The founder of the #metoo movement stopped one of President Donald Trump's biggest boosters cold on Saturday morning after the Women for Trump founder attacked Senator Al Franken and Democratic lawmakers who plan to bring sexual assault victims to Trump's State of the Union address.
Speaking with host Christi Paul, #metoo founder Tarana Burke admitted that she had been invited to attend Tuesday's speech by California lawmaker Rep. Jackie Speier (D) but declined saying she would be hosting her own event to bring attention to "women's issues that are happening across the United States and the solidarity that has grown over the last year since this administration has come into place."
Asked by Paul if she would even watch the president's address, Burke curtly answered, "Probably not."
Host Paul then turned Amy Kremer, founder of Women for Trump, for her opinion on the victims showing up to confront Trump.
"Amy, I know you'll be watching the State of the Union address," Paul began. "Knowing that there will be women's advocates in the audience, how do you think the president -- should he mention it in his speech, will he?"
"Well, this is a social movement sweeping the nation, and I'm glad these victims are coming out and having their voices heard," Kremer began. "But I think this is hypocrisy at its finest because, these Democratic men and women who are inviting these victims? It should be the 'I knew movement and didn't do anything to help.' They remained silent. There is a sex hush-fund of taxpayer dollars that have been spent covering up conduct in Congress and the people have a right to know."
"The thing is, they need to clean up their own house," Kremer continued. "How dare they go and sit and bring these victims, using them, and that is the other thing that they are trying to conflate; this is the resistance movement and there is a difference in 'me too' and the resistance. I stand with the 'me too' movement. I know women that have been victims of sexual assault. That didn't mean that they are necessarily opposed to President Trump and the Democrats, and the resistance movement is opposed to President Trump and that is all."
Asked to respond, Burke fired back at the Trump apologist.
"This is about survivors and actually any woman that is a survivor of sexual violence would be opposed to the president who is a self described sexual predator," Burke lectured. "He said out of his own mouth how he treats women and how he preys upon women. He has several women who have come forward to bring allegations against him, so I don't see this as a political stunt because it is Democrats and Republicans who have known. The people who use that fund come from both sides of the aisle."
'I want to say one thing before we go," Kremer parried. "If in fact this is not anti-Trump and this is not the resistance movement, then are any of Al Franken or John Conyers or Anthony Weiner's victims to be in the audience of the State of the Union? I don't think they are and they don't want to highlight the problem that they have had in the Democratic Party."
"You stand here representing Trump, and you can talk about the Democrats all you want to," Burke bluntly stated. "But I haven't heard you say a word about the accusations against your president -- almost 20 of them now. He is self-described as a sexual predator. So if the Democrats have to come clean, your president has to come clean."
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