--- title: Reince Priebus: Donald Trump Must Answer For Report on Women description: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Donald Trump would have to “answer for” a series of unwelcome advances on women canonical: https://time.com/4336482/donald-trump-reince-priebus-women/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-15T16:02:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:32.523Z article:section: Politics og:title: RNC Chair Says Donald Trump Will Have to ‘Answer for’ Reported Treatment of Women og:description: The report revealed several alleged unwelcome advances from Trump in the past og:url: https://time.com/4336482/donald-trump-reince-priebus-women/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57be2cb4481e4e7/698893390b72e3e8036e961a/donald-trump-women-reince.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: RNC Chair Says Donald Trump Will Have to ‘Answer for’ Reported Treatment of Women twitter:description: The report revealed several alleged unwelcome advances from Trump in the past twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta57be2cb4481e4e7/698893390b72e3e8036e961a/donald-trump-women-reince.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # RNC Chair Says Donald Trump Will Have to ‘Answer for’ Reported Treatment of Women > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump speaks in New York on May 3, 2016. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 15, 2016 4:02 PM UTC Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said [Donald Trump would have to “answer for”](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-reince-priebus-sen-jeff-sessions/story?id=39116794) a series of unwelcome advances on women highlighted in a recent report. Priebus weighed in on the [New York _Times_ story](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html?%5Fr=0) about [Trump’s](http://time.com/4336452/donald-trump-paul-manafort-no-reason-change/?xid=homepage) treatment of dozens of women in private during an appearance on ABC’s _This Week._ “Look, I mean, these are things that he is going to have to answer for,” Priebus said. “But I also think there are things from many years ago and I think that, you know, as Christians, judging each other I think is — is problematic. I think it’s when people live in glass houses and throw stones is when people get in trouble.” The _Times_ interviewed several women who had worked with Trump, dated him, had social interactions with him or knew him since he was an adolescent. The newspaper report revealed several unwelcome romantic advances and “unsettling workplace conduct” over a span of decades. Priebus added that he doesn’t think voters are judging Trump by his personal life. “I think people are judging Donald Trump as to whether or not he’s someone that’s going to go to Washington and shake things up. And that’s why he’s doing so well,” he said. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions shared the same sentiment, telling _This Week_ that “people have not expected purity” from Trump. ## Transcript So there have been reports that you've been getting pressure from your staff to act more presidential, is that the case? Do you need to act more presidential? No, no, not at all. We have had no pressure to act more presidential. The Trump administration will lead a free world. Sir, with all due respect, that's the argument of a five year old. I didn't start it. That is properly armed and funded. Every parent knows a kid who says he- That's not a five year old. Excuse me, when I become president, the days of treating Israel like a second class citizen will end. Now I have a lot of friends, by the way, Mitt Romney is not one of them. Did he choke? I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country. We can't continue to allow. To rape our country. One that replaces randomness with purpose. Ideology with strategy and chaos with peace. Here's a guy, throwing punches, nasty as hell, screaming at everything else. I'd like to punch him in the face. The countries we are defending must pay For the cost of this defense. We're gonna knock the **** out of ISIS. [ APPLAUSE ] Gonna knock the **** out of them. Governor Kasich and Senator Cruz have really, really hurt themselves. Somebody has to be where the belt's going in because the belt moves this way. It moves this way. [ LAUGH ] It moves that way. We have won millions of more votes than Senator Cruz, a lying Ted, lying. He's a lying guy! I felt that I had to hit back very hard, but at the right time I will be so presidential you will be so bored. 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