know. i know it. while you laugh, jessica, as you were listening to what was said in october of 2016 and then you see what the comments are today, not mentioning the underlying problem here of sexual misconduct. and you look at what appears to be consistent defense of the men in these stories, in these accusations, but not acknowledging the women that potentially could be the victims here based on their claims, although it has not necessarily been proven out in a court. that dynamic. yeah. the court of public opinion were so long said that women weren t to be believed or they were counsell counciled by the church or family to go back to these abusive relationships. you know, we had no cultural support to even come forward. and now there is more cultural support, as you know,
jessica. yeah, the me too movement. the me too movement for today, that s right, as we watch that happening all across the country and the world. going back to his tweet here, he uses the word destroyed by a mere allegation. also going onto say in this statement recovery for someone falsely accused and life and career are gone. he s very good in putting together perhaps somebody helps him with this, but he s very good perhaps in putting together statements. it s like the charlottesville statement where he said both sides are good people, or i believe that they re good people from mexico, but we want to put up a wall because they re all rapists and druggies. goes on and on. he s very good at sometimes putting just a little bit of a twist so that his remarks he looks like he s covering the bases but he s not selling it. he really isn t selling it. he s a very good salesman.
to give at that time. we re at now an opening here at the me too movement. we re at an opening right now when we look at gender and gender equality where there s an opening based on the very debates. who do you think can come forward and be that big person for the country to talk about this and lead on it? wow. there ve been some very powerful women come forward, but they re still being dismissed. they re still being, oh, it s the president of now or planned parenthood s president, it s truly we don t have some guiding force which would be nice to have. but i m hoping just the sheer numbers will overwhelm the situation. when wooe seeing some numbers, jessica. we need more women in government, local, state, federal. or close to 400 women are running for congress right now. well, let s get them in.
broke last night senior officials here that i talk to made the point of saying when they were brought this issue from a media report, they confronted the employee quickly, immediately was the word they used. he denied the allegations referring to sorenson. but he did resign. so they are trying to say they re on top of this issue, but it has been a week of real challenges in how the organization has dealt with the security clearance issue and the underlying issue of something that is often kept private and secret, domestic violence. richard. thank you so much. white house correspondent kelly o donnell there for us at the white house. thank you so much, kelly. joining us now an msnbc exclusive jessica leads with us. leads is one of several women, one of 16 women at least who accuse president trump of unwanted sexual advances or sexual misconduct before he was elected. the president has denied all of those accusations. in the days leading up to the presidential election she
recounted her story to the new york times detailing her experience on a flight with mr. trump in the early 1980s. she s saying mr. trump lifted the armrest and began to touch her, grabbed her breast and tried to put his hands up her skirt. trump responded to leads accusations at a campaign rally. listen to this. the only way they figure they can slow it down is to come up with people that are willing to say, oh, i was with donald trump in 1980. i was sitting with him on an airplane. and he went after me on the plane. yeah, i m going to go after you. believe me, she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. man. jessica is here with us. thanks for being with us today. jessica, you re laughing when you recounted and saw this again, which you ve seen many a time, why are you laughing? well, the very concept he can look at me a 75-year-old woman and imagine just imagine what i looked like in the early 80s, you know, it s beyond his