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Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence

Representing the 14th District of Michigan

Will Trump mention #metoo at State of the Union?

January 30, 2018
In The News

The reverberations of the #metoo movement have echoed around the country and inspired a record number of women to run for public office. For Trump, it's a complicated issue, political science experts said. He was elected in 2016 after several women publicly complained about his behavior and after the airing of the now infamous 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape, in which Trump could be heard off-camera suggesting that fame empowered him to grab women by the genitals and "just start kissing" them. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., will bring Rose Gunter, the niece of Recy Taylor as her guest. Taylor was raped by six white men in 1944 and had her story cited by Oprah Winfrey at the Golden Globes. Rep. Brenda Lawrence is bringing as her guest author Danielle McGuire, whose book "At the Dark End of the Street" highlighted Taylor's case. But the message will have fierce competition from a man who knows how to garner headlines.