This week's Idiot in the News is one who committed an assault on a woman because he felt he was given the okay by the President's words and actions. A leader is supposed to set an example of decency, integrity and honesty and that's not what we've seen in the last couple of years.
The leadership has provoked and encouraged people to attack reporters and it's even led to assaults on women in air travel.
The latest incident occurred on Oct. 23 when a man who groped a woman's breasts on a southwest airlines flight ACTUALLY CITED the President's words as a means to justify his assault. Here's the story from USA Today and the/Washington Post:
Man accused of groping woman on flight: Trump 'says it's OK to grab' women's private parts
Source: USA Today 10/23/18
A man cited President Donald Trump after he allegedly groped a woman during a Southwest flight from Houston to New Mexico on Sunday, according to court documents.
Bruce Alexander, 49, was arrested on an abusive sexual contact charge after Southwest Flight 5421 landed in Albuquerque.
According
to an affidavit, when Alexander was placed in handcuffs, he told
officers that "the president of the United States says it’s OK to grab
women by their private parts."
Alexander is accused of touching a woman's breast while he was sitting behind her on the Southwest flight.
The
woman said she felt Alexander's hand move from behind her and grab her
right breast. She said she fell asleep about 20 minutes into the flight
and not long after, she felt him touch her but assumed it was an
accident, according to court documents.
About 30
minutes later, she said she felt Alexander's hand grab the back of her
arm and grope around her ribs and then her breast.
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The woman then stood up and told Alexander she did not
understand how he could think that was OK and he needed to stop. She
then asked a flight attendant to re-seat her and was seated in another
section of the plane.
The woman said she had not been drinking alcohol or taking any sleep aids.
When
Alexander was questioned by authorities, he said he could not recall
touching the woman. He said he was sitting behind a woman and was asleep
for most of the flight.
He has been charged with abusive sexual contact.
USA TODAY has reached out to Southwest for comment.
Contributing: KHOU-TV in Houston
