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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[–] 1 point 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 child)

How about showing up to any of the protests that have been held? How about arranging protests themselves? How about not voting for Trump's economic policies? They could've done literally anything about the Epstein files during Biden's term. Right now, this second, they could be going on every single news outlet, and talk about what republicans are doing.

Instead they're fighting every single person trying to do this.

Edit. Supporting unions by going from company to company, teaching workers how to unionize, helping them set up the framework needed to secure rights through massive strikes.

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  • [–] 0 points 16 hours ago*

    • Protests don’t change shit
    • Arranging protests doesn’t do shit
    • Point given, however they don’t vote a a whole, so while a select few have, not all have
    • Biden’s admin was in the past. This cannot be changed
    • Talking about it does nothing

    You see, NONE of this is meaningful action. None of it changes what is being done currently. And none of it stops it. They are as powerless as you are.

    Just sit and watch it burn bud. There is nothing anyone can do. No help is coming.

    And you can call this defeatist if you wish, but it comes from a place of observance: and that observation?

    No one is willing to do any form of MEANINGFUL protest. Want to yell in the streets? Be my guest. See how far that moves the needle. They don’t care what you want, how many of you want it, or how loud you can shout it.

    Want to actually stop shit and send a message?

    Stop paying your taxes.

    If everyone did this, the MAGA admin would have trump drawn and quartered on the Shite House lawn. But no. That comes at a sacrifice. And no American is willing to do this. You see, people here are only willing to stand up if it doesn’t cost them anything. Protests are done as a result of convenience. They are NOT a meaningful proclamation. Nothing chances because a Few tens of thousands gather together to shout “we don’t like this!” in the streets. Nothing has EVER changed because of this.

    Look at France. They know how to protest. Yet here, we whine because the democrats won’t do anything. My friend, they CANNOT do anything. YOU can though.

    So, either shit or get of the pot. But whining about how the democrats won’t do a thing and then listing things that won’t do anything isn’t the argument you think it is. And before anyone says shit about put up or shut up, I haven’t paid my taxes during any of the trump administrations. Not a fucking DIME.

    No taxation without representation actually means something to me.

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