One of many nightmares a woman may have in her lifetime is becoming a victim of domestic violence. Sometimes it happens in an interaction with a family member or a close friend, other times it’s a romantic partner. And it’s easy to feel trapped, helpless in a situation when the domestic violence happens by the hands of someone a woman he taught will protect and love her.

Recently, POLITICO reported that Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO, Stephen K. Bannon, was charged with domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness in 1996.  The charges were eventually dropped due to witness unavailability. In reaction to the news, Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet Action, a national women’s advocacy organization, issued a statement on feeling troubled but sadly not surprised that Donald Trump’s campaign is ran by a man accused of domestic violence.

Chaudhary said, “First it was Corey Lewandowski who physically assaulted a female reporter. Then it was Roger Ailes, a serial sexual predator. Now it is Steve Bannon.” Chaudhary believe by Trump surrounding himself with men like Lewandowski, Ailes and Bannon, he is showing women, and all voters, exactly what kind of person he is and exactly what kind of President he’ll be. More over Chaudhary stated “As Senator Elizabeth Warren has said, personnel is policy. The hiring, and standing by, of men who have records of abusing women once again shows how he is unfit to be President.”

About UltraViolet Action: The online community of over 1,000,000 women and men supports those who want to take collective action to expose and fight sexism in the public sector, private sector and the media. You can find out more at WeAreUltraViolet.org.