Giridharadas: ‘Trump Has Become the Commander-in-Chief of American Rape Culture’

RUSH EXCERPT:

GIRIDHARADAS: "And we don’t need to worry about that kind of monster, Kellyanne Conway will say whatever for money. Disregard her. This is a turning point with two different staffers. These charges dredged up these haunting pictures. And then you have the president’s own history of self-declaring himself to be a vagina grabber. And winning on that platform. This week was a turning point because I think we’re starting to realize that Trump doesn’t merely tolerate sexual abuse. Sexual abuse is a very apt metaphor for everything that Trumpism is. Living — the cultivation of fear in everyone. The insistence that people are loving it, when you’re actually degrading and dehumanizing and making their lives harder. And going on and telling people, the blacks love you, the hispanics love you, and the women love you. And then insecuritiess in an attempt to dominate others, this is a wake cultural presence. And Donald Trump has work the commander in chief of that culture."