Amid Rob Porter controversy, Trump declares he's 'totally opposed to domestic violence'
Source: The Washington Post
By David Nakamura February 14 at 3:10 PM
President Trump on Wednesday declared he is totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind as the White House sought to tamp down growing controversy surrounding former aide Rob Porter who resigned last week after facing allegations that he had abused his two ex-wives.
In a brief statement to reporters at the White House, Trump said, I'm totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind. Everyone knows that. And it almost wouldn't even have to be said. So, now you hear it, but you all know. He declined to answer follow-up questions.
Porter, who served as White House staff secretary, resigned a week ago amid the allegations from his former wives, who said he had been physically and emotionally abusive during their relationships. Porter denies the accusations. Though some top White House aides, including Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, expressed support for Porter after the initial allegations surfaced in news reports, pressure mounted on him to resign as more evidence was made public, including photos of Porter's first wife with a black eye she said she suffered on their honeymoon.
Porter had worked with a provisional security clearance, but he had been unable to secure a full clearance after the FBI learned of the allegations early last year. White House officials have offered conflicting timelines over how long Kelly and other aides had known about the abuse allegations and why they had not acted to remove him earlier.
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Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)Was he opposed while he stalled after Porter's FBI background check was completed?
djacq
(1,634 posts)Glamrock
(11,801 posts)because he didn't like his hair plugs. Fuck this guy.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)cloudbase
(5,516 posts)domestic wife or his foreign wife.
Glamrock
(11,801 posts)Although I could be wrong. It's difficult for a dirty, evil, no values liberal (who's been with the same woman since '93) like me to keep up with.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)Nobody is more opposed really many people are saying I'm not saying but many people just ask me only I am opposed nobody is more opposed you have these really smart excellent people saying just ask them they say trump is totally and I mean then you have Obama he wasn't even born when I was opposing and most people don't know this but he was born somewhere like Nambia or somewhere they don't oppose that kind of thing but only I can oppose domestic violence which is not the same as wild violence because you know the wall doesn't need to be where there are wild I mean really vicious rivers so we're gonna build the wall.
No collusion! No collusion!
yurbud
(39,405 posts)"That's how you know you've done it right. And nobody does it better than me, NOBODY."
raccoon
(31,111 posts)But it DID have to be said--which makes a loud statement in itself.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)Asking a sexual predator like trump to come out against domestic abuse is like asking Jeffery Dahmer to support vegans: useless and hallow.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)Porter: "I'm totally opposed to domestic violence".