Trump is a sexist pig. But he wouldn’t be any worse for women than any other GOP president.

[DonViejo]

By Paul Waldman October 3 at 12:36 PM

With only five weeks to election day, we may have reached the point at which there will be a new damaging revelation about Donald Trump nearly every day. Following up on the weekend’s New York Times story about Trump’s colorful tax history, today we get this story from Garance Burke of the AP. Here are some excerpts:

In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he’d like to have sex with…

Eight former crew members recalled that he repeatedly made lewd comments about a camerawoman he said had a nice rear, comparing her beauty to that of his daughter, Ivanka.

During one season, Trump called for female contestants to wear shorter dresses that also showed more cleavage, according to contestant Gene Folkes. Several cast members said Trump had one female contestant twirl before him so he could ogle her figure…

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/10/03/trump-is-a-sexist-pig-but-he-wouldnt-be-any-worse-for-women-than-any-other-gop-president/?utm_term=.8319651597b5&wpisrc=nl_popns&wpmm=1

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1. i see the point, and agree that any republican president would suck for all, particularly women; but

i do think trump's particular overt sexism would cause unusual damage.

i think there would be an increase in sexual harassment in the workplace; quite likely an increase in rape, etc.


it's possible to advance social issues without help or even in spite of efforts of an unfriendly president; but i see trump's active contempt for women doing real damage beyond what any other republican would do.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Policy wise, the author may be correct,

but in my opinion, Trump is normalizing hateful rhetoric, which makes him worse than many other Republicans. Even Bush made attempts to use respectful rhetoric.

[grossproffit]

3. I disagree. He's openly sexist and racist. He'd set both civil & women's rights back decades...

if not more.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. The Supreme Court

The SCOTUS will take away some of women's most valued rights under Trump, this is by far the most important election to women in this country in a century.

[obamanut2012]

6. lolz

[obamanut2012]

7. Reversed imaged -- injuries from cops for a DUI arrest

Y'all can never tell teh truth

[Fast Walker 52]

9. I dunno... Mike Pence is a real retrograde asshole

he is horrible... could be real trouble if in office and is the one running policy.