President Trump’s statement today, that “if a man has a little fight with his wife, they say it is a crime” is dangerous and unacceptable.
Words like these normalize abuse. They send a message to survivors—that 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.
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.