriate that she would respond to a request by the commander-in-chief of the US military to properly adjudicate allegations of sexual assault.
Mitch McConnell will want to know how high he should jump on President Trump’s request for “due process”. Please call his office at (202) 224-2541 so let him know he should ask various committee-chairs to begin hearings on sexual assault allegations against the President. I’m sure the Armed Services Committee, and its personnel sub-committee would be interested (Sen. Gillibrand is the ranking member).
The White House sent out Kellyanne Conway to respond to Sen. Gillibrand’s demand:
“Those accusers have had their day on your network and elsewhere,” Conway said to George Stephanopoulos in response to Gillibrand’s tweets. “They were trotted out again late last year.”
“I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying. I don’t need a lecture from her or anybody else.”
— thinkprogress.org/...
As a reminder, there are 19 courageous women who have accused the president of harassment and/or sexual assault. The accusations include rape, groping, forcible kissing, sexual harassment and invasion of privacy (peeping tom). These 19 brave women are:
- Kristin Anderson (1990s)
- Mariah Billado (1997)
- Lisa Boyne (1996)
- Rachel Crooks (2005)
- Tasha Dixon (2001)
- Jessica Drake (2006)
- Jill Harth (1992-93)
- Cathy Heller (1997)
- Samantha Holvey (2006)
- Ninni Laaksonen (2006)
- Jessica Leeds (1980s)
- Melinda McGillivray (2003)
- Cassandra Searles (2013)
- Natasha Stoynoff (2005)
- Bridget Sullivan (2000)
- Temple Taggart (1997)
- Ivana Trump (1989)
- Karena Virginia (1998)
- Summer Zervos (2007)
They deserve “due process” as does Trump.
— @subirgrewal