10/10/2018

GOP/ME TOO/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday [10-10-18] night, citing the ‘rules of MeToo’ as the reason he wasn’t ‘allowed’ to use an expression. When talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, ‘Pennsylvania hasn’t been won for many years by Republicans, but every Republican thinks they’re going to win Pennsylvania. … I used an expression — you know, there’s an expression but under the rules of MeToo I’m not allowed to use that expression anymore. I can’t do it’…It’s another shot at the movement that began following the publication of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in October 2017. The revelation of the allegations against the powerful Weinstein inspired many women to reveal their own stories of sexual assault, but Trump has recently taken shots at the #MeToo movement by expressing concern for men who are accused of sexual assault or harassment and saying, ‘Women are doing great.'”

Betsy Klein, Allie Malloy and Kate Sullivan, “Trump mocks the #MeToo movement at a rally, again,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 10, 2018 9:04 pm