Outside Republican headquarters, young women demand that GOP leaders denounce Trump
Kira Lerner
Political Reporter at ThinkProgress.
4 hrs ago
Outside Republican headquarters, young women demand that GOP leaders denounce Trump
“The Republican Party continues to run a sexual predator for president.”
WASHINGTON, DC — Sitting on the steps of the Republican National Committee’s headquarters Tuesday morning, dozens of young women demanded that party chairman Reince Priebus and House Speaker Paul Ryan denounce Donald Trump.
After being pushed out of the building by security guards, the protesters sang and blocked the entrance to the party’s building for almost an hour. “The GOP has always been an old boys club” and “Women reject Donald Trump and the GOP’s hate,” their banners declared.
After a weekend in which many GOP lawmakers backed away from Trump following the release of a video in which he makes lewd sexual comments, Priebus pledged “complete fidelity” to Trump, while Ryan said he would no longer actively campaign for or defend the nominee. But the women affiliated with protest group AllofUs 2016 said those responses are insufficient.
Natalie Green, a 24-year-old Washington, DC resident, told ThinkProgress that Trump’s comments especially disturbed her as someone who has experienced sexual assault. Green said she was molested by her white stepfather for many years, and his prison sentence was shorter than the length of time he molested her.
“As a survivor of sexual assault, the idea that we actually have someone who’s a sexual predator who could be just a second away from being president is absolutely disgusting to me,” she said.
“Everything Trump has said for the last year and a half has disgusted me, but what happened on Friday, that should disqualify you from being able to speak for the American people,” she continued. “Even for Donald Trump’s standards, it’s disgusting.”
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