Avenatti stirs up DNC meeting Politico, Aug 23, 2018, NATASHA KORECKI
On the first day of the DNC summer meeting on Thursday, attorney Michael Avenatti proved as recognizable and media-savvy as any of the prospects considering running for the party’s presidential nomination in 2020.
The attorney best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against President Donald Trump — now flirting with a presidential run of his own — appeared eager to convince that he’s more than just a face on TV.
Avenatti addressed the Ethnic Council, one of many DNC subgroups to meet over the three-day Chicago meeting, where he railed against family separations and the treatment of immigrants at the border. He later talked to the Black Caucus about a loss of empathy in America.
“The fact of the matter is, is that Donald Trump would not be in office today had he not convinced a lot of people that look like me that their success and dignity depended on trampling the rights of women, minorities, African-Americans, Muslims and others,†Avenatti told the Black Caucus. “A lot of these groups now are fighting for their very survival, and the fact of the matter is, is it cannot be their fight alone. People that look like me, white men, we need to stand up, and we need to say, ‘Enough.’â€
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