Thank you John. 2 time sexual assault survivor here and if you include my abusive ex it makes 3. It has been a rough go surviving the last 10 years but people like you have made it bearable. Thank you for your beautiful words. We will keep fighting the good fight for ALL the Emilys out there!!! ❤️🇺🇸💙
Thank you. What all these people, who have experienced sexual abuse, continue to endure is something I cannot fathom. But we need to do more as people to support them, to listen to them, and to vote 🗳 against anyone who belittles them or simply has no compassion for them. VOTE BLUE!
Thanks again, John, for sharing an uncomfortable & often avoided topic in a compassionate way. Maybe Emily, and others in her situation, will read this: Know that YOU have many sisters, daughters & wives out there that will be using their voices in November with their vote! Then add to that, all the decent men that we have in our lives! God bless you & God bless America!
We know some of his diagnoses. Not all. They are endless. His Narcissism needs to berate others . Particularly women .
Berating women is now in the top tier of Maga influence .
He of course , thinks if he lies about it , it couldn’t have happened.
Trump hates reality , he hates legality , the legal system. He claims it’s because he is a victim of the legal system.
The legal system , the Justice system are victims of Trumpism .
He claims he’s been abused and mistreated.
He’s been given every possible break and his attorneys have twisted up and stalled the system with their made up stories and excuses.
Women should actually look at Trumps associations with women .
Time after time there are women making decisions to not go after these people because they put themselves through the trauma over and over again , if they pursue legal action. White women have been big voters for Trump.
Trump has apparently affected their view with his BS stories of his victimhood .
Women need to organize on every level to push back against the Trump lies and twisted narrative of his supporters. Trump is an abuser .
He needs to be removed from any possibility of holding any office at all.
We are also victimized by the Supreme Court Six who are allowing him to run and have gone further and gave him immunity from his criminal acts .
Thank you so much, John, for this sensitive, timely, and important post. I'm a survivor of sexual assault. I wonder what it will take to stop all the victim-blaming, minimizing, dismissing, and excusing. Voices like yours are immensely helpful. So grateful!
Thank you, John. I am truly despondent over the Christian church in America, and the evangelical wing in particular. I am still a Baptist, somehow, but I am in despair over the surrender to ( by alleged “Christians” and others of course) and now worship of the most ungodly person and movement in our history. I am truly heartsick as a believer to see what is happening. We are lost and adrift and now as delusional as Trump is as well. Honestly if more than 10-15% voted for this sick, evil madman, it is too many, yet my fellow Christians, MILLIONS and MILLIONS of them, are just fine with his and his movement’s depravity, cruelty, racism, misogyny and more. God help us. If I was an “end times” nut, which I am not, I would call him the Antichrist. Thank you for your witness today and earlier this week too. Keep being a faithful witness to the truth, while my fellow Baptists like Robert Jeffress, Franklin Graham and Al Mohler choose what is clearly and utterly evil. Make this make sense to this 71 year old………..If all of us who call ourselves by the name of Christian would reject this evil person and movement, even if most would not vote for Harris/Walz as I will, he would lose every state. What in God’s name is wrong with us?
Thank you for writing about this issue. I am ashamed of anyone who professes to follow Jesus and who also supports orange man. The pain women feel due to these people is beyond reproach.
The depraved Orange one's comments about the women he assaulted (but claims he didn't) aren't attractive enough is despicable. Sexual assault is about power, not sex. It's about controlling someone deemed weak. He's depraved and those who overlook his depravity have no shame.
What a thoughtful message about the disregard shown for victims of sexual assault. And when that disregard translates into support for someone who is a misogynist, sexual offender, disrespect turns on them. Come on, people, wake up!
Another comment on the MAGA effect. Women are less interested in marriage. Why? Look at what is being offered by MAGA. Subservience. Who wants that? No fault divorce - even if there’s violence. Someone is going to get killed - not necessarily the woman. Even the Bible talks about generational curses. Domestic abuse is one of the worst. With all the movement towards what Jesus Christ taught - love each other as I love you - these false prophets are teaching hate and being backed up by the Supreme Court. The devil has been busy.
Thank you John. I am an abuse survivor. It toughen me. And it made me very angry. I have major PTSD. Listening to trump and the Republicans is triggering. With the easy access to firearms it takes the strength of my faith in God not to act on the rage that idiocy brings on.
The MAGA Republicans violated the Insurrection Act. They want war. They can have it if they aren’t stopped. I won’t live under their conditions. Rather die fighting.
Please all women in America. Vote blue to stop a sexual predator get in office again. You have the power to do this. God bless you and God bless our nation.
Thank you John. 2 time sexual assault survivor here and if you include my abusive ex it makes 3. It has been a rough go surviving the last 10 years but people like you have made it bearable. Thank you for your beautiful words. We will keep fighting the good fight for ALL the Emilys out there!!! ❤️🇺🇸💙
I cannot believe any decent woman would vote for this horrible person.
