Trump's 'Due Process' Appeal For Accused Wife Beaters Blasted On Twitter
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) -- President Trump's tweet Saturday asking for "due process" for two former aides accused of wife beating, was blasted on social media Saturday and Sunday.
The president's detractors pointed out that he didn't give the same due process to the Central Park Five, young black and Latino males wrongly accused of a rape and attempted murder of a jogger in New York's Central Park. Even after the five were exonerated by the courts, Trump maintained they were still guilty and took out a full page ad in four newspapers asking for them to die.
Several others pointed to his being a birther and for encouraging Hillary Clinton to be locked up -- a woman who wasn't even on trial.
Meanwhile, New York Senator Kirstin Gillibrand said that if the president was such a proponent of due process, she would be happy to have congressional hearings ("tomorrow") with the more than a dozen women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.
The lives of survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse are being shattered every day. If he wants due process for the over dozen sexual assault allegations against him, let's have Congressional hearings tomorrow. I would support that and my colleagues should too.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) February 10, 2018
I wonder whether the Central Park Five saw the President's tweet defending Rob Porter this morning. I wrote this in 2016, partially for those who continue to believe that @realDonaldTrump gives a damn about due process, false accusations, and ruined lives. https://t.co/eEBrQq6IBH
— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) February 10, 2018
Trump believes in due process except for...
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 11, 2018
- Kenyan born Obama
- Crooked Hillary
- FBI
- Anyone in the media who doesn't work for FOX
- Anyone not white
- Anyone not male
- Anyone who says anything negative about him
The former president of Mexico also weighed in.
The most likely possibility here is that Trump actually doesn't know what due process is, but if he does, what he's saying is that he and aides of his accused of domestic/sexual assault should immediately be charged with crimes so a duly constituted jury can weigh the evidence. https://t.co/IlbF1CYRDJ
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) February 10, 2018
Trump talks about due process after in 1989 paying for a full page ad for five teenagers to die, the oldest being 16. They were in fact innocent. Due Process? @AP pic.twitter.com/1bKRHW544N
— Mr. Reynolds (@MJReynolds52) February 11, 2018
Rob Porter physically and emotionally abused both of his ex-wives.
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) February 10, 2018
He insulted and tormented them. He punched, kicked and choked them, blackening one of their eyes.
Trump's response: Where's due process for...Porter!
Disgrace.
No due process for Al Franken, but let's make sure tRump has due process. Thanks for the reminder of where you stand Sen Gillibrand.
— Patrick Hines AKA Karteh (@KandorKarteh) February 10, 2018
Trump could've used his own lecture on due process when he was leading rallies of people yelling "lock her up!" and directly calling for his political opponents to be jailed.
— Rantt Media (@RanttMedia) February 10, 2018
Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house @realDonaldTrump
We have receipts ???? pic.twitter.com/5yG9yCmQoD
cc: Trump on due process
— Boosted for Truth (@Bobblespeak) February 10, 2018
☑️ICE searches and seizures
☑️Central Park Five
☑️Birtherism
☑️Dancing and cheering 9/11
☑️'Lock her up'
☑️Stolen e-mails
☑️Stop and frisk
☑️Kneeling athletes
☑️Merrick Garland
☑️Ted Cruz's dad killed JFK#dueprocess