“When you looked at that horrible woman last night, you said — ” President Trump has long favored a take-no-prisoners approach against women who accuse men of sexual misconduct and abuse. “The stories are total fiction.” That was Trump in 2016 after multiple women leveled allegations against him. Here was Trump back in 1998, applauding then- President Bill Clinton for standing tall in the face of allegations. “This guy has got to be the toughest guy to take the kind of abuse that he’s taking.” Here’s what he had to say about one of Clinton’s accusers, Paula Jones. “Paula Jones is a loser.” Now comes an accusation of sexual assault against Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh. “We want to get to the bottom of everything. We want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out.” Trump’s usual ferocity is missing. “Look, if she shows up, and makes a credible showing, that’ll be very interesting and we’ll have to make a decision, but, I can only say this: he is such an outstanding man, very hard for me to imagine that anything happened.” One theory is that this softer approach is designed to avoid inflaming the public. “Is this all politics?” “I don’t want to say that.” Whatever the reason, it stands in stark contrast to his other defenses of allegedly abusive men. A look at his past statements shows a man who’s quick to defend other men. The president vouched for Rob Porter, a former White House aide who was accused of physical and verbal abuse by two ex-wives. Porter denied the allegations. “He says he’s innocent, and I think you have to remember that.” Trump also defended Roy Moore, the former Republican Alabama Senate candidate. Moore is accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls. “Well, he denies it. Look. He denies it. I mean, if you look at what is really going on and you look at all the things that have happened over the last 48 hours, he totally denies it.” President Trump then campaigned for Moore, who eventually lost. “So get out and vote for Roy Moore.” Five women received settlements after making harassment claims against Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. He was later forced off the network. O’Reilly denied the allegations. “He’s a person I know well. He is a good person,” adding, “I think he shouldn’t have settled. I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.” In 2016, a reporter accused Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, of grabbing and bruising her arm at a campaign rally. “A lot of people are looking and saying, ‘How can anybody be charged?’ He was — she was actually, if you look at her, in my book and according to a lot of people, she’s grabbing at me, and he’s acting as an intermediary and trying to block her from doing that.” When Trump has come out against men accused of sexual misconduct, they tend to be political rivals. He slammed former Senator Al Franken, a Democrat, after a photo surfaced of him appearing to grope a woman. “The Al Frankenstein picture is really bad. Speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five and six?” Trump also criticized Harvey Weinstein, a major Democratic Party donor, after allegations that he engaged in rampant sexual harassment and abuse. “I’ve known Harvey Weinstein for a long time. I’m not at all surprised to see it.” Meanwhile, even as he holds his fire against Kavanaugh’s accuser, Trump has another target for his attacks: the Democrats. “Why didn’t the Democrats bring it up then? Because they obstruct and because they resist. That’s the name of their campaign against me. They just resist and they just obstruct.”