A woman who accused President Trump of sexual misconduct is running for the Ohio state legislature.
Rachel Crooks, a 35-year-old Democrat, came forward with her accusation against Trump just before the 2016 presidential election. She accused the president of forcibly kissing her when she worked as a receptionist in Trump Tower in 2005.
“I think my voice should have been heard then, and I'll still fight for it to be heard now,” Crooks told Cosmopolitan, who first reported on her run for office. “Americans are really upset with politics as usual, and I want to be a voice for them.”
Crooks, the director of international student recruitment at Heidelberg University in Ohio, is running to represent the state’s 88th district and would have to unseat two-term GOP incumbent Bill Reineke.
She has the support of the state’s Democratic Party, according to Cosmopolitan. She told the magazine that she was inspired to run by the “momentum” of Democratic activism in response to Trump’s election and the #MeToo movement that has felled powerful men in many industries.
Well you gotta love this!
I referred to this woman as a "victim" in my headline, but that is clearly a poor choice of wording.
This is a person taking charge of her life, and turning her negative experience into a positive contribution to their community.
Those are not the actions of a victim, those are the actions of a survivor, those are the actions of a leader.
I hope she wins, but this is NOT politics as usual. I would be thrilled at this point to have politics as usual.
ReplyDeleteI hope she has a thick skin. Trump plays particularly dirty.
ReplyDeleteWe should all send donations to her campaign because we know Trump and his ilk will play down and dirty against her.
DeleteI hope she wins and totally ruins their days!
trump plays dirty. i think we should look for bodies. i am saying what everyone is thinking.
DeleteThis victim hood metoo blah blah blah movement is another dog and pony show. Sorry but gimmicks don't win elections.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I will give Rachel Crooks credit for having the correct last name for a politician.
So they really aren't victims to your way of thinking?
DeleteYou are what is known as a pig.
DeleteAnother Russian troll. Nough said.
Delete“She wanted to have it,”
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PS FUCK OFF!
She claims to be a victim... a victim of kissing. Who knows if it is true or not, the being a victim of kissing? Maybe it is maybe it isn't. Lucky she got out alive though right?
DeleteDoes that make her all of a sudden a seasoned politician? Running on a gimmick never works.
Maybe all of Al Franken's kissing and groping victims should run for office!
DeleteRunning on a gimmick never works? You mean like Make America Great Again and America First? As long as there are stupid people voting for Republicans, gimmicks will work just fine.
DeleteBill Clinton's victims too!
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+ that PS is a GREAT idea tOO!
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DeleteSure enough. R's gobble up gimmicks and conspiracy theories. It's a sign of low intelligence. I give you Sean Hannity's popularity with the right. The man spews complete BS and the R's think it has something to do with reality. I hear he is blaming the stock market decline on Obama. You really have to be seriously dumb to believe the shit out of his mouth.
Sarah, you're so obviousl
Deleteibwilliamsi - one of the Sarah obsessed.
DeleteI don't think it's Wasilla's tiny peawit.
DeletePresident Obama blamed by Hannity? Give me a fucking break!
DeleteLong and worth ~IT~Sinners
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Dolt-like dirty dotard drumpf
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/north-korean-press-shreds-trump-nasty-body-odor-caused-fraud-sexual-abuse-crimes/
Hey Gryphen. i thought you were concerned the Me Too movement was "going too far"?
ReplyDeletethe Me too's are great. i'm one of them. women abused finally have a voice. we must be careful that we don't start acting like men.
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-cracks-the-seal-on-talk-of-treason?ref=home
'Monday’s simpering, prissy, self-indulgent performance in Ohio was just another raree-show with our Kentucky Fried Nero fiddling while the stock market burned. Then came the moment where he broke another seal, and cracked another seam in the foundation of our Republic.
That was when Trump, in his typical sneering, sniggling, purse-lipped way said of the Democrats watching his State of the Union speech: “They were like death. And un-American. Un-American. Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”'
"If it is treason you seek, look no further than a man who gladly allows Russia’s continued attacks on our democracy, our Republic, and our institutions. Putin’s implacable hostility, aggression, and desire to divide and disrupt this nation are not in question by anyone except Trump and his most slavish sycophants."
I love how Tammy Duckworth calls him: 'Cadet Bone Spurs'!
DeleteShe actually should call him 'old, FAT Cadet Bone Spurs'!
We should ALL refer to him w/the same nickname! Pay back is wonderful! Think of all the crappy names he's given people.
Delete'CADET BONE SPURS' is perfect for the jerk that doesn't represent me in ANY manner!
i have bone spurs. they are NOTHING. Cadet bone spurs daddy had to find some way of keeping his monster at home. looks like bribes didn't help with that. and it's a perfect nickname.
Deletehttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/5/16966726/trump-show
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"Alan Rappeport of the New York Times reported that not only has the payday lending industry won a number of regulatory favors from the Trump administration, they’ll be repaying the president personally by holding their annual retreat at the Trump Doral Golf Club."
i'd vote for her. i wish i could vote for them all. i live in the land of paul ryan, and it would be great to have a REAL congressperson.
ReplyDeleteFB>"In Donald Trump's America, it seems that whenever there is a tragedy that could be tied in any way to an immigrant (like the death of Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson in a fatal accident on Sunday) the President is eager to jump in to damn immigrants in general. He tweeted: "This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border, and with illegal immigration, FAST!" Never mind that there is no mention of everytime an immigrant starts a business, or saves a life, or fights for our nation on the battlefield.
ReplyDeleteAnd what about when our children are repeatedly killed in our schools by gun violence, or when there are hate crimes by white supremacists, then the President almost always is silent as well. I guess in his mind, that's just the way things are?
The rank hypocrisy of this is a stench that stretches over our great land. It is the politics of division, and deflection. It does nothing to prioritize the real threats that face our country. It is about scapegoating and it is in line with some of the most destructive instincts of humanity.
To use tragedy to sow division is the hallmark of a despot. And I think most Americans will see it for what it is."
Dan the Man Rather
BLM!
ReplyDelete"The leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Charleston died after being shot Tuesday morning in New Orleans, his family says.
Muhiyidin Moye, 32, died Tuesday morning after being shot in New Orleans, his niece said.
Camille Weaver said police in New Orleans told her family Moye was shot in the leg while riding his bike at approximately 1 a.m. in New Orleans.
She said he attempted to ride five more blocks after the shooting but later died at an area hospital."
http://www.live5news.com/story/37442563/family-charleston-black-lives-matter-leader-dies-after-shooting-in-new-orleans
Democrats just picked up seats in state legislatures in Missouri and Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteSeeing as how Pope Francis covered his ears with the sex abuse scandal, he has raped all paritioners globally. He is catholic, so he didn't use a condom. Std test time.
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