comments 




the woman accusing trump of raping her when she was just thirteen years old at one of convicted pedophile jeffery epstein<u+2019>s notorious underage sex parties was all set to come forward tonight to tell her story <u+2013> but backed out at the last moment, saying that she had <u+201c>received threats<u+201d> and feared for her life. lisa bloom just said her client was <u+201c>living in fear<u+201d> and did not want to show her face and ended the press conference. 




<u+2014> christopher hayes (@chrislhayes) november 2, 2016 




the pressures that face the female accusers of powerful white men couldn<u+2019>t be more clear right now. one of trump<u+2019>s sexual assault accusers has already fled the country due to threats from his rabid supporters.<u+201c> we feel the backlash of the trump supporters. it scares us. it intimidates us. we are in fear of our lives,<u+201d> said mindy mcgillivray, who said trump groped her at a party. <u+201c>i look out the window and there are cars just driving around the house and looking, slowing down right at the house. i don<u+2019>t live in a gated community. this is dangerous. there could be people out there who want to hurt us.<u+2019><u+2019> 




the pressure to stay silent comes just as strong from the trump camp itself <u+2013> just look at how michael cohen, special counsel for the trump organization, responded to daily beast when they called asking for comment on a story about how trump raped then-wife ivana trump in a painful and brutal fashion: 




i will make sure that you and i meet one day while we<u+2019>re in the courthouse. and i will take you for every penny you still don<u+2019>t have. and i will come after your daily beast and everybody else that you possibly know. so i<u+2019>m warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what i<u+2019>m going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. you understand me?<u+201d> 




<u+201c>you write a story that has mr. trump<u+2019>s name in it, with the word <u+2018>rape,<u+2019> and i<u+2019>m going to mess your life up<u+2026> for as long as you<u+2019>re on this frickin<u+2019> planet<u+2026> you<u+2019>re going to have judgments against you, so much money, you<u+2019>ll never know how to get out from underneath it.<u+2019> 




which begs the question, why so defensive if there is nothing to hide, mr. trump? 




donald trump<u+2019>s followers are some of the lowest, most hateful scum to ever tarnish american soil. klansmen, neo-nazis, white supremacists. they send death threats to anyone who dares to speak out against him <u+2013> if you<u+2019>re lucky. you could receive horrifying, personalized attacks like a jewish writer for the national review did: 




given the ease with which trump supporters will bring violence on the innocent , it is no wonder that these women are reluctant to come forward. this is the culture of fear that donald trump has created <u+2013> and one which will consume our whole nation if we somehow let him become president. 




watch attorney lisa bloom give her remarks here: statement on trump accuser becoming too afraid to show her face. <u+201c>she is living in fear,<u+201d> lawyer lisa bloom said. pic.twitter.com/demwisrtax
trump<u+2019>s child rape victim just canceled press conference over death threats
colin taylor