Trump is intentionally nominating sex offenders for high profile jobs for a reason.

[Yavin4]

He's sending a message to men (specifically, White men) that sexual assault will be overlooked and not a deal breaker for career advancement. He's sending a message to all women, "You're not safe from sexual assault. The only way that you will be safe is to get married."

[Walleye]

1. Yes, our "protector". Telling young men, you get to rape girls, and make them have your babies

[Yavin4]

11. Unmarried, career girls.

If they're married, then it's a crime.

[Montauk6]

35. I'm sure Warren Jeffs considered himself a "protector" for all his wives

It's the cult leader's creed after all.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I agree, it is a clear message. Being a rapist is now a valuable credential for a reason.

ETA: When Putin invaded Ukraine he gave Russian troops large amounts of alcohol and viagra
with instructions to rape as many civilian women and children as possible.

This was done for a clear reason to send a message to Ukraine.

We are getting a similar message from Trump.

[speak easy]

17. Ah, the good ol Soviet way. :sarcasm:

‘The Russian soldiers raped every German female from eight to 80’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/may/01/news.features11

[Irish_Dem]

20. Yes rape was a weapon of war.

[ReRe]

38. I strongly request that every female who passes this way

reads in full the historical article which you have linked to! Yes, it's a tad long, but it's

one of the most historically informative pieces I've read in a LONG time. It relates directly back

to the subject of sexual assault of German women by the Russian army back in 1945.

Thank you speak easy and The Guardian!!!!

[jls4561]

3. Company?

[OMGWTF]

4. Being married doesn't protect a woman from SA.

More and more women are adopting the South Korean 4B movement -- no dating, no sex, no marriage, no babies. It's the only way to fight the patriarchy. Do not participate.

[madaboutharry]

5. RFK, Jr also, it's a club of degenerates and miscreants.

Sexual Assault Accusations Are Likely in the Future
By MoveOn. Friday, July 26 2024

RFK Jr: “It’s quite possible. I’m 70 years old. I’ve lived a very rambunctious life.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action condemns Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for confirming that more accusations of sexual harassment and assault are likely to come out against him in the future.

In a one-on-one interview, CBS correspondent Warren Garrett probed RFK Jr. about allegations of sexual assault allegations lodged against him by a former babysitter for the Kennedy family.

https://front.moveon.org/rfk-jr-confirms-more-potential-sexual-assault-accusations-are-likely-in-the-future/

[Karasu]

15. People need to jump on this hard. Get this fucker out of contention for HHS ASAP.

[RockRaven]

6. He is also humiliating Senate Republicans by forcing them to debase themselves

by confirming these people. It is an assertion of dominance over Senate GrOPers, who will not have the fortitude to reject all of the inappropriate nominees (and may not have the fortitude to reject any).

[malaise]

14. They already did that to

themselves

[RockRaven]

21. TCF likes to force worms to crawl, no matter how enthusiastically they have

already shouted "I'm a worm! I'm a worm!" to the heavens. Something about the public display of dominance/abjection.

[JI7]

49. That's entirely their fault. They aren't being forced

[mr715]

7. Government offices are going to reek

Read Gaetz is a walking Axe can.


An adult using axe!

[Trexmaster]

8. Front-loading

There's a thought process thrown around that he's nominating all the bad apples just so they'll be intentionally shot down in order to nominate oranges.

[surfered]

10. Even then they're not safe. Trump tried to cuckold his friends.

Creep!

[allegorical oracle]

12. That's why they're talking about scrapping background checks on the nominees. The

Senate -- THIS sitting Senate that holds a majority -- must insist that background checks be made. I'm going to phone mine tomorrow.

[soldierant]

16. John Bolton shocked me by going on record that background checks are essential before confirmation hearings can begin.

This is according to Crooks and Liars. He specifically named Gates and Gabbard.

Never, ever expected to agree with John Bolton on anything,

[stillcool]

13. Could just be plain old

mind-fucking. Can't imagine doing a better job of messing with the minds of hundreds of millions of people in one fell swoop.

[tclambert]

18. He meant to say he'd protect men who assault women, but the sound system glitched,

and a few key words didn't come through. So blame the whole election on some bad microphones. Yeah, that must be the explanation.

[NNadir]

19. Sexual assault is not unknown in marriages.

[Yavin4]

22. They don't consider it sexual assault within a marriage.

It's only sexual assault if it's a man assaulting a woman married to someone else.

[NNadir]

23. I don't know who "they" are. Incel Maggats? I consider it sexual assault. I'm sure I'm hardly alone.

[Yavin4]

24. "they" MAGA men, Christian Nationalist men, etc. n/t

[Diraven]

27. It's a crime nationwide since 1993

Conservatives probably want to roll that back though.

[yardwork]

46. They sure do.

[VMA131Marine]

30. Who's "they?"

It is very much possible for a man to sexually assault his wife …

[GoCubsGo]

25. Marriage won't keep women safe, either.

As long as you're a woman, you're fair game to these motherfuckers.

