RACHEL CROOKS IS ONE OF THE MANY WOMEN WHO HAS ACCUSED
DONALD TRUMP OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND SHE IS NOT
ALLOWING SOME OF THE DEATH THREATS AND SOME OF THE
INTIMIDATION THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN HER DIRECTION
TO DETER HER FROM SHARING HER STORY.
IN FACT, SHE HAS MADE A DECISION TO RUN AS A LAWMAKER IN HER
STATE OF OHIO JUST SO SHE HAS A PLATFORM NECESSARY TO KEEP
SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED BY DONALD
TRUMP WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD.
AT THAT TIME, SHE HAD ACTUALLY LEFT HER SMALL TOWN OF
SENECA COUNTY OHIO AND MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY IN AN EFFORT
TO START HER CAREER, AND SHE WAS EXCITED TO BE IN NEW YORK
AND SHE WAS ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO LAND A JOB AS A
RECEPTIONIST AT TRUMP TOWER.
SHE WAS WORKING FOR A SPECIFIC COMPANY THAT OPERATED OUT OF
TRUMP TOWER, AND SHE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DONALD TRUMP AND
SHE ALLEGED THAT WITHOUT ANY WARNING, HE PROCEEDED TO
KISS HER WITHOUT ANY CONSENT.
I WANT TO SHARE HER STORY WITH YOU IN A LITTLE MORE DETAILS.
ACCORDING TO HER ACCOUNT:
SHE HAS ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS WERE SHE HAS TALKED
ABOUT HER STORY.
AT ONE EVENT SHE SAID
THE FOLLOWING:
SHE SAYS THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT ANY MONEY OR ANY ATTENTION
BECAUSE OF THE STORY.
SHE JUST WANTS TO POINT OUT HER STORY INVOLVING HIS MISCONDUCT.
I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING
RIGHT NOW.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH DONALD TRUMP IS COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED BY
ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH HIS BASE, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM JUST EITHER
REFUSED TO BELIEVE THESE WOMEN ARE MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO
BELIEVE THE WOMEN, BUT DO NOT CARE.
YEAH AND SO CONTEXT ABOUT HER STORY IS IF SHE WANTED TO
GET RICH OR FAMOUS, SHE COULD'VE SUED DONALD TRUMP AT THE
TIME OR MADE ALLEGATIONS PUBLICLY AT THE TIME.
SHE DID NOT.
IF YOU JUST UP THERE, THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS WILL SAY, SO HOW
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?
AND OF COURSE CONVENIENTLY RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION SHE
COMES FORWARD.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE SHE SENDS EMAILS AT THE TIME.
THEY ARE VERIFIED, THEY WERE IN 2006.
SHE SENT THEM TO HER MOM, TO HER SISTER AND TO ANOTHER
FRIEND A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
THE SAME EXACT STORY THAT SHE IS SAYING NOW AND SHE SAID
BEFORE THE ELECTION, SO SHE COULD HAVE DONE 1000
DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE MONEY AT THE TIME, AND SHE DID NOT.
SHE JUST NOTED IT TO HER FRIENDS AND OF COURSE, AS WITH A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH AN ORDEAL LIKE
THIS, SHE WAS WORRIED THAT SHE DID NOT DO ENOUGH.
AND SO SHE STARTED TO BLAME HERSELF.
IT IS THE SAME STORY THAT WE SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
MAYBE I SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE FORCEFUL, MAYBE I SHOULD A
BIT HIS LIP, MAYBE I SHOULD'VE TOLD OTHER PEOPLE AT WORK,
BUT WHAT SHE REQUESTED SHE WORKS AT A PLACE THAT HAD
BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH DONALD TRUMP AND SHE IS AFRAID
THAT SHE IS NOT GOING TO BE BELIEVED.
EXACTLY.
YOU ARE WORKING IN TRUMP TOWER AS A 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.
WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TELL?
YOU ARE GOING TO GO IN COMPLAINTS OF WHOM?
SECURITY?
AND LET THEM KNOW, THE GUY WHO THIS BUILDING IS NAMED
AFTER KISSED ME WITHOUT MY CONSENT.
WHAT CHANCE DO YOU HAVE OF ANYONE GOING AFTER TRUMP IF
YOU MAKE THOSE TYPES OF ALLEGATIONS?
KEEP IN MIND, SHE IS 22 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, BRAND
NEW TO NEW YORK, REALLY WANTS TO SUCCEED.
HERE'S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT REALLY GOT TO ME.
SHE IS IN A PART OF OHIO THAT OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED FOR TRUMP.
SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME OF HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY VOTED FOR
TRUMP EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD EMAIL EVIDENCE OF THE ACCOUNT
THAT SHE IS SHARING PUBLICLY NOW.
