Trump’s lawyer tried to slut-shame Stormy Daniels. it was a disaster — for Trump

this is 2024. that blame-the-victim shit doesn’t fly any more

way back in 1991, Clarence Thomas, the stinkiest pantload in the American judicial system, was up for a seat on the Supreme Court.

the most credible character witness against Thomas was his former assistant, Anita Hill. Thomas, she said, was a sexual predator who harassed her mercilessly, badgering her about going out with him, and never shutting the fuck up about his favorite kinds of porn and sex acts.

for her bravery, Anita Hill got totally fucking crucified by the media, and by the wingnut screech-monkeys of the day. “a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty” is what they called her, implying that she was off her rocker, unhinged, and obsessed with Thomas — and that she was the one with sex on the brain.

it worked. Hill was disgraced and Thomas got his Supreme Court appointment, and we all know how awesome it’s been for our country to have a bought-and-paid-for insurrectionist hack on the Court.

but that was 1991. this is 2024 — and that blame-the-victim shit doesn’t fly any more.

of course that didn’t stop Little Donny Fuckface’s lawyer Susan Necheles from pulling those worn-out tropes from her toolbox when she cross-examined Stormy Daniels yesterday. and it was a total fucking disaster — for Necheles, and for Trump.

she tried to paint Stormy as nutty, accusing her of being involved with “paranormal activity” and a team of “ghost hunters” — and she tried to paint Stormy as slutty.

NECHELES: You’ve acted and had sex in over 250 porn movies
DANIELS: 150ish, yeah.
NECHELES: And there are naked men and naked women having sex in those movies.
NECHELES: And according to you seeing a man in a t-shirt and boxers was so offending that you got lightheaded and nearly fainted?
DANIELS: Yes because it was Mr. Trump on the bed, an older man sitting there, I was not expecting him to be there.
DANIELS: “If I came out of the bathroom and it was not my husband, but Mr. Trump instead, I would probably have the same reaction.”

I said this yesterday, and I can’t stress it enough: every woman has the right to say no.

Stormy Daniels does sex work because she wants to. it’s a choice — and just because her workplace involves consensual nudity, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have the right to be grossed out by the unwelcome sight of some orange turd stripped down to his underwear.

there are five women on the jury. I’d be willing to bet that every one of them knows what it’s like to be confronted by a man pressuring her to have sex.

Necheles also underestimated Daniels, assuming that because she does porn, she would be an easily-steamrolled dim bulb. that just wasn’t true — Stormy gave as well as she got, in exchange after exchange.

NECHELES: And now there is a story you are telling about President Trump?
DANIELS: “If that story was untrue, I would’ve written it to be a lot better.”

here’s the thing: none of this matters. it’s a sideshow. Stormy Daniels could be nutty as a fruitcake, and she could be the world’s biggest slut — so what? that’s not what’s at issue.

Donald Trump is on trial for falsifying the records of the payments he made to Stormy.

hell, let’s say Stormy did make the whole thing up. that doesn’t change Trump’s underlying crime. he still paid her to shut the fuck up about it, and he still covered up the payments.

we also learned that Stormy was unafraid to call out Trump’s bullshit right to his face.

“At this point, I pretty much had enough of his arrogance and cutting me off and still not getting my dinner. So, I decided someone should take him on. So I said, are you always this rude, arrogant and pompous? You don’t even know how to have a conversion.”

hey, remember when Todd Blanche got “Von ShitzInPantz” entered into the official court record? Necheles one-upped Blanche, getting “orange turd” on the record as well.

DANIELS: If someone can make fun of me, I can make fun of them.
NECHELES: “What did you mean when you said orange turd”?
DANIELS: “Oh I absolutely meant Mr. Trump”

afterwards, #OrangeTurd trended on twitter all day. awesome job, Team Trump!

after the trial adjourned for the day, Todd Blanche went running to Judge Merchan and made his daily demand for a mistrial — this time because of all the salacious sex talk — but the judge was all again with this bullshit?

The judge chided Mr. Trump’s lawyers for missteps during their cross-examination of Ms. Daniels and suggested that the former president’s insistence on entirely denying any sexual encounter with Ms. Daniels had opened the door for the prosecution to introduce specific — and graphic — evidence that the encounter did occur.

“Your motion for a mistrial is denied,” he told Mr. Trump’s lawyers.

sorry bro, you don’t get a mistrial just because you fucked up and outed your client to the world as a loathsome predator who happens to be clownishly bad at sex.

oh, and check out this slice of supreme clownfuckery: Blanche also wanted the gag order modified, so that Donny could publicly attack Stormy Daniels. it’s killing Trump to have to sit there and hear people say mean things about him without being able to fire back.

Blanche tried to assure Merchan that Trump would be “respectful” and “low key” in going after Stormy — but the judge was all I’m sorry, have you met your client?

“I can’t take your word for it, that ‘No, no, this is going to be low-key, it’s not going to be an attack,’” Merchan says, noting that hasn’t been Trump’s “track record.”

The motion to modify the gag order is denied.

sorry, Donny, you’re just going to have to sit there and take it and shut the fuck up. go back to your golf motel and hurl ketchup bottles at the wall.

and, finally, it wouldn’t be a day if Trump didn’t say something massively offensive on his way into court.

“if any Jewish person voted for Joe Biden, they should be ashamed of themselves.”

this, from the person who literally called Nazis “very fine people.”

shut the fuck up, Donny.