[Yavin4]

26. They will prosecute men who rape married women who are not their wives.

Bc to them, that's a property crime.

[GoCubsGo]

29. You actually think they'd prosecute a guy who raped a Democrat's wife?

Or, the wife of any man in a group they don't like? I have news for you...

[VMA131Marine]

31. SA and rape are typically prosecuted as state crimes

So they better not try that in states run by Democrats

[doc03]

28. It is his retribution for women not supporting him. "i am your retribution"

[calimary]

32. THIS.

What a HIDEOUS 4 years stretch out before us.

[magicarpet]

55. ... I thought djt said,..

.... he was the protector of women,... weather they fucking like it or not.
Do not contradict djt.

[Johonny]

33. I always assume he isnt sending any message

And that he is just a moron that is too stupid to vet anyone properly. He's on FOX, he likes me, he kissed my ass during the phone call. All boxes checked.

[Cosmocat]

53. Its that but its deeper

You don't give him enough credit as a master manipulator.

He does these things to force his party and followers to justify them, which keeps them committed to the alternative reality he had created for them AND to stress and break the normative systems if government to continue to erode the norms, checks and balances, generally, but also toward his agenda to overstay his stay.

He doesn't do this in a deep thinking, strategic way, but he absolutely has a reptilian instinct that to do these things purposely.

[Skittles]

34. LOL

TRUMP RAPED HIS OWN WIFE.

[Yavin4]

36. As I said earlier...

They don't consider that to be rape.

[Karasu]

37. Sure, conservatives don't...but fortunately, anyone with any actual understanding of the subject knows better.

It really does seem like they're trying to normalize spousal rape all over again. Just like the "good ol' days" of God-fearing 'Merica.

[valleyrogue]

39. Getting married is the WORST thing a woman can do to feel safe.

If women want to be safe, they should never date, live with, or marry a man.

The notion men "protect" women is the biggest lie patriarchy tries to sell women.

[UTUSN]

40. K&R

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Since when has marriage ever made women safe as a group?

[Yavin4]

44. Not saying that it has.

Just saying that that is the message they're sending.

[Cha]

42. And because he's one.. he wants Company.

[magicarpet]

56. Like a powerful neodymium magnet djt attracts them,...

Pedophiles,
Rapists,
Sexual assaulters,
Perverts,
And
Mysogynous toxic males.

[Cha]

59. You Can't make up this Shit..

But here We are living the NIGHTMARE 💀☠️

🕯️🕊️💙🇺🇸

[ReRe]

43. Looks like

a prerequisite at this point.

[yardwork]

45. The GOP has a simple, direct message. It's not complicated.

It's this:

White men are superior to all other people. White women get their status and protection from being married to white men. Everybody else is a servant. The definition of "white" is fluid and you can buy your way into it by joining our club. This is biblical. Jesus/Allah/etc taught it, so it's good.

People who fight against this natural, God-ordained order of things are "the enemy within" and must be destroyed.

The white man rules the country just like the white husband rules the family. The strength of our country depends on everybody obeying the white male ruler. Disagreement must be destroyed or else we'll all die. There is no room for weakness, like caring for the old, the disabled, or anyone who weakens our society. Children must be raised with an iron fist so that they will be strong.

The institutions that promote helping the weak must be destroyed, because they have made our nation weak. Special education; mental health care; prosecutions of sex crimes and domestic violence; laws requiring wheelchair accessibility; teaching history that undermines America's great story of how white men, sent by God, forged a nation from the wilderness; equal opportunity employment laws; government regulations of all kinds - these are all "woke" practices that weakened our country by going against the God-ordained natural order of things.

[Yavin4]

47. This is standard Christian Nationalist thought.

Which is now the core philosophy of the Republican party.

[yardwork]

48. It's also the basis of Putin's approach in Russia.

It's an ancient way to coerce people into giving up their rights.

[magicarpet]

57. God's Will is paramount.

He and he alone decides God's Plan for human kind. We have no right to intercede or change that - Plan. We must play the hand God dealt us individually and not deviate from God's Devine Design.

Child birth is a perfect example,... if God's Plan Wills it to be successful that is dandy. If a failure, it must run its course absent any human interventions. Any consideration for an abortion is strictly off the table.

Again,.. God's Plan is paramount.
Our Christo-Fascist legislative bodies should decide all this in the name of God's Grand Plans for humanity.

Amen.

[Ontheroad]

50. I interpreted it more as Mutually Assured Destruction.

He has material he can use to blackmail them if they don't push his agenda. And they likely have sex crimes info on him they can reveal, but they are less likely to if they're taking a cushy job with kickbacks from him.

[bucolic_frolic]

51. The implications could be worse. /nt

[ZonkerHarris]

52. Whether you like it or not.

[Jk23]

54. Trump is bringing pedophiles to Justice.

Well the justice department jobs fair... but still

[Hugin]

58. Has Alan Dershowitz chimed in on this yet?

He’s usually in the first wave.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

60. Or people who can be blackmailed and controlled.

[Danascot]

61. Trump has one

and only one criteria for nominees. They must be loyal to Trump.