10 things you need to know today: February 11, 2018

Trump takes heat for 'mere allegation' tweet, Senate preps for immigration debate amid Trump uncertainty, and more

Gold medalist Redmond Gerard of the United States poses during the victory ceremony for the Snowboard Men's Slopestyle Final on day two of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix
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1. Trump takes heat for 'mere allegation' tweet

President Trump came under fire over the weekend for a Saturday tweet apparently posted in response to the resignation of two White House staffers, Rob Porter and David Sorensen, accused of domestic abuse by their ex-wives. "Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation," Trump wrote. "Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?" As critics quickly noted, the president consistently defends men accused of abuse or assault against women but displays no concern for due process in other cases.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.