So we've got some interesting developments in the story that, uh, we talked about late
last week, which is of course, that Stephanie Grisham, former White House communications
director, said that the sexual harassment coming from Donald Trump while he was president,
was absolutely off the charts, and that there was one staffer in particular that Donald
Trump really seemed to single out, and in fact, sometimes would even have her just walk
through so he could show his male companions he was traveling with her butt. That is what
Stephanie Grisham said. Stephanie Grisham also says, at one point she pulled that staffer
aside and talked to her, was like, are you okay? Is everything all right? I mean, we
see what this man is doing to you. Is everything okay? According to Newsweek, they found this
unidentified staffer and this unidentified staffer who still remains anonymous for very
obvious reasons, says none of that happened.
Staffer said, quote, it's totally false. None of what is being insinuated or alleged is
even remotely true. Stephanie Grisham came out and has now said, well, of course, you
know, she wasn't there in the room when the harassment was taking place, when the objectification
was taking place. So yes, she wouldn't know about it, but Stephanie Grisham, you did say
you talked to her about it. So who is lying? There's a lot of different scenarios that
could be happening right now with this particular story. Let's look at scenario number one.
Stephanie Grisham embellished. What happened? We do know Stephanie Grisham has a book, okay?
She's been out there in the media. She's been attacking Trump for many years. You know,
nothing wrong with that. We've done it too. But you could see that, okay, maybe there
is an agenda there. Not saying, Stephanie Grisham's lying. I am laying out possibilities.
Second possibility, Stephanie Grisham is telling the truth, and this individual that Newsweek
spoke to could be saying it's a lie in order to protect herself. So she may be like trying
to pretend it didn't happen, only because she may be afraid of what happens to her.
So that is definitely a plausible possibility. Third possibility could be that Newsweek simply
reached out to the wrong person. After all, Stephanie Grisham didn't tell him who it was,
so there's a chance they reached out to a different staffer, and that staffer's like,
what? What? No, like, that never happened. Stephanie Grisham never pulled me aside. I
don't know what you're
Talking, talking about. So that is certainly a possibility. But somewhere along the lines,
someone involved in this story is not telling the truth. And I have to say, if it's Stephanie
Grisham that is not telling the truth, then this is a a, a absolutely unrecoverable blow
to her credibility. Okay? We have real people that have been harassed or worse by Donald
Trump, and if this claim was fabricated by Stephanie Grisham, then that is demeaning
to all of those other women with valid claims. On the other side of that, Stephanie Grisham,
as far as we know, doesn't have a history of lying and making stuff up. So I have no
reason to doubt Stephanie Grisham's story, the accused, uh, uh, or the woman who this
allegedly happened to. I can understand why she would want to say it never happened. In
order to protect herself, that is not uncommon for victims.
So in all of the possible scenarios, hopefully that is the one that is true, that Stephanie
Grisham is telling the truth, and that this individual is trying to protect herself by
downplaying everything and trying to make it go away so she can move on with her life.
But in this particular instance, we might not ever really get to know what actually
happened. We may not get everyone to sit down and finally confirm what happened. It's not
up to us. If it did happen and the staffer is trying to downplay it, if she wants to
come forward later and clarify and correct, she is entitled to do that. If she doesn't
ever want to talk about it again, she's entitled to do that as well. And that's, I guess, all
we know, right?