It’s been an amazing night for Democrats and for women! Cheering! And now there’s more.
USA Today tonight posted this editorial.
Quote of the day:
A president who would all but call Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the Barack Obama Presidential Library or to shine the shoes of George W. Bush.
This editorial was written in response to this despicable (but entirely predictable) tweet from the Occupant today:
(I blocked him some time ago, but here we are.)
More from USAToday:
And as is the case with all of Trump's digital provocations, the president's words were deliberate. He pours the gasoline of sexist language and lights the match gleefully knowing how it will burst into flame in a country reeling from the #MeToo moment. e
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Donald Trump, the man, on the other hand, is uniquely awful. His sickening behavior is corrosive to the enterprise of a shared governance based on common values and the consent of the governed.
It should surprise no one how low he went with Gillibrand. When accused during the campaign of sexually harassing or molesting women in the past, Trump’s response was to belittle the looks of his accusers. Last October, Trump suggested that he never would have groped Jessica Leeds on an airplane decades ago: “Believe me, she would not be my first choice, that I can tell you.” Trump mocked another accuser, former People reporter Natasha Stoynoff, “Check out her Facebook, you’ll understand.” Other celebrities and politicians have denied accusations, but none has stooped as low as suggesting that their accusers weren’t attractive enough to be honored with their gropes.
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The nation doesn’t seek nor expect perfect presidents, and some have certainly been deeply flawed. But a president who shows such disrespect for the truth, for ethics, for the basic duties of the job and for decency toward others fails at the very essence of what has always made America great.
There’s a reader poll at the end of the editorial. Currently more than 92 percent of readers “strongly agree.”
As we saw in Virginia last month, Democrats nationwide are FIRED UP. We are working elections! We are seeing historic voter turnouts. We have an historic number of number of women running for office:
When women step up, we win.
Congratulations, SENATOR Doug Jones! And thank you, SENATOR Kirsten Gillibrand.