16-year-old girl in harm's way so Trump can score points with his base
It is shameful enough for the president of the United States to launch a barrage of insults at a fellow adult and issue not-so-veiled threats.
But a teenager? A 16-year-old whose biggest concerns ought to be her upcoming finals and choosing a topic for her college application essay is now in harm’s way because of Donald Trump’s latest effort to gin up his base.
Trump targeted the transgender teen as part of a social media post Tuesday threatening California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the state’s law protecting the participation of transgender athletes. (Ask Maine how well that’s going to go.) Though Trump did not mention the young woman’s name, her high school or even which events she’s won, it only takes a quick spin of the Google machine to find all that out — along with when she’ll be competing at this weekend’s state championships.
If you don’t think that’s a threat to her physical safety, if you can’t imagine how Trump’s screed might encourage one of his followers to take matters into his or her own hands, you must have been under a rock on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/16-old-girl-harms-way-100141051.html
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