Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who represents porn star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump, said Saturday he has still not made a decision on whether he will make a run for the White House in 2020.
“How serious is your consideration of [a 2020 White House run]?” an MSNBC host asked Saturday.
“Well, my consideration is very serious. I have not made a decision yet,” Avenatti said. “I’ve been to over 15 states in the last couple months — gauging reaction, helping raise money for Democrats.”
The so-called porn lawyer prides himself on being an advocate for women, and some speculate that his transition to a more public career would warrant a run for the White House. Recently, Avenatti has been on the campaign trail with Democrats and plans to continue up to the 2018 midterm elections.
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Avenatti said Trump would be hard to beat in 2020, and that Democrats cannot expect to meet him with a “message of puppies and daisies,” but instead need to prepare for a “brutal campaign.”
Avenatti said that he doesn’t believe women are going to support Trump when he runs for reelection in 2020.
“I don’t think they’re going to support him [Trump] in the same degree they did last time,” Avenatti said. “I think that his misogyny is wearing thin, but ultimately, I don’t think he’s going to change his conduct.”
Trump called Avenatti’s client, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, “horseface” in a tweet earlier this week, and the lawyer said this is just another insult towards women in a long line of attacks from the president.
“This is a man who has been demeaning women his whole adult life,” Avenatti continued. “The only way we are going to solve this problem is defeating him and removing him from office.”
