Eric Trump: Ivanka wouldn't allow herself to be subjected to sexual harassment

Ivanka Trump would not put herself in a position to be sexually harassed in the way that former Fox News chief Roger Ailes is accused of doing, Eric Trump said of his older sister on Tuesday, as he tried to explain their father's comments about how he would have responded if a superior had treated Ivanka similarly.

“I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case,” Donald Trump told Fox News contributor and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers in comments published Monday.


Asked by Charlie Rose on "CBS This Morning" whether the Republican presidential nominee stuck by his answer or whether his father thinks that "perhaps, a better answer would be drawing it to the attention of Human Resources and other things that we can do with regard to sexual harassment in the workplace," Eric Trump said: "There is no question that that should obviously be addressed, and it should be addressed strongly."

"Hey, listen, we all run a company, my father runs a company, we take this — that is an absolute no-go anywhere, and that’s very much the case," Eric Trump said. "I think what he’s saying is, Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman, she wouldn’t allow herself to be objected [sic] to it, and by the way, you should take it up with Human Resources, and I think she would, as a strong person; at the same time, I don’t think she would allow herself to be subjected to that. I think that’s a point he was making, and I think he did so well."

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, who sued Ailes over sexual harassment last month, tweeted that it is "[s]ad in 2016 we're still victim blaming women. Trust me I'm strong."

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who reportedly encouraged a former colleague to speak out against Ailes, reacted to Eric Trump's comments with a single-word tweet: "Sigh."