Donald Trump Field Organizer Accuses Campaign of Sex Discrimination

[kpete]

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A former paid organizer for Donald J. Trump who was fired this month has accused his presidential campaign of sex discrimination.

Elizabeth Mae Davidson, 26, who was the Trump campaign’s field organizer here in Davenport, Iowa’s third-largest city, said in a discrimination complaint that men doing the same jobs were paid more and were allowed to plan and speak at rallies, while her requests to do so were ignored. She also said that when she and a young female volunteer met Mr. Trump at a rally last summer, he told them, “You guys could do a lot of damage,” referring to their looks.

The complaint was filed on Thursday with the Davenport Civil Rights Commission. Mr. Trump’s spokeswoman and campaign manager did not respond to calls, emails or text messages sent late Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Ms. Davidson, of Bettendorf, who had recruited volunteer organizers for most of her region’s 63 precincts and opened a Trump campaign field office, only the second in the state, was fired on Jan. 14, the day after a New York Times article portrayed problems with the campaign’s senior Iowa leadership, to whom she reported

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/us/politics/trump-field-organizer-accuses-campaign-of-sex-discrimination.html?_r=0




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He doesn't want to be liked, he wants to be respected and feared. He wants to be the top dog; he is obsessed with it.

I think people often misread that as a species of strength, but its true origin is fear — deep, pre-verbal fear, down in the brainstem

http://www.vox.com/2016/1/30/10873476/donald-trump-never-president

[gratuitous]

1. Dear Ms. Davidson

Good for you for wanting to get involved in the political process. I hope you weren't thinking that a candidate prone to calling women bimbos and worse was going to be a paragon of fairness toward women. I hope you learn from this experience, and find another candidate who reflects your views and who will treat women fairly (spoiler alert: You're not going to find that candidate on the Republican side of the aisle).

[oberliner]

2. What does "you guys could do a lot of damage" mean?

I'm totally not understanding that comment and what she is saying the implication was.

[world wide wally]

3. Now go out and convince the rest of the women working for him do the same