PRESIDENT WAS ONLY REFERRING TO THREE WOMEN WHO SPOKE OUT
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
HODA, SAVANNAH?
>> PETER, THANK YOU. AND SENATOR GILLIBRAND IS WITH
US NOW.
US NOW. SENATOR, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> IM WELL, THANK YOU.
LETS TALK ABOUT THIS TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY.ET FROM
THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY. AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE SAID THAT
YOU HAD NOT LONG AGO COME TO HIS
OFFICE, QUOTE, BEGGING FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ADDED, YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR
THEM.
THEM.
LET ME BE BLUNT ABOUT IT.
DID YOU INTERPRET THAT TWEET AS A SEXUAL REFERENCE, THAT YOU AS
A SEXUAL REFERENCE, THAT YOU WOULD TRADE SEXUAL FAVORS FOR
CAMPAIGN CASH?
CAMPAIGN CASH?
IS THAT WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING ABOUT YOU?PRESIDENT WAS
SAYING ABOUT YOU? >> WELL, CERTAINLY THATS HOW
I -- AND MANY PEOPLE READ IT.
AND IT WAS CERTAINLY JUST A SEXIST SMEAR.RTAINLY JUST A
SEXIST SMEAR. INTENDED TO SILENCE ME.
AND IM NOT GOING TO BE SILENCED
ON THIS ISSUE.
I HAVE HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF
MANY WOMEN, NUMEROUS ACCUSERS.
I BELIEVE THEM.
AND HE SHOULD RESIGN FOR THAT.
I THINK CONGRESS SHOULD DO AN
INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY.BECAUSE WE NEED
ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND WOMEN ARENT GOING TO BE SILENCED RIGHT NOW.NG TO BE
SILENCED RIGHT NOW.
AND AS WE JUST SAW IN ALABAMA,
WOMEN ARE NOT GOING TO BE SILENCED, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN
ARE NOT GOING TO BE SILENCED.
AND THEY CAME OUT IN NUMBERS.
>> I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS
TWEET FOR A MOMENT, THOUGH. BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY SAID ANYONE WHO
INTERPRETS THIS IN A SEXUAL MANNER SHOULD, QUOTE, GET THEIR
MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER.
IS YOUR MIND IN THE GUTTER IF
YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY?
>> NO.
>> NO. >> THEY ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TWEETED THIS KIND
OF THING OR SAID THIS KIND OF
THING ABOUT MEN IN THE PAST.
FOR EXAMPLE, I RECALL IN 2016,
HE SAID THAT MITT ROMNEY HAD
COME TO HIS OFFICE IN 2012,
BEGGING FOR AN ENDORSEMENT AND
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ON HIS KNEES. WAS THAT A SEXIST ATTACK OR AS.
WAS THAT A SEXIST ATTACK OR A SEXUALLY LOADED ATTACK?
>> I DONT KNOW.
I CAN JUST TELL YOU, THE PRESIDENTS TRYING TO CERTAINLY
SILENCE MY VOICE ON THIS ISSUE
OF THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
HIM.
HIM.
AND HES OFTEN BERATED WOMEN AND MADE THEM FEEL THAT THEY CANNOT
BE HEARD, AS WELL.
AND WHAT IM SEEING TODAY AND
WHAT THIS ELECTION OF DOUG JONES
IS ABOUT IS A STATEMENT BY
PARTICULARLY WOMEN,
PARTICULARLY WOMEN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, AND THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
COMING OUT AND SAYING WE ARE GOING TO VOTE OUR VALUES.ARE
GOING TO VOTE OUR VALUES. AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THIS IN
CONTEXT.
CONTEXT.
50 YEARS AGO, FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WERE KILLED BY THE KKK.LE GIRLS
WERE KILLED BY THE KKK. AND DOUG JONES WAS THE
PROSECUTOR WHO BROUGHT THEM
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. AND SO PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY
WERE HEARD.
WERE HEARD.
SO I THINK THIS WAS AN ELECTION
ABOUT WHAT WE FEEL AND OUR
VALUES AND WHAT WE CARE ABOUT. AND I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
WRONG.
WRONG.
HE IS A BULLY, AND HE HAS BEEN
ATTACKING DIFFERENT PEOPLE
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY SINCE HES
BEEN PRESIDENT.
AND SINCE THE WOMENS MARCH,
WOMEN HAVE STOOD UP, HAVE FOUGHT
HARD, HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THEIR BELIEFS, AND THEY HAVE NOT
STOPPED.
STOPPED.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS ELECTION, AND
BECAUSE OF IT, I HAVE HOPE FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY.
>> SOME OF THE ACCUSERS OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE COME
FORWARD AGAIN, RECENTLY, THIS
WEEK, PUBLICLY.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAME OUT
BEFORE THE ELECTION AND HE WAS
STILL ELECTED.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE POINTS TO
THAT A LOT.
DO YOU THINK TIMES HAVE CHANGED
IN A YEAR, SUCH THAT THESE ACCUSATIONS WILL BE LISTENED TO
IN A DIFFERENT WAY NOW?
>> YES, I DO.
I THINK THIS IS A MOMENT IN
TIME, UNLIKE ANY OTHER, WITH THE
METOO MOVEMENT.
WOMEN ARE FEELING THE ABILITY TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.TY TO
TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. SOME OF THE WORST MOMENTS THEY
HAVE LIVED AND TELL IT PUBLICLY.
AND THAT IS POWERFUL.
AND IT IS AFFECTING EVERYTHING.
AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR
JUSTICE.
YOU ARE SEEING QUICK JUSTICE, WHETHER ITS IN HOLLYWOOD OR IN
CORPORATE AMERICA OR IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS.
AND SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK
OUT.
OUT.
AND THATS WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING, AND THEYRE SPEAKING OUT IN THE,
AND THEYRE SPEAKING OUT IN THE MILLIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
>> LET ME GO BACK TO THE TWEET
FOR A MOMENT, AND LET ME BE
DEVILS ADVOCATE.
DEVILS ADVOCATE.
BEAR WITH ME HERE. THE PRESIDENT TWEETED THIS.
AFTER YOU CALLED FOR HIS
RESIGNATION, AND ESSENTIALLY
SAID, YOU BELIEVED THOSE WHO
WERE CALLING HIM AS SOMEONE WHO
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM AND
MONTH MOLESTED THEM AND HARASSED THEM.
YOU PLAYED HARD BALL.
DOESNT HE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO
THE SAME? >> THE PRESIDENT SAYS WHATEVER
HE WANTS, WHENEVER HE WANTS.
I DONT THINK THAT LEVEL OF
DISCOURSE, HOWEVER, IS WHAT THIS
COUNTRY WANTS.
COUNTRY WANTS.
I THINK WHAT HE HAS DONE IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
AND IF YOU PUT THAT IN THE
CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE ACCUSERS WHO
HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
THAT ARE CREDIBLE, YOU NEED
ACCOUNTABILITY.
ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I THINK WHAT PEOPLE DO WANT
IS ACCOUNTABILITY AND HE SHOULD RESIGN.UNTABILITY AND HE SHOULD
RESIGN.
AND IF HES UNWILLING TO, CONGRESS SHOULD INVESTIGATE.
THATS OUR JOB.
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT THIS.
WANT THIS. I THINK THEY WANT A COUNTRY THAT
THEY ARE PROUD OF, AND I THINK
THATS WHAT THIS ELECTION WAS
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO VOTE FOR THEIR VALUES AND WHAT
THEY CARE ABOUT.
>> WELL, ITS OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY, THAT ELECTION IN