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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,009 posts)
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:10 PM Oct 2018

Melania Trump says women 'need evidence' if they say they're victims

(CNN)First lady Melania Trump said victims who make accusations of sexual misconduct "need to have really hard evidence" in a recently taped interview, echoing a statement she made in October 2016 amid allegations against her husband.

"If you accuse (someone) of something, show the evidence," Trump said in a sit-down interview with ABC News that took place in Kenya last week during her first major solo trip to Africa.

Trump also said she supports women, but she echoed her husband, President Donald Trump, adding that men need to be supported, too.

"I support the women and they need to be heard," said Trump. "We need to support them and, you know, also men, not just women."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/politics/melania-trump-metoo-evidence/index.html?ofs=fbia

You mean like your husband admitting to walking into the "Miss Teen USA Pageant" dressing room?

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Melania Trump says women 'need evidence' if they say they're victims (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
She really is a tone deaf and ignorant waste of cell structure Siwsan Oct 2018 #1
... Cha Oct 2018 #21
I find her to be equally as repulsive as her husband Siwsan Oct 2018 #22
melania is a stupid vacuous birther.. "genius visa.." Cha Oct 2018 #23
Like what? treestar Oct 2018 #2
My response to anything and everything she says is... BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #3
I care enough to tell her to theaocp Oct 2018 #5
So now all females need to wear a body cam attached to a blue dress 27/7????? IADEMO2004 Oct 2018 #4
The "blue dress" relationship was consensual. SMC22307 Oct 2018 #35
Does video and a hot mike count? brooklynite Oct 2018 #6
*snicker* Nevilledog Oct 2018 #14
... Cha Oct 2018 #20
And women who were models and not porn and or sex workers would have .... Botany Oct 2018 #7
Anyone who ever thought she was an ok person Rorey Oct 2018 #8
Talk about someone totaly out of touch. Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #9
who was boinking him when he already had a wife? nt msongs Oct 2018 #10
What a... Mike Nelson Oct 2018 #11
Yeah, Because They'll Lose Those Rape Kits For Sure JimGinPA Oct 2018 #12
Thought that was the whole point of having an investigation. tanyev Oct 2018 #13
God, what a waste of space. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #15
... Cha Oct 2018 #19
Oh come on, she has to know she has zero credibility and the only person on earth who BeckyDem Oct 2018 #16
I normally dont see these interviews Separation Oct 2018 #17
By "hard evidence" do you mean a videotape of someone confessing that he sexually assaults women Cha Oct 2018 #18
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2018 #31
I "need evidence" that Melania is here legally and hasn't been lying for decades about Tanuki Oct 2018 #24
We know she was here illegally and she was a high end sex worker ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #34
I agree that accusers need evidence dustyscamp Oct 2018 #25
What a sad, deluded peson she is. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #26
Eyewitness testimony IS evidence, you disgraceful garbage-person! RockRaven Oct 2018 #27
Ladies! MontanaMama Oct 2018 #28
She's as vile a piece of maggot-infested filth as her husband is. 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2018 #29
Unlike men who make accusations thucythucy Oct 2018 #30
Mrs #notmypresident handmade34 Oct 2018 #32
I guess when you're married to a sexual predator you have to tell yourself all kinds of things. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #33
KellyAnne said she was sexually assaulted. Show us the evidence, KA. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #36
Fuck off Melania tulipsandroses Oct 2018 #37

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
1. She really is a tone deaf and ignorant waste of cell structure
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:12 PM
Oct 2018

I've scraped more valuable life forms off of the sole of my shoes.

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
22. I find her to be equally as repulsive as her husband
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:31 PM
Oct 2018

I'm just wondering what kind of evidence a 9 year old me could have produced that she would find to be acceptable. And don't get me started on what kind of 'evidence' the military would have considered to be sufficient. Apparently my word wasn't.

Cha

(297,261 posts)
23. melania is a stupid vacuous birther.. "genius visa.."
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:39 PM
Oct 2018

my Democratic

mrs Sleaze trump is a fucking gasligting tool

Botany

(70,508 posts)
7. And women who were models and not porn and or sex workers would have ....
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:26 PM
Oct 2018

.... something called a portfolio of their work.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
8. Anyone who ever thought she was an ok person
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 04:27 PM
Oct 2018

Needs to think again.

I probably don't hate her any more now than I did when I saw her making her birther statements. This is just another refresher course for my hate.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
15. God, what a waste of space.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 06:10 PM
Oct 2018

She really just needs to keep her mouth shut. Every time she opens it she just digs herself in deeper. She is just like her husband. Not one redeeming quality between the two of them.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
16. Oh come on, she has to know she has zero credibility and the only person on earth who
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 06:13 PM
Oct 2018

find her words comforting is the disgusting man she married. She makes me ill.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
17. I normally dont see these interviews
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 06:18 PM
Oct 2018

But my questions is to the responsibility of the reporters there asking the questions. Why arent they calling out her bullshit?

Honest question.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
24. I "need evidence" that Melania is here legally and hasn't been lying for decades about
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 07:41 PM
Oct 2018

working illegally when she first got here. During the campaign, her husband promised she would hold a press conference in a couple of weeks to present all of the paperwork and clear things up once and for all. We're still waiting, Melania. Put up or shut up. Or just shut up.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
34. We know she was here illegally and she was a high end sex worker
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:07 PM
Oct 2018

We know these things. But she managed to get her family over here. We have an anchor flotus.

dustyscamp

(2,224 posts)
25. I agree that accusers need evidence
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 08:12 PM
Oct 2018

With evidence, their case would be much stronger. If they don't have evidence their case still needs to be treated with respect and it needs to be fully investigated. Performing a half-assed investigation or ignoring their claims just because they don't have any evidence would be doing a grave disservice to justice.

RockRaven

(14,968 posts)
27. Eyewitness testimony IS evidence, you disgraceful garbage-person!
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 08:17 PM
Oct 2018

I hope she ends up broke and imprisoned with the rest of those Trump assholes.

thucythucy

(8,065 posts)
30. Unlike men who make accusations
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 08:33 PM
Oct 2018

about, say, the duly elected president not being born in the US.

THOSE accusations can be made without any evidence at all, right?

Solly Mack

(90,769 posts)
33. I guess when you're married to a sexual predator you have to tell yourself all kinds of things.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:02 PM
Oct 2018

But I get the feeling she simply doesn't care what Trump did to other women.

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
36. KellyAnne said she was sexually assaulted. Show us the evidence, KA.
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 10:54 PM
Oct 2018

KellyAnne said she was sexually assaulted.

Show us the evidence, KA.

tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
37. Fuck off Melania
Wed Oct 10, 2018, 11:32 PM
Oct 2018

I can't, I just can't.

After another tiring day as a psych nurse. After patient, after patient comes in with depression, anxiety, substance abuse issues related to rape, sexual abuse - I just can't. Fuck off Melania.

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