--- 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: 2026-08-04T08:03:15.801Z 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # RNC Chair Says Donald Trump Will Have to ‘Answer for’ Reported Treatment of Women ## Video: A More "Presidentially Correct" Trump? [Watch (HLS stream): A More "Presidentially Correct" Trump?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Jq72wMzX.m3u8) (1:38)  _Published 2016-05-05. We're tracking Trump statements with Time's Presidential-o-Meter to see how "Presidentially Correct" he can sound._  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan May 15, 2016 4:02 PM UTC  Donald Trump speaks in New York on May 3, 2016. 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. 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