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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Survivors speak out after Trump dismisses domestic violence crimes: ‘Deeply disturbing’

Domestic violence survivors and their advocates have condemned Donald Trump’s remarks dismissing intimate partner violence as a “little fight with the wife,” warning that the president’s dismissive statements send a dangerous message that normalizes abuse.

In Monday remarks, Trump claimed that crime in Washington, D.C., was “virtually nothing” except for “lesser things” that “take place in the home they call crime.”

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