“The vitriol and misogyny and hatred that Trump gave permission to won’t ever be put back in Pandora’s box.” MollyJongFast on how writer E. Jean Carroll's civil case against Donald Trump speaks to the state of the feminist movement in America.
“And, while I am not supposed to say it, I will. This woman is not my type!” he wrote on Truth Social. It’s not the first time Trump has used this defense against allegations of sexual assault: the idea that a woman might not be attractive enough to rape. After all, Carroll is hardly Trump’s only accuser; at last counthave made allegations of everything from groping to rape against the ex-president . Caroll’s aren’t an enormous shock to the system, either.
Some Trump supporters will say Carroll’s allegations are part of a larger anti-Trump conspiracy, as Tacopina hintedwhen he pressed the writer on how she came to sue Trump. I’ve somehow been spun into this tale, which starts at a cocktail party I hosted at my apartment where I introduced Carroll to lawyer and Never Trump Republican activistthe lawyer now representing her. Then there are the people who accuse Carroll of doing this as a cash grab.
It’s hard to listen to Carroll’s testimony and not be moved by just how lonely and painful it is to be a plaintiff in something like this. She is brave and almost quixotic in her quest for justice. But it’s even harder to watch Tacopina’s questioning and not wonder about all the women who will watch this testimony or read about this trial and decide not to come forward with their own stories.
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