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[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ahh fuck off. You were backing a dude who admitted on camera to walking in on teenage girls changing and was civily liable for rape. Don't act surprised hes protecting pedos

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 67 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Didn't she and her husband get together when she was a minor and he was 24 and had been convicted of indecent exposure to 2 minors at a bowling alley?

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She was one of the minors, IIRC.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

True love, yo. /s

But let's let her keep going after them even if stupid, any opposition can be beneficial.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, in the time honored tradition he pulled out his tiny hog in front of kids and then one of them married him. The one who became a grandma at 36. Said grandchild providing his dad with two separate charges of child abuse in 20 months.

The one who, as a US representative, was cranking hogs at the theatre while smoking the weed, before screaming at security who threw her out, denying everything 100% before security footage was released.

So yeah pretty much on the high ground.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He also admitted to Billy Bush and a camera crew that he grabs women’s private parts, and suggested that they let him do it because he’s famous. Additionally, during that same confession, he admitted to kissing women without permission, citing he can’t control himself.

You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.

When the tape was released, Trump said it was “locker room talk”. Which is literally not the point at all. The fact that you talk about abuse in only selective settings doesn’t absolve the abuse itself.

Additionally, in a 2023 deposition regarding a defamation lawsuit, Trump was questioned about the tape, and in response to whether stars can grab women by the genitals, replied:

Well, historically, that's true with stars.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

Let's not forget that his uncle was a Nuclear

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

She protected a pedophile all the same