Trump's speechwriter put a cigarette out on his wife's hand.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The Washington Post first reported Sorensen's resignation Friday evening, and reported that his ex-wife alleged that "he ran a car over her foot, put out a cigarette on her hand, threw her into a wall and grasped her menacingly by her hair while they were alone on their boat in remote waters off Maine's coast, an incident she said left her fearing for her life."
The Washington Post reported that it had been working on a story regarding the allegations made by Sorensen's ex-wife prior to Sorensen's resignation.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/david-sorensen-white-house-resign-domestic-abuse-allegation/index.html

[FM123]

1. So disturbing.

How does one look into the eyes of a loved one, take their hand in theirs and put out a cigarette in it?!?

[Squinch]

4. Operative words: "Loved one." The answer to that is, no one can. These women are not

"loved ones." They are possessions, reflections, pets, projections. Anything but actual loved humans.

[PatrickforO]

17. I agree. I could never, ever do this. Or better yet, I WOULD never do this.

But we must ask why so many people in this culture do these terrible things. We live in a world where corporations have propagandized us to believe only the strong survive, and have planted fear of others that aren't like us to divide us against each other so they can continue their transfer of more and more wealth to a few.

Most people struggle to make ends meet, live under constant fear stemming from economic insecurity - worried about losing health insurance, or just becoming ill if they don't have insurance. A whole segment of our population has no benefits, and experiences absolute intolerance from employers if they are sick, or end up being late, no matter the reason. A huge number of these working poor smoke, are obese, or worse, take drugs. Why? To escape.

Trump called countries over in Africa 'shit holes,' but the capitalists have made this country a shit hole for most Americans. They really have.

Part of human nature is to strike out at those who are hurting us, and when someone doesn't have the capacity to strike back at what can colloquially be called 'the man,' then they strike out at those who are physically weaker. They feel weak, so they oppress those around them in order to feel strong.

It is all about greed. It always has been. If we organized our society around human need and recognized those who feverishly amass huge amounts of wealth as what they are - freaks - then people would feel a sense of meaning, of belonging, of having reasonable power over their destiny. Doubtless there would still be abuses, but I do not believe they would be as frequent or as egregious.

But then, I am and have always been an idealist, and what I see, unfortunately, is that our common sense of human decency, compassion and belongingness has been systematically and purposefully dulled by monied interests - billionaires and big capitalists. So, as Pink Floyd says, we have become comfortably numb. Unfortunately with this numbness comes all sorts of aberrant behavior.

[Squinch]

2. We're circling around it, but no one is bringing up Ivana's comments about Trump(R) raping her.

A fish rots from the head.

[malaise]

7. +1,000 n/t

[lunasun]

3. She reported this to the FBI last year per wapo. Btw this is one of trumps evil speech writers

[Kentonio]

5. The speechwriter one is strange

He says that he was the one being physically abused by her and claims he has pictures that support his allegations. It seems an odd rebuttal if false given the hyper-macho personas the Trump Republicans love to portray.

Porter looks guilty as hell, but I think on this Sorensen one I’m going to wait a little longer to see if anything further comes out.

[Marthe48]

16. Abusers say that

Just like kids: "She started it." "She hit me first." He is deflecting the light-of-day attack on him. I saw a picture of them and he is taller and heavier. Like a head and a half taller. They might both get physical, but I doubt he is a victim. Just my opinion.

[NickB79]

22. My dad did the same thing

Tried to strangle my mom, so my sister broke a coffee mug across the back of his head.

When the cops showed up (45 minutes later) he told the cops my mom attacked him, pointing to the egg on his head, and those bruises around my mom's throat were in self defense.

The cops threatened to arrest her if she pressed charges, so she didn't.

[Marthe48]

31. Such a sad story for you

My Dad was verbally abusive. In his defense, they had a complicated relationship. He never hit my Mom and she always told us that hitting was wrong.

