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(34,195 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:41 PM Oct 2018

Melania Trump says women who accuse men of sexual misconduct need to "show the evidence"

First lady Melania Trump said that women who accuse men of sexual misconduct need to "show the evidence," and that men as well as women should be heard in cases of alleged sexual assault. Trump spoke with ABC News in an interview ...

Trump said that there needs to be "really hard evidence" to prove that a man has committed any kind of sexual misconduct.

"I do stand with women. But we need to show the evidence," she said. Echoing her husband and Republicans who have accused the press of eagerly reporting stories of misconduct without evidence, Trump added that "sometimes the media goes too far. The way they portray some stories, it's not correct. It's not right," she said.

Trump also said that some organizations and foundations were unwilling to partner with her because of their distaste for the administration in another portion of the interview aired on Tuesday. "I feel they are choosing the politics over helping others," she said.
She declined to say which organizations specifically had refused to work with her.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/melania-trump-says-that-women-who-accuse-men-of-sexual-misconduct-need-to-show-the-evidence/

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Melania Trump says women who accuse men of sexual misconduct need to "show the evidence" (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP
"I do stand with women. But we need to show the evidence," ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #1
She a well-trained idiot, Pith helmet and all. So clueless. brush Oct 2018 #14
I Figured That ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #22
Ya mean like Barron? n/t Greybnk48 Oct 2018 #2
Oh, shut up, Birther. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #3
do you have any bdamomma Oct 2018 #4
Note to Melania, please don't come back! Meadowoak Oct 2018 #5
What a stupid, stupid person. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2018 #6
This. CentralMass Oct 2018 #12
A family of obnoxious trolls tenderfoot Oct 2018 #7
Drop your pants Melanoma CountAllVotes Oct 2018 #8
Because they always do it with witnesses and leave evidence. nolabear Oct 2018 #9
I don't really care what malaria has to say. onecaliberal Oct 2018 #10
How about the four year olds? eleny Oct 2018 #11
Victim of too many a mushroom. Sneederbunk Oct 2018 #13
How do you feel about NDAs by wealthy men, Melania Freethinker65 Oct 2018 #15
Like an amputated member??? BootinUp Oct 2018 #16
Excuse me, but: may her implants explode. fierywoman Oct 2018 #17
Hear that, girls and ladies? Ohiogal Oct 2018 #18
well that would never be enough...could be consensual anarch Oct 2018 #37
testimony by the victim is evidence you silly twit... Thomas Hurt Oct 2018 #19
Can she provide evidence that she was not manufactured at Dr. Evil's Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #20
So I guess "grab them in the pu**y" isn't evidence enough JuJuYoshida Oct 2018 #21
She is the evidence. yankeepants Oct 2018 #23
What is your damage Melania? violetpastille Oct 2018 #24
She's a buffoon. GeorgeGist Oct 2018 #25
Then why did Trump and the FBI demand exactly the opposite. Ford, polygraph. Not Kav. Skruffy Oct 2018 #26
This is all I've got. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2018 #27
FFS, shut up, First Ho. area51 Oct 2018 #28
You heard her. Cut off some evidence. I'd go for the dangling bits. n/t sfwriter Oct 2018 #29
Go piss in that pith helmet of yours, Melania. Paladin Oct 2018 #30
And some on the left ... LenaBaby61 Oct 2018 #31
In some ways I feel for her... SimpleC Oct 2018 #32
Hey Stupid, maybe you could just louis-t Oct 2018 #33
Your husband admitted on camera that he LibDemAlways Oct 2018 #34
And yet, there is a repuke billionaire who is suing a woman for showing what her son did to her MiniMe Oct 2018 #35
In her earlier line of business there had to be thousands of women who were subjected to sexual MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #36
I wonder what she has in mind as evidence? rurallib Oct 2018 #38

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
22. I Figured That
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:56 PM
Oct 2018

But, when she went to Houston during a hurricane flood in 5 inch spiked heels and then worked in a garden with stilettos she cemented it! An idiot and a fraud.

Ohiogal

(32,000 posts)
18. Hear that, girls and ladies?
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:51 PM
Oct 2018

Moronia says make sure you get your rape on videotape! Because if you don't, then you must be lying and how dare you smear a good man's name! Like her asshole of a husband!

