Trump is using his assault on government to retaliate against women | Judith Levine

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Women and Black people are more likely to work in government jobs than in the private sector; a recent McKinsey analysis found that women, particularly women of color, are promoted at higher rates in public institutions than in private corporations.
50% : Before his inauguration, Trump called for the execution of rapists.
49% : "Usually, the critique of Republican candidates has been based on policy - healthcare access and abortion rights - or on attitudes heavily influenced by religion," she wrote.
41% : And like much of the "waste, fraud, and abuse" targeted by the so-called "department of government efficiency" (Doge), these cuts would cost taxpayers far more than they would save: according to the Congressional Budget Office, the cost will be $300m over the next 10 years in unwanted births and shifts of reproductive services to other providers.
41% : Trump president isn't sparing mothers who want to be mothers, either.
41% : A few months later, the justice department suspended grant applications from non-profits providing emergency shelter, legal assistance, and crisis services to victims of domestic and sexual violence under the Violence Against Women Act.
39% : "For those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution," vowed candidate Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference early in 2023.
35% : Now, having failed repeatedly to defund Planned Parenthood through legislation, Republicans are trying to hide the dirty deed in the budget.
32% : But it is Trump himself who feels most wronged and betrayed, with women - the pussy-hatted protesters who overran Washington on the second day of his first administration, the sex worker Stormy Daniels, who publicly poked fun at his self-celebrated endowment, the magazine writer E Jean Carroll, awarded tens of millions of dollars in damages for his sexual assault and defamation - perhaps the greatest wrongdoers and traitors.
15% : The court agreed with the ABA's claim that the administration was retaliating against it for taking public stances against Donald Trump.

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