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THEY WON’T back down. A quartet of women who have accused President Trump of sexual harassment joined hundreds of thousands of others in Washington Saturday to stand up to the newly elected commander-inchief on his first full day in office.
The four women issued a call of solidarity with victims of sexual abuse during a press conference at the Hyatt Place hotel, just blocks from the White House. It came just before the Women’s March on Washington.
“I wish to march today in support of the other accusers as well as for any other victims of sexual harassment or abuse,” said Temple Taggart, a former Miss Utah.
Many who gathered in the nation’s capital fear that Trump and his administration will strip women’s health and reproductive rights.
Taggart was joined by fellow Trump accusers Summer Zervos, Jessica Drake and former receptionist Rachel Crooks.
“I am marching today because it is important to show others who have been bullied that you can have the courage to stand up to bullies and to people who are in power,” said Zervos, a contestant on season five of The Apprentice who alleges that Trump groped her on more than one occasion in 2007.
Trump has denied the allegations and threatened to sue all of the women who publicly accused him of assault.
Attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Zervos in a defamation lawsuit filed against Trump just days before he assumed office, stood with the accusers.
She would not comment on whether she had spoken to Trump’s attorneys about the lawsuit.
“The U.S. Supreme Court made it clear that no one enjoys immunity for personal conduct,” Allred said. “If in fact there is evidence that he sexually assaulted Summer, that would not be an official act but personal conduct.”
Trump, accused of using misogynistic language during his White House run, faces dozens of claims of sexual misbehavior.
Video uncovered during the Republican’s campaign revealed Trump openly bragging about using his celebrity status to molest women.
Taggart, who claims Trump gave her an unwanted kiss during a beauty pageant when she was 21, said she felt compelled to join the march, no matter what backlash she may face for shining a spotlight on the President’s alleged abuse.