BACK IN 2006 WHEN THIS HAPPENED, SHE EMAILED HER MOM ABOUT
IT, HER SISTER, SHE EMAILED OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT
IT AND WE WILL SHARE THOSE EMAILS WITH YOU IN JUST A
SECOND,
BUT PEOPLE IN HER TOWN STARTED COMING AFTER HER.
TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES, SHE GOT COMMENTS LIKE:
THAT GUY SEEMS LIKE HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CLASS, SO I GUESS HE
IS AN EXPERT ON THE TOPIC.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE RIGHT WING WILL SCREAM, THESE
PEOPLE WANT ATTENTION OR MONEY AND THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO IT.
NO DOWNSIDE?
THERE IS NOTHING BUT DOWNSIDES.
OR THEY WILL SAY WHY DIDN'T THEY COME FORWARD EARLIER THAN?
BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO WHEN THEY DO COME OUT, OFTENTIMES
THEY ARE NOT BELIEVED.
SHE SAID THE SECURITY GUARDS LITERALLY HAD THE WORD
TRUMP ON THEIR SUITS.
I'M GOING TO GO AND COMPLAIN TO THEM?
AND JUST UP RIVER POINT, WHEN SHE DOES COME FORWARD AND
SAY IT, YOU COUNT, YOU THIS, THAT, YOU SHOULD SHOOT YOURSELF.
I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE RELUCTANT COME FORWARD.
THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT HAS NOW, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN
THE COUNTRY, BECOME SO POLITICIZED WHERE YOU HAVE
PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SPECIFICALLY TRUMP VOTERS WHO PRETEND, WHO
PRETEND LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE
WELL-BEING OF WOMEN AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT VICTIMS
OF MISCONDUCT IF THEY ARE BY SOMEONE ON THE LEFT
WING, BUT IF THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE RIGHT WING
INVOLVED WHETHER IT'S ROY MOORE, DONALD TRUMP, OR WHATEVER
GOOD THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR SIDE, NO, IT DOES NOT MATTER.
IN FACT, THIS IS WHAT SHOULD WORRY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CARE.
THEY LOVE RUNNING THE MOUSE ABOUT OAKLAND AND BY THE
WAY, BILL CLINTON IS NOT AN ANGEL.
DESERVE THE CRITICISM THAT HE GOT, BUT IT IS INTERESTING
HOW THEY WOULD RUN AROUND TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS
GUILTY OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BUT THEY WILL NOT DO THE SAME
THING WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENT THAT THEY VOTED FOR.
WE GET NOTHING FOR OUR PRINCIPLED POSITIONS.
IF WE SAY HEY, BILL CLINTON SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THE
THINGS THAT HE DID, NOBODY COMES AND SAYS HEY PROGRESSES,
WAY TO BE PRINCIPALED.
AND THE REPUBLICANS DO NOT GO, THEY'RE BEING PRINCIPLED,
MAYBE WE SHOULD BE TOO.
THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR HYPOCRISY AT ALL.
THEY PROBABLY DO NOT EVEN REALIZE IT.
THEY THINK OF COURSE CLINTON IS A MONSTER AND AL FRANKEN IS
A MONSTER.
TRUMP, WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE THINGS FAR WORSE BY 19
DIFFERENT WOMEN, NO, HE IS PERFECTLY GREAT.
HE IS WONDERFUL.
I DO NOT CARE THAT HE DID IT.
TO THEM PROGRESS IS NOT AN ISSUE.
THEY JUST DO NOT CARE.
THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR GUY NO MATTER WHAT AND SO
BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN WOMAN OR ANY
KIND OF WOMAN, WITH THESE GUYS IN CHARGE, GOD HELP YOU.
BUT DON'T CALL THOSE WOMEN STUPID FOR VOTING FOR
PEOPLE LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW YOU DON'T RESPECT THE WOMEN WHO VOTE
FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THE GUY WHO HIMSELF ON TAPE SAID THAT HE GRABS WOMEN BY THE
GENITALS AND KISSES THEM WITHOUT CONSENT.
I APOLOGIZE IF I HURT YOUR FEELINGS FOR TELLING YOU
THAT I DON'T RESPECT YOU FOR VOTING FOR THIS CLOWN.
BUT IT IS BECAUSE HE DOES NOT RESPECT YOU AS A WOMAN.
HE THINKS THAT YOU ARE EITHER A PIG IF YOU DISAGREE WITH HIM.
HE WILL RUN HIS MOUTH AND TALK ABOUT HOW WORTHLESS YOU ARE
IF YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO GO UP AGAINST HIM.
HE HAS DISRESPECTED WOMEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
HE HAS DONE IT PUBLICLY TIME AND TIME AGAIN SO IF IT HURTS
YOUR FEELINGS OF ANOTHER WOMAN SAYS THAT SHE DISRESPECTS
YOUR DECISION TO VOTE FOR HIM, SORRY.
THAT IS THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION TO
WHO CARES.
