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Members of U.S. Capitol Police arrest a demonstrator during a protest October 4, 2018 at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Activists are rallying in protest against Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Ahead of Kavanaugh Vote, Trump Rebuked for "Disgusting" Last-Ditch Effort to Take "Women's Agency Away"
"We speak for ourselves, of our own volition, telling our own truths," said Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL, in response to the president's Friday morning tweet. "For our freedom. For our future. Full stop."
Oct 05, 2018
Denigrating women nationwide in an unsurprising but still "disgusting" tweet on Friday morning, President Trump was met with immediate rebuke as angered opponents of Brett Kavanaugh asked the final undecided lawmakers--specifically Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ)--if this is the president was the kind of person and behavior they will be serving if they ultimately vote to confirm the historically unpopular Supreme Court nominee.
"The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don't fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love!" the president tweeted. He than added the hashtag: "#Troublemakers."
\u201cThis tweet from the a**hole in the White House, should disgust every damn member of the House & Senate. I know that's impossible because the @GOP has lost their way & have become his sycophants. @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @JeffFlake & @Sen_JoeManchin is this who you support?\u201d— lauren girard (@lauren girard) 1538748525
\u201cBy confirming, this is what you support @SenateGOP @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @JeffFlake\u201d— jo fontana (@jo fontana) 1538748139
An obvious reference to the female sexual assault survivors who confronted Sen. Flake last week, as well as the much broader protests that have erupted on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, Trump's tweet was seen as the only the latest vulgar disparagement by the president of voters expressing their voice and women who have bravely come forward to share their stories of rape or abuse in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of assaulting her.
But with a procedural vote expected sometime Friday, women made clear they would not to be intimidated or dissuaded:
\u201cJust another way of taking women\u2019s agency away from us. We speak for ourselves, of our own volition, telling our own truths. For our freedom. For our future. Full stop. #BelieveWomen #stopkavanaugh\u201d— Ilyse Hogue is @ilyseh on mastodon (@Ilyse Hogue is @ilyseh on mastodon) 1538745789
\u201cI'm a troublemaker. Are you?\n\nIf so, join me this weekend: https://t.co/jpnt5ArSvT\u201d— Brynna Quillin (@Brynna Quillin) 1538749495
\u201cgo elevator screamers go! #CancelKavanaugh\u201d— Naomi Dann (@Naomi Dann) 1538748555
Meanwhile, others perceived longer-term impacts from Trump's decision to twist the knife into the wounds of the nation's sexual assault survivors, women standing up, and the broader political body:
\u201cIf Kavanaugh is seated, Trump will rub the faces of millions of women in excrement over it.\n\nTrump will deliberately ensure that the country *cannot* heal its divisions over this.\n\nThat's the inescapable larger context here, @JeffFlake & @SenatorCollins:\n\nhttps://t.co/AJJhGcQY3R\u201d— Greg Sargent (@Greg Sargent) 1538745236
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Denigrating women nationwide in an unsurprising but still "disgusting" tweet on Friday morning, President Trump was met with immediate rebuke as angered opponents of Brett Kavanaugh asked the final undecided lawmakers--specifically Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ)--if this is the president was the kind of person and behavior they will be serving if they ultimately vote to confirm the historically unpopular Supreme Court nominee.
"The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don't fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love!" the president tweeted. He than added the hashtag: "#Troublemakers."
\u201cThis tweet from the a**hole in the White House, should disgust every damn member of the House & Senate. I know that's impossible because the @GOP has lost their way & have become his sycophants. @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @JeffFlake & @Sen_JoeManchin is this who you support?\u201d— lauren girard (@lauren girard) 1538748525
\u201cBy confirming, this is what you support @SenateGOP @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @JeffFlake\u201d— jo fontana (@jo fontana) 1538748139
An obvious reference to the female sexual assault survivors who confronted Sen. Flake last week, as well as the much broader protests that have erupted on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, Trump's tweet was seen as the only the latest vulgar disparagement by the president of voters expressing their voice and women who have bravely come forward to share their stories of rape or abuse in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of assaulting her.
