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She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this (www.washingtonpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

motherhood was her most pressing concern. Cooper, 24, and her husband were trying to get pregnant, but the doctor said that IVF might be their best chance. Trump had promised to make it free. That is what she thought about in the voting booth.

Now she was staring at her phone, learning that probationary workers in the Forest Service were the next to be fired by his administration. Cooper would likely be one of them, her union head told her.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

also this...

She did not want to vote for Trump. Cooper hated what he said about women and hated how he treated them. Her family always said the women who accused the president of sexual assault had either made it up or deserved it. Cooper heard them and kept her own experience a secret, thinking that they might feel the same way about her.

the perpetuation and excusing of the abuse is insane.