WHO CARES?
THEY GET SO HURT ABOUT SOMEONE CRITICIZING THEM IN THEIR
DECISION TO SUPPORT A MONSTER LIKE DONALD TRUMP, BUT THEN
THEY TURN RUN AND TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE HOW TRUMP
TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.
I AM TELLING IT LIKE IT IS.
I DO NOT RESPECT YOU.
THEY GET SUPER TRIGGERED BY THAT.
THEY DO, GOOD.
AND DAVID BROOKS AND OTHERS ARE OUT THERE NOW GOING, YOU KNOW
THE DEMOCRATS AND PROGRESSIVES NEED TO RESPECT GUNOWNERS MORE.
WHAT RESPECT DO THEY SHOW US?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A REPUBLICAN OR CONSERVATIVE
ORIGIN SUPPORTED GOING, YOU KNOW WHAT GUYS?
WE NEED TO DEEPLY RESPECT LIBERALS.
I AM TIRED OF THAT.
WHAT PLAINTIFF YOU LIVE ON, BROTHER?
TO YOUR POINT THERE, THAT FAMOUS INCIDENT OF DONALD TRUMP
TALKING ABOUT HOW HE GRABS WOMEN BY THE GENITALS AND KISSES
THEM AND HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THEY JUST LET THEM
DO IT BECAUSE HE IS A START, IT IS NOT THAT THEY LET HIM DO IT.
IT IS THAT THEY ARE TOO AFRAID TO REPORT HIM INSIDE TRUMP
TOWER.
THAT TAPE OF TRUMP SAYING THAT WAS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE
HE DID IT TO THIS PARTICULAR WOMAN.
HE TOLD BILLY BUSH AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER HE SEES A
WOMAN AND DOES EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID IN THAT TAPE.
RACHEL CROOKS IS SAYING THIS HAPPENED AT TRUMP TOWER.
WHY DON'T WE RELEASE SURVEILLANCE THAT WILL
PROVE WHAT I AM SAYING HAPPENED.
WHY WILL WE NOT DO IT.
SHE HAS ASKED SEVERAL TIMES AND SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED A
SINGLE RESPONSE.
BY THE WAY, SHE DID SEND EMAILS TO HER FAMILY ON THE DAY
THAT THIS HAPPENED.
AND SHE SHARED THAT WITH THE PRESS.
SHE ALSO SENT AN EMAIL TO
ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER LATER
SAYING:
I WAS BACK IN 2006 WHAT HAPPENED.
SHE DID NOT TRY TO, WE HAVE TO SAY ABSURD THINGS LIKE SHE
DID NOT TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.
SHE WAS THE VICTIM.
BUT IN THE INSANITY OF THE RIGHT WING, WHAT DOES SHE GAIN
FROM IT?
ALL SHE DID WAS PRIVATE EMAIL SAYING I CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT DONALD TRUMP DID THIS.
AT THAT TIME HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, HE IS NOT
ANYWHERE NEAR IT.
THERE IS NO OTHER AGENDA.
SHE IS NOT SOME SORT OF FBI PLANT SENT IN FROM 12
YEARS IN A HOT TUB TIME MACHINE.
IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL AND SOME OF YOU, IF YOU ARE
TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN YOUR WOMEN YOU THINK YEAH, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN?
I GOT IT.
HE FONDLED AND KISSES WOMEN WITHOUT GETTING THEIR CONSENT.
SO WHAT?
LET ME GO A LITTLE FURTHER AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IN A
WAY THAT I HOPE IT HAPPENS, I HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENS
BECAUSE I AM ACTUALLY A DECENT PERSON.
THAT IS WHY A PROGRESSIVE BUT FAIR WARNING TO YOU GUYS.
THAT MEANS DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICAN MEN CAN DO THAT
TO YOU AT ANY TIME AND THEN 94%
OF YOUR FELLOW REPUBLICANS WILL SAY, DO NOT CARE.
OH, HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED YOU?
WHO CARES.
OH, GO NEXT TO DONALD TRUMP OR OTHER REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS.
GO NEXT OTHER REPUBLICAN LEADERS.
LET THEM FONDLE YOU OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR FELLOW REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO
SAY, INCLUDING MOST OF THE WOMEN?
DO NOT CARE.
MY ISSUE WITH THAT IS NOT ONLY ARE YOU ENABLING THAT
TYPE OF BEHAVIOR TOWARD YOU.
YOU ARE ENABLING THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR TOWARD ALL WOMEN.
YOU ARE SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR
PERPETRATED BY MEN IS ACCEPTABLE.
HELLO MY SUPPOSED TO SAY HERE AND BE OKAY WITH THAT?
BY THE WAY, JUST AS A REMINDER, HERE IS WHAT TRUMP FAMOUSLY SAID
IN THAT BILLY BUSH TAPE:
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DID HERE.
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