President Trump\u2019s statement today, that \u201cif a man has a little fight with his wife, they say it is a crime\u201d is dangerous and unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Words like these normalize abuse. They send a message to survivors\u2014that violence in the home is somehow less serious, that their pain is not real, and that the law should look the other way. But domestic violence is a crime. And it is rooted in power and control, not in disagreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every survivor has the right to safety and justice. Undermining those protections through careless, dismissive rhetoric puts lives at risk and weakens the very systems meant to keep people safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Trump\u2019s statement today, that \u201cif a man has a little fight with his wife, they say it is a crime\u201d is dangerous and unacceptable. Words like these normalize abuse. They send a message to survivors\u2014that violence in the home is somehow less serious, that their pain is not real, and that the law should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":null,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2013],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-12207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statements-and-press-releases","tag-domestic-violence"],"acf":{"custom_scripts":false,"hide_post_date":false,"eyebrow":"","heading":"","text":"","primary_cta":"","authors":false,"related_initiative_title":"","related_initiative_link":"","related_initiative_link_text":"","featured_posts":"","original_url":""},"yoast_head":"\n