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malaise

(269,040 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 03:32 PM Jul 2015

This explains the sudden apology - Trump thinks immigrants are rapists. What about married

American men?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/28/trump-immigrants-rapists-what-about-married-american-men
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I never thought I’d find myself thinking that someone should be legally banned from getting married, but if there was ever a person who deserved it - I’m sure I’ve found him. Michael Cohen, special counsel for the Trump Organization, responded to a reporter’s questions about a decades-old rape accusation against Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump by claiming marital rape is legal.

Apparently someone went to law school at Todd Akin University.

The law is clear, but not in the way that Cohen thinks. Marital rape has been illegal in every state since 1993, and was made illegal in New York - where Trump and this then-wife lived during the alleged incident - in 1984.

Democratic National Committee Chair Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a statement this morning, saying: “This is a new low. Rape is rape. Full stop. End of story. There is no difference or division between ‘forcible’, ‘legitimate’, ‘marital’ or any other label Republicans slap on before the word ‘rape’.

Forget waiting for the next “gaffe.” If someone wants to be president, I think the least Americans deserve is to hear what they think rape is, and what we can do to stop it.

Oh, and maybe get a new - less vile - lawyer.
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All ReTHUGs are vile women-haters

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This explains the sudden apology - Trump thinks immigrants are rapists. What about married (Original Post) malaise Jul 2015 OP
There is no difference or division between ‘forcible’, ‘legitimate’, ‘marital’ or any other label Vincardog Jul 2015 #1
Yep - rape is rape malaise Jul 2015 #2

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
1. There is no difference or division between ‘forcible’, ‘legitimate’, ‘marital’ or any other label
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 04:46 PM
Jul 2015

Republicans slap on before the word ‘rape’.

malaise

(269,040 posts)
2. Yep - rape is rape
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 07:58 PM
Jul 2015

and ReTHUGs can't change that fact.
Still the violence he meted out to his ex-wife by pulling out her hair is scary and the fact that he tried to have surgery on his skull to hide a bald spot suggests that Trump has serious mental issues.

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