Donald Trump was asked Wednesday night at the Commander-in-Chief forum about two tweets dating to 2013 in which he seemed to be blaming women for the rise in reported rapes in the U.S. military.
26,000 unreported sexual assults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2013
The Generals and top military brass never wanted a mixer but were forced to do it by very dumb politicians who wanted to be politically C!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2013
Not surprisingly, Trump doubled down.
“It is a correct tweet. There are many people that think that’s absolutely correct,” Trump told NBC interviewer Matt Lauer, before demurring when Lauer asked him if he believes “the only way to fix it is to take women out of the military.”
“No, not to kick them out, but something has to happen.” Trump said. “Right now, part of the problem is nobody gets prosecuted. … When you have somebody that does something so evil, so bad as that, there has to be consequence for that person. You have to go after that person. Right now, nobody is doing anything. Look at the small number of results. That’s part of the problem.”
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