Trump uses sexually-charged tweet to attack Dem Senator Gillibrand
- Dec 12, 2017
- 2 min read
President Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy surrounding around his controversial decisions, and responses to criticism of those usually bad statements. It may be because he just hates when people disagree with him, which is a horrible quality for a President to ever have. But could it also be because he wants to fool his supporters into believing him, all the while directly telling the other side that he really is guilty of what he's accused of doing?
Following the resurfacing of 13-20+ sexual misconduct allegations against the sitting US President, at least 4 US Senators including Bernie Sanders (D-Presidential Primary Candidate of 2016 election) and Dem. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand have called on him to resign from office - or for Congress to open a heavy inquiry into the allegations.
Many people agreed with the call for Congress to investigate the matters deeply, with dozens of US Senators calling for the inquiries to begin. Previous reports indicated as many as 58 Senators requesting the re-open of investigations into the allegations. All the while Gillibrand remained firm on saying Trump's accusations are 'credible, numerous' and that she thinks 'President Trump should resign immediately'.
The three women that held a press briefing to further discuss their stories told the press that they think Congress should open investigations into their cases as they did when previous President Bill Clinton was accused of similar incidents and crimes revolving around sexual misconduct allegations. In that case, they ended up finding out about Clinton's secret affairs with Lewinsky, an inquiry that lead to his impeachment.
When asked if they think Trump should resign, they simply said they can almost guarantee that he wouldn't. One of his accusers, the most forward one since the start of Trump's campaign back before his successful election, said she believes the allegations are unlikely going to be the reason he would be ousted, and hinted she believes other cases involving Russia, obstruction can lead to his impeachment.
Trump tweet-attacked Gillibrand's call for his resignation, calling her - the tradition Republican official attacks on Dem officials - a 'Shcumer puppet'. He also made one very controversial statement seen as a sexual slur; hinting she'd "do anything" in her past to get something she wanted.
Although Trump supporters are trying to see it as a placid statement that had absolutely no relevance to sexual misconduct or even the slightest sarcasm; it's 100% clear his intentions were to spark another controversy while making a sarcastic smear. As Jim Acosta of CNN questioned him on the statement, he refused to answer. Gillibrand called his tweeted words a 'sexual smear' in order to intimidate her.
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