Rob Porter was one of the key members of Trump’s White House staff. He wrote most of Trump’s State of the Union address; he often travels with Trump. He is a Harvard graduate, Rhodes scholar, and former aide to Senator Orrin Hatch, and close ally of John Kelly. When allegations of spousal abuse emerged, Hatch and Kelly urged him not to resign. When his first wife released a photo of her face with a black eye, he resigned.
He asked his second wife to remove this Blog Post. She didn’t.
Every woman who has been physically or emotionally abused can relate to this statement.
Why do some very smart, powerful men do this?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
The ” smart ones” I’ve met had one trait in common: arrogance.
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Yes, arrogance, cowardice, sociopathy, sadism and I’m guessing he might have grown up in a family in which the father was some kind of tyrant. It took so much “courage” to beat up on someone smaller and weaker than he was.
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I am going to put myself on the line here and write, “Most females know about abuse. Some of it is subtle and some not so subtle and downright gross. Many just have not said anything. Why? Because of blaming and/or dismissal of the incident(s) and the abuser(s).”
This is a common pattern. Still makes me wanna puke.
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The abuse is horrific. Thanks for sharing the blog post Diane.
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Weird that his second wife writes “But my heart breaks for him.”
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Sounds like she had a lot of therapy and tried to understand and forgive. But she didn’t delete the blog post
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Why hasn’t “determined to get his own way” or “easily made to feel inferior” coupled with difficulty controlling impulses been mentioned?
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Sickening!
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Excellent editorial from one of the local Utah newspapers, regarding Orrin Hatch’s disgusting part in all of this: http://www.standard.net/Our-View/2018/02/08/Orrin-Hatch-Utah-sexual-violence-Rob-Porter-abuse-Trump-White-House-aide.html
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That is a powerful editorial TOW. Thanks for sharing.
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Females as property.
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I am a victim of spousal abuse. I have a cracked wrist, and a crushed sinus. My wife beats on me continuously. Spousal abuse occurs in all types of environments, and in all types of ethnic and socio-economic classes.
I hope the victim gets the counseling and therapy to recover. I also hope the perpretrator gets whats coming to him!
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So sorry, Charles. Are you still married? Have you and your spouse worked out your issues re: abuse? I hope you and your spouse received therapy. Abuse is a disease.
Don’t feel like you must answer the above question. I am just curious.
We seem to have a crisis re: ANGER and VIOLENCE in this country.
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