What a total zero she is.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
37. well that would never be enough...could be consensual
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:29 PM
Oct 2018

And of course, if it's someone you know, it's not rape, right? Because rapes only happen when black men or Mexicans assault innocent young white girls in alleys and such. It couldn't possibly be rape if it was a husband or a boyfriend or something, or an acquaintance that the woman must have led on. And what if the video showed the woman flirting, or wearing sexy clothes? That would prove she was asking for it. Nope, we need to have clear evidence on film of the woman saying "no!" and a signed statement from the black or brown man involved, confirming that he heard her say "no" and went ahead with the act anyway. And of course it needs to be reported within one hour of the occurrence, otherwise the woman is clearly just making shit up to ruin a good man (unless it's a black or brown man, in which case, hang 'em).


Sometimes I feel like we should just start over with society.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)
24. What is your damage Melania?
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 02:58 PM
Oct 2018

This person. I'm speechless. What the hell is wrong with her? Why the fuck? What? How? ARGH!!!

 

Skruffy

(48 posts)
26. Then why did Trump and the FBI demand exactly the opposite. Ford, polygraph. Not Kav.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:01 PM
Oct 2018

Ford wants an investigation to present "the evidence". Kav, Trump, FBI insisted not presenting "the evidence". Not only did they not want to hunt for the stuff, but when handed to them, it was rejected.

Typical contradicting demand/expectation of women from our patriarchal masters.

The discussion is out loud. We want an investigation and they refuse to have one. Then tell us, we have got to have the evidence. It is like the criminal insisting we get no tools for investigation, stake out, catching. That we must catch them red handed, like stumble upon it. And when we do? They say, don't believe what you see.

Here is what I do not get over the last couple years. The number of times I have seen our democrats wanting to create M as a victim of Trump when all the while, she is a part of Trumpco. She has consistently shown us over and over. Sometimes, even Dems refuse to believe what is clearly there to see. We just did it with Bush and McCain, to a point. With the hug from Michelle, we almost felt something about Bush. Meh, advocating for Kav. Fighting for him. A participant in making that happen. Laura Bush? I mean, we have her supporting choice, along with the two daughters. Then she is pulling strings and favors to get Kav in.

I don't care do u ?

Interesting.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
31. And some on the left ...
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:10 PM
Oct 2018

Were actually trying to feel sympathy for this gold digging, birthing, third-wife, chain-migration having parents

Some of us were NEVER fooled by you or your face full of botox or fillers Melanie.








Melanie & her husband are 2 peas in a filthy pod.





 

SimpleC

(279 posts)
32. In some ways I feel for her...
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:15 PM
Oct 2018

She wasn't picked by trump because of her brains. trump would not latch himself to someone with an actual brain that might challenge his.

Melania reminds me of an old girlfriend I once knew.

If you asked her what she was thinking and she told you "nothing"... BELIEVE HER!!!... :O She honestly had NOTHING going on in that brain of her's. I dealt with it for awhile but it eventually drove me nuts.

I feel for Melania because I'll bet given a choice, she wanted to be nothing more then the silent trophy wife in the background being pampered. I don't think she expected to be thrust into public attention like this.

The truth of the matter is, she's not intelligent, never has been, and never will be.

She can't help that she is basically not a sharp tool, it's just who she is.

She's DUMB!!!, and that's what trump WANTED. It's not 100% her fault she fit that requirement of trump.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
33. Hey Stupid, maybe you could just
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:17 PM
Oct 2018

shut the fuck up? You married the biggest asshole on the planet and NOW you're going to get all judgmental?

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
34. Your husband admitted on camera that he
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:22 PM
Oct 2018

enjoys assaulting women. He paid off a porn star and a Playboy playmate he committed adultery with while married to you. Spouting off this way just confirms that you're a damn ignorant fool and abuser excuser.

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)
35. And yet, there is a repuke billionaire who is suing a woman for showing what her son did to her
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:27 PM
Oct 2018

All the bruises, cuts, and scrapes, and daddy is suing.

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)
36. In her earlier line of business there had to be thousands of women who were subjected to sexual
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 03:28 PM
Oct 2018

assault. Good to know she's shoved them to the side.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
38. I wonder what she has in mind as evidence?
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:01 PM
Oct 2018

no ejaculation, no evidence? Scratch off some skin and blood? Neither are necessarily evidence, but could get you killed.
Maybe a nice video with the attacker introducing himself?

I am somewhat in awe at her cluelessness.
I was attacked by a priest as a young boy. Getting evidence was for some reason not on my mind. Getting the fuck out of there as quick as I could sure was though.

WTF is she thinking?

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