The women had all read one another’s stories, reported in various outlets, and a few of them had met. Soon they were in touch with others: Alva Johnson, a former Trump campaign staffer; Kristin Anderson, a photographer; Rachel Crooks, who recently ran for Ohio state legislature; Jill Harth, a makeup artist; and Samantha Holvey, a former Miss USA contestant. The women gathered recently to “welcome” the newest member to their strange club: Amy Dorris, a former model, who came forward in an article in The Guardian in September. And they gathered on Zoom Wednesday, Inauguration Day, emotional as they closed one part of a chapter none of them wanted to be a part of. “Dismissed by the world / As if they didn’t care, / The weight of it all / Was sometimes hard to bear.”Johnson, 44, took out her former business card with the TRUMP campaign logo in bold lettering on the front, and seared the edge with a lighter.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2021 03:33 UTC