The Trump allegations have sparked a grim new Twitter trend
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LONDON -- As further allegations about sexual misconduct emerge about Donald Trump, thousands have entered into a fierce debate on Twitter about the legitimacy of the claims.
They're using the hashtag #NextFakeTrumpVictim which is believed to have been started on 4chan.
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Some are making jokes and accusing the alleged victims of political opportunism, while others have called out the hashtag as another example of victim blaming.
Many pointed out the timing of the allegations.
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Critics of the hashtag have called on Twitter to take action.
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On Wednesday night, the New York Times published a story in which two women described incidents that happened decades apart, stating they were victims of Trump's unwanted sexual advances.
The allegations come after the publication of a 2005 tape of Donald Trump describing how he makes sexual advances by grabbing women "by the pussy" caused an international outcry on Friday 7 October.
His campaign staff issued a statement calling the accusations "fiction."
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