She wouldn't.
Nor would any decent man.
I agree
Thank you. What all these people, who have experienced sexual abuse, continue to endure is something I cannot fathom. But we need to do more as people to support them, to listen to them, and to vote 🗳 against anyone who belittles them or simply has no compassion for them. VOTE BLUE!
Thanks again, John, for sharing an uncomfortable & often avoided topic in a compassionate way. Maybe Emily, and others in her situation, will read this: Know that YOU have many sisters, daughters & wives out there that will be using their voices in November with their vote! Then add to that, all the decent men that we have in our lives! God bless you & God bless America!
Trump is a very sick man .
We know some of his diagnoses. Not all. They are endless. His Narcissism needs to berate others . Particularly women .
Berating women is now in the top tier of Maga influence .
He of course , thinks if he lies about it , it couldn’t have happened.
Trump hates reality , he hates legality , the legal system. He claims it’s because he is a victim of the legal system.
The legal system , the Justice system are victims of Trumpism .
He claims he’s been abused and mistreated.
He’s been given every possible break and his attorneys have twisted up and stalled the system with their made up stories and excuses.
Women should actually look at Trumps associations with women .
Time after time there are women making decisions to not go after these people because they put themselves through the trauma over and over again , if they pursue legal action. White women have been big voters for Trump.
Trump has apparently affected their view with his BS stories of his victimhood .
Women need to organize on every level to push back against the Trump lies and twisted narrative of his supporters. Trump is an abuser .
He needs to be removed from any possibility of holding any office at all.
We are also victimized by the Supreme Court Six who are allowing him to run and have gone further and gave him immunity from his criminal acts .
Thank you so much, John, for this sensitive, timely, and important post. I'm a survivor of sexual assault. I wonder what it will take to stop all the victim-blaming, minimizing, dismissing, and excusing. Voices like yours are immensely helpful. So grateful!
Crying over here. These are exactly the words to express what the adulation of this orange abomination has stirred up in me.
Sometimes I am sad that I am human. What a species.
Thank you, John. I am truly despondent over the Christian church in America, and the evangelical wing in particular. I am still a Baptist, somehow, but I am in despair over the surrender to ( by alleged “Christians” and others of course) and now worship of the most ungodly person and movement in our history. I am truly heartsick as a believer to see what is happening. We are lost and adrift and now as delusional as Trump is as well. Honestly if more than 10-15% voted for this sick, evil madman, it is too many, yet my fellow Christians, MILLIONS and MILLIONS of them, are just fine with his and his movement’s depravity, cruelty, racism, misogyny and more. God help us. If I was an “end times” nut, which I am not, I would call him the Antichrist. Thank you for your witness today and earlier this week too. Keep being a faithful witness to the truth, while my fellow Baptists like Robert Jeffress, Franklin Graham and Al Mohler choose what is clearly and utterly evil. Make this make sense to this 71 year old………..If all of us who call ourselves by the name of Christian would reject this evil person and movement, even if most would not vote for Harris/Walz as I will, he would lose every state. What in God’s name is wrong with us?
I am a Christian and I call him the AntiChrist. Don't know for sure if he is or not but he is everything Jesus ISN'T that's for damn sure.
Thank you for writing about this issue. I am ashamed of anyone who professes to follow Jesus and who also supports orange man. The pain women feel due to these people is beyond reproach.
The depraved Orange one's comments about the women he assaulted (but claims he didn't) aren't attractive enough is despicable. Sexual assault is about power, not sex. It's about controlling someone deemed weak. He's depraved and those who overlook his depravity have no shame.
What a thoughtful message about the disregard shown for victims of sexual assault. And when that disregard translates into support for someone who is a misogynist, sexual offender, disrespect turns on them. Come on, people, wake up!
Another comment on the MAGA effect. Women are less interested in marriage. Why? Look at what is being offered by MAGA. Subservience. Who wants that? No fault divorce - even if there’s violence. Someone is going to get killed - not necessarily the woman. Even the Bible talks about generational curses. Domestic abuse is one of the worst. With all the movement towards what Jesus Christ taught - love each other as I love you - these false prophets are teaching hate and being backed up by the Supreme Court. The devil has been busy.
Thank you John. I am an abuse survivor. It toughen me. And it made me very angry. I have major PTSD. Listening to trump and the Republicans is triggering. With the easy access to firearms it takes the strength of my faith in God not to act on the rage that idiocy brings on.
The MAGA Republicans violated the Insurrection Act. They want war. They can have it if they aren’t stopped. I won’t live under their conditions. Rather die fighting.
Midnight Oil's song "The Power and the Passion" contains a very fitting line: "Better to die on your feet than live on your knees." I'm with you.
Give me Liberty or Give me Death!
Well said, sir. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
Please all women in America. Vote blue to stop a sexual predator get in office again. You have the power to do this. God bless you and God bless our nation.