The President’s acolytes, Messrs. Porter and Sorensen, have resigned due to alleged acts of domestic violence. Both men deny the allegations. And the President, believing Americans stand for fairness, reminds us that these men claim to be innocent and are entitled to “due process.” Does the President have a point?

Of course, everybody, including these accused men, have a right to due process. But it is not their rights that are relevant here. When were their wives’ rights recognized? These men, one might say, were never arrested or tried in court. So, one might conclude, the allegations against them were never prosecuted or litigated in court and therefore must not be justified. But the lack of prosecution implies that their wives were either not heard, believed, or too embarrassed/afraid to air their abuse in public or in the courts. Were these women given due process? I think not. As a result, the women’s accusations remain unadjudicated in the courts. But they are speaking up now—and so are a lot of other women in America. They demand to be heard and, hopefully, will demand due process in the future.

The President, in effect, reminds us that Messrs. Porter and Sorensen are innocent until proven guilty. He is right. But he ignores the fact that his Administration has failed to acknowledge the right of their former wives to be heard. Although these women declined to file battery charges against them, they did inform the FBI and, in one case, filed for a restraining order. The police reports and the courts restraining order give credence to these women. Moreover, the FBI believed them, for it refused to grant Porter and Sorensen their requested security clearances. So, the police, the courts, and the FBI believed the battered wives. Also, public opinion appears to believe their accusations. And the accused wife beaters have resigned rather than have their case further adjudged in the press and the public forum. The only remaining unbeliever in their guilt is Donald Trump.

Everybody accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty. That dictum is jurisprudence 101 in America. We can only acknowledge that alleged crimes may have been committed. So, Messrs. Porter and Sorensen should be given their day in court—even in the court of public opinion. The President has already claimed that privilege for them. But he cannot exclude the same privilege to their wives. By his omission, he has stigmatized them as liars who would willingly destroy the careers of these men. He not only invalidates their wives but, in the process, minimizes the crime of spousal abuse. Maybe he is simply unable to recognize the crime of which his former wife accused him guilty. If so, he is afflicted by the same moral myopia that afflicts Porter and Sorensen. They cannot see the truth beyond the privileged bubble bequeathed them by male-dominated history. Is this not the very blindness the “#metoo” movement attempts to address?

The beauty of America has always been its ability to recognize and change moral injustices. But change of this nature requires persistence and moral leadership. Obviously, this President is incapable of the leadership required. But many Americans have taken up the challenge. Women are proving themselves persistent. And men willing to admit the unfairness of male privilege are joining them. As a husband and father of two daughters count me with those men— “#mentoo.”