cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53686634

Donald Trump is accused of raping a former Miss Switzerland in a report probing the president’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein released by House of Representatives Democrats this week.

Beatrice Keul, a retired model and beauty pageant contestant, told the House Judiciary Committee about an incident alleged to have taken place at New York’s Plaza Hotel in 1993. The report, released a week ahead of the midterm elections, also summarizes previously reported allegations from four other women against Trump.

The White House has strongly denied all of the reports’ claims, accusing “crazed” Democrats of “a desperate attempt to distract Americans” and insisting that the president has been “fully exonerated of anything related to Epstein.”

Keul previously claimed in October 2024 that Trump had sexually assaulted her at a beauty pageant staged at the Plaza Hotel, which Trump then owned.

"The president may have raped someone, but we need to double down on the made up rape threat that transgender people pose to women!"

-Republicans, demonstrably.

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[–] 0 points 12 hours ago

Not the OP, but I've said this on other threads:

Democrats, specifically those who have something to lose, need to start getting skin in the game.

I would LOVE to see Obama start community organizing again, using his influence and his ability to fundraise to stand-up grass-roots "let's arm liberals and teach them how to shoot" groups.

I'd love to see Bernie protesting again and getting arrested.

I want to see Schumer do literally anything but look down his glasses and use words.

The problem is that everyone I've listed doesn't want to lose the seat of privilege they sit on. And until they are willing to actually willing to lose, us 99%ers are just going to have to hope that another Luigi happens.

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