Politics & Government
Women Protesters Link Arms, Block Off Trump Tower
The women were protesting offensive comments made by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in a 2005 recording.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A group of dozens of women linked arms and stood in front of Trump Tower on Wednesday morning as employees arrived at work. The women, carrying signs condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, chanted in opposition to his lewd comments about women which broke last week.
The women carried signs reading "C--- Touch This," "GOP Hands Off Me" and "This P---y Votes." Some in the crowd said they were survivors of sexual assault.
The response came after audio leaked of Trump discussing his ability to get "do anything" with women because he is famous. In graphic and vulgar details, even by Trump standards, he is heard talking about how he tried to have sex with a married woman and how stardom affords him the privilege to kiss, grope and have sex with women whenever he pleases.
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"When you're a star, you can do anything to women," Trump says in the audio recorded by NBC in 2005.
Major protest outside Trump Tower with dozens of women including survivors of sexual assault who call Trump a predator. @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/1B8Cl7pLCd
— Dray Clark (@DrayClarkABC7) October 12, 2016
#GOPhandsoffme protest outside the Trump Tower pic.twitter.com/OeuZ33Nq1w
— Sarah Cahlan (@SarahCahlan) October 12, 2016
Photo Credit: Sarah Cahlan via Twitter
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