According to the CDC, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience physical violence by their intimate partner at some point during their lifetimes. About 1 in 3 women and nearly 1 in 6 men experience some form of sexual violence during their lifetimes.
On October 21, Survivors for Kamala took out a full page ad in the New York Times imploring Americans not to put Donald Trump back in The White House. The ad – which appeared as a letter signed by over 200 survivors – was a direct indictment of Trump and a show of political unity among progressives, liberals and Republicans, all of whom denounce the former president’s record of sexual violence. The letter states that “A second Trump term would pose multiple dangers to our democracy—not least of which is the dangerous daily message it would send, through his presence and his policies, that sexual violence or abuse of any kind is normal, unavoidable, and something the American people should accept.”
Donald Trump has been accused publically of crimes ranging from assault to rape by at least 26 women. In 2023, a jury in New York found him liable of sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996.
By contrast, Vice President Harris spent her career as a sex crimes prosecutor, standing with victims and working with them to seek justice.
That same evening, hundreds of survivors joined a call to share stories and speak about the importance of electing Vice President Harris – a protector – to the presidency. Among those who spoke was Stacey Williams, a former Sports Illustrated model who shared publicly for the first time that she was groped by Donald Trump in Trump Tower in 1993, while his close ally and long-time friend Jeffrey Epstein watched and then berated Stacey afterwards.
Stacey is the 27th Trump survivor to speak out, and there are likely dozens more.
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote condoning sexual abuse against women. At Oakland Corps, we stand with survivors.
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