E. Jean Carroll ran against former President Donald Trump and won, but now she wants other women to know they have the strength to do the same. .
Carroll, who won $83.3 million in libel damages against Trump in January for attending Fortune magazine's “Most Powerful Women” dinner in New York on Tuesday, is the president-elect. He said the outcome of the election could depend on women's votes.
“A woman actually has a chance of winning this election,” she told Fortune magazine's Emma Hinchliffe. “Black women especially stepped up in the 2020 election. And now I think suburban moms and suburban women should step up in this election.”
Journalist and author Carroll was sued for defamation after Trump called her a “liar” in 2019 after publicly accusing him of sexually assaulting her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996. appealed. The jury found that President Trump's comments seriously damaged Carroll's reputation. It was the second time Carroll has defeated a former president in court. Last May, another jury found Trump not responsible for the rape but guilty of sexually assaulting Carroll and defaming his reputation by claiming he had made up the story. The ruling awarded Carroll $5 million, bringing the total amount owed to her by Trump to $88.3 million.
Buoyed by these victories, Carroll, who took to the stage with attorney Roberta Kaplan, said that despite significant setbacks to women's rights, including legislative overshadowing, women's power to bring about social change is “extraordinary.” I feel positive about it,” he told the audience. Roe v. Wade and the recent dismissal of Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction in 2020 by the New York Supreme Court.
“I don't think we can be stopped, I really don't think we can be stopped,” Carroll said. “We need to work hard to help our sisters in the South and restore their rights to their bodies.”
Carroll hasn't received any money from President Trump yet, but that hasn't stopped her from making big plans for how to spend it. “I'm going to do everything that Donald Trump doesn't like,” she said. “He aligns the Supreme Court with conservative justices who take away women's rights to their bodies. I'll post as many as I can. [in]To reclaim women's rights to our own bodies. I'm going to donate to make sure women, especially moms who want scholarship aid, can become lawyers…He doesn't have a dog, so he wants to donate to the ASPCA. ”
When asked how she deals with being the target of online abuse among Trump supporters, Carol said her experience is representative of what many women encounter on social media. He said he was there. She said: “Every woman in this room has someone who has something terrible to say.” [about them] X on Instagram. We'll all say, “You're ugly, you're old, you're wrinkled, you don't deserve this, you're pathetic, you're ugly.” We all understand that. I'm not unusual. ”
But the conclusion of her trial makes the abuse easier to endure. And Carol said she was thrilled to be in the same room as so many influential women.
“Serious women are very powerful,” she warned. “The important thing is never to despair, never despair. Always stay positive to accomplish what needs to be done.”