[Hugin]

27. Maybe he took pictures in the same manner as the Gov of MO is alleged to have done.

In order to counter any claims she would make at a later date.

All it shows me is intent.

[Kentonio]

32. Perfectly possible.

I just want to wait a little longer until the picture is clearer. Given the circles he moves in, it wouldn’t be at all surprising if he was another abuser, but I just don’t want to jump to conclusions. It just seems an odd thing for one of this group to claim if it isn’t true.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. I wonder if these high profile reports of domestic violence and abuse will result in

more attention being called to this matter in the same way as the sexual assault stories. These abuses have been hidden and/or ignored for way too long and it's high time the abusers are exposed and face the consequences of their crimes.

[DesertRat]

8. k&r

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Cue the "who among us hasn't done that at one time or another" in 3 ... 2 ... nt

[Hugin]

29. Locker room talk... in 3, 2, 1.

queue the violins and crocodile tears wailing about the potential lost to fake allegations.

[dalton99a]

10. Cruelty and sadism are job qualifications in the Trump White House

[Maggiemayhem]

14. It seems to be a party wide defect.

[Glamrock]

11. My grandmother taught me a few things regarding women.

1) They are my equal
2) They don't belong on pedastals (see #1)
3) As a male in a male dominated society, it's my responsibility to protect the vulnerable (women in particular)

Boy do I miss that old girl......

That being said, this pos needs a good dose of his own medicine. I'd be happy to step up to that fuckin plate.

[grantcart]

12. but he is the 'victim'

[NCjack]

13. Next: I think Kelly will be revealed to having tortured women and children. He

certainly has empathy for those who do it.

[Marthe48]

18. Kelly is Flynn with a slightly higher rank

But they both stink.

[Blue Owl]

15. More very fine people

n/t

[Lonestarblue]

19. Domestic violence hurts millions every year.

From NCADV.org: “On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of [some form of] physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime.”

NBC News reported last year that 3 women die every day from domestic violence. PBS reported that an estimated 2 million men beat their partners each year. And, yes, men can be abused, but because of their greater body strength that is less common, though there is no excuse for their abuse either. We have become a violent society.

[smirkymonkey]

20. What a swell bunch of chaps!

Just the best people. The finest. The cream of the crop.

[gvstn]

21. Disgusting! Physical abuse is a terrible thing.

Emotional abuse is very bad but how does one physically hurt another for no reason? My dad was bad but he never hit me. Some semblance of decency there. Bad but he never hit me.

[pandr32]

23. Good Gawd! But she deserved it, right?

These asshats see women as belongings and not people with rights. Hopefully, if there were kids they weren't abused as well. This guy shouldn't be allowed to own a pet, either.

[gay texan]

24. This is Trump's kind of crowd.

Having been on the receiving end of domestic violence, these sorts of people flock together. They are narcissists who crave Power over others at all costs.

[IronLionZion]

25. Dude claims "both sides" that the wife was abusing him too

it's rare for a macho man to admit to being abused by a woman

Sorensen denied the allegations in a lengthy statement released Friday night to CNN and other media.
"I have never committed violence of any kind against any woman in my entire life," Sorensen wrote in the statement.
"In fact, I was the victim of repeated physical violence during our marriage, not her," he said, adding that he had consulted with an attorney and was "considering legal options to address her defamation."

Kelly needs to be fired for failing so hard at vetting these assholes

[vkkv]

26. Trump "Hires All The BEST People" - that are willing to work with/for him.. sure I get that.

[asiliveandbreathe]

28. I feel a ground swell perculating..domestic violence against women..

WILL NOT BE TOLERATED...

He's the victim??? Pishtaw....

Gloria Steinem - our women's movement voice - still womens movement voice...see below - (today at Huffpo) - asked if she was concerned about what she said, and any backlash..."%%%k 'em"

[Luciferous]

30. Well the Republicans are the party of Nazis and child molesters, not surprising

they are also the party of wife beaters