But with a procedural vote expected sometime Friday, women made clear they would not to be intimidated or dissuaded:
\u201cJust another way of taking women\u2019s agency away from us. We speak for ourselves, of our own volition, telling our own truths. For our freedom. For our future. Full stop. #BelieveWomen #stopkavanaugh\u201d— Ilyse Hogue is @ilyseh on mastodon (@Ilyse Hogue is @ilyseh on mastodon) 1538745789
\u201cI'm a troublemaker. Are you?\n\nIf so, join me this weekend: https://t.co/jpnt5ArSvT\u201d— Brynna Quillin (@Brynna Quillin) 1538749495
\u201cgo elevator screamers go! #CancelKavanaugh\u201d— Naomi Dann (@Naomi Dann) 1538748555
Meanwhile, others perceived longer-term impacts from Trump's decision to twist the knife into the wounds of the nation's sexual assault survivors, women standing up, and the broader political body:
\u201cIf Kavanaugh is seated, Trump will rub the faces of millions of women in excrement over it.\n\nTrump will deliberately ensure that the country *cannot* heal its divisions over this.\n\nThat's the inescapable larger context here, @JeffFlake & @SenatorCollins:\n\nhttps://t.co/AJJhGcQY3R\u201d— Greg Sargent (@Greg Sargent) 1538745236
Denigrating women nationwide in an unsurprising but still "disgusting" tweet on Friday morning, President Trump was met with immediate rebuke as angered opponents of Brett Kavanaugh asked the final undecided lawmakers--specifically Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Flake (R-AZ)--if this is the president was the kind of person and behavior they will be serving if they ultimately vote to confirm the historically unpopular Supreme Court nominee.
"The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don't fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love!" the president tweeted. He than added the hashtag: "#Troublemakers."
\u201cThis tweet from the a**hole in the White House, should disgust every damn member of the House & Senate. I know that's impossible because the @GOP has lost their way & have become his sycophants. @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @JeffFlake & @Sen_JoeManchin is this who you support?\u201d— lauren girard (@lauren girard) 1538748525
\u201cBy confirming, this is what you support @SenateGOP @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski @JeffFlake\u201d— jo fontana (@jo fontana) 1538748139
An obvious reference to the female sexual assault survivors who confronted Sen. Flake last week, as well as the much broader protests that have erupted on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, Trump's tweet was seen as the only the latest vulgar disparagement by the president of voters expressing their voice and women who have bravely come forward to share their stories of rape or abuse in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of assaulting her.
But with a procedural vote expected sometime Friday, women made clear they would not to be intimidated or dissuaded:
\u201cJust another way of taking women\u2019s agency away from us. We speak for ourselves, of our own volition, telling our own truths. For our freedom. For our future. Full stop. #BelieveWomen #stopkavanaugh\u201d— Ilyse Hogue is @ilyseh on mastodon (@Ilyse Hogue is @ilyseh on mastodon) 1538745789
\u201cI'm a troublemaker. Are you?\n\nIf so, join me this weekend: https://t.co/jpnt5ArSvT\u201d— Brynna Quillin (@Brynna Quillin) 1538749495
\u201cgo elevator screamers go! #CancelKavanaugh\u201d— Naomi Dann (@Naomi Dann) 1538748555
Meanwhile, others perceived longer-term impacts from Trump's decision to twist the knife into the wounds of the nation's sexual assault survivors, women standing up, and the broader political body:
\u201cIf Kavanaugh is seated, Trump will rub the faces of millions of women in excrement over it.\n\nTrump will deliberately ensure that the country *cannot* heal its divisions over this.\n\nThat's the inescapable larger context here, @JeffFlake & @SenatorCollins:\n\nhttps://t.co/AJJhGcQY3R\u201d— Greg Sargent (@Greg Sargent) 1538745236
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