Danielle Muscato (she/her)

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 He's rich. He chose to have a child. That child turned out to be disabled. The right thing to do is help her. Not to mention, he bought houses for each of his other kids, neither of whom needed his help, but he did it anyway! Why does he hate me so much? I'll never understand. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 If you are so rich that you can/DID buy houses for each of your other kids, & you choose to have another child who turns out to be disabled & needs lifelong support, you have an ethical responsibility to provide that support. To do otherwise is abandoning your duties as a parent. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 He WANTS me to suffer. It's the only explanation. He refused to give me my meds, he STILL won't give me my bedding, or my emotional support animal. This hotel allows pets, not to mention that service animals are legally permitted, anyway. Why don't I have my animal?! He's evil. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I would LOVE to be able to provide for myself. I used to. I paid my taxes and worked hard and now I'm disabled. I'm entitled to benefits but it takes years to get approved. I would not have moved back in with him if he hadn't offered. But then he attacked me. This is his fault. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 He's rich and selfish and narcissistic and cruel and spiteful and physically, emotionally, and financially abusive. I CAN'T just leave—my car insurance, cell phone, everything is under his control. He won't even give me back my car title!! He is making this impossible on purpose. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I have a heart condition, I have #PTSD, clinical depression, chronic pain AND was recovering from surgery that I wouldn't have had yet, if I'd known I'd be homeless six days later. That man is straight up evil. He refused to give me back my meds!! I could've had a stroke & DIED — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I used to work 70 hours/week, traveling every weekend to cons for public speaking, I made $50k+/year. I'm NOT lazy nor entitled. How dare you?! I could have DIED. My dad refused to return my prescription meds for 3 WEEKS until we went to court about it!! 6 days after BACK SURGERY — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 But even more to the point, how dare you?! I'm a domestic violence survivor. I'm disabled. I'm in a LOT of pain, it takes up all my attention. I need help to survive—I can no longer work. My dad has an ethical responsibility—as a multi-millionaire parent by choice—to help me. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 The LEAST he could do is make sure his daughter isn't living on the street. He literally wouldn't notice the money it'd take for a roof over my hea…I mean he agreed to pay for the hotel bill, I've been here 2 months, it's $9000!!! This is absurd. That's an apartment right there. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I didn't want to move. I just had back surgery, I'm not yet approved for disability benefits, this is a horrible time for me to move. But it's not safe at home, with him. I'm a domestic violence survivor. This is my dad's fault. And he's a multi-millionaire. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 It wouldn't cost him anything, maybe a LITTLE extra in utilities that I'd be happy to cover myself—for me to move back into my bedroom there. I lived there for a year and a half, but he constantly screamed at me and threw things at me, and then finally, he injured me and I left. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I want to go home, to my emotional support animal, my own bed—i have specialty bedding for my back pain, that he REFUSES to give me. I've been without it for 2 months! We had to redo my last back surgery, it didn't heal properly, my wrist injury prevented me from using my cane. https://t.co/VbTNniPoDC — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I applied for disability benefits a year and half ago, but it takes time to process and get approved, literally years. My dad attacked me. He should make this right. It's the ethical thing to do. I'm his daughter. He injured my wrist and I'm a guitarist. He's violent & selfish. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 Further, he bought houses for each of my siblings. Neither of them are disabled. They both have full-time salaried jobs. Why did he buy houses for them, but not for me, even though I can't work?! It's not like he HAS to of course, but what the hell? I'm homeless & disabled! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 If he's going to offer a room and have me uproot my entire life, switch doctors, switch insurance, I have an emotional support animal who's at his house right now, too… he attacked me and made my living situation unsafe. He wouldn't even NOTICE it if he bought me a house. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 He offered to have me move back in, so that I could have these surgeries and recuperate in a place where other people could help me with basics like doctor's appointments, etc. I came here from where I was living in Kentucky BECAUSE he offered this space. Then, he attacked me! https://t.co/rVLmNhdXQI — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 But more to the point, my dad chose to have a child, knowing that child could be disabled and need lifelong care—it's not my fault. My dad's a multi-millionaire. There's no reason I should be homeless if he cares at all. He has a 5 bedroom house 2 miles away. 2 people live there. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I can tweet, I can do short things that don't take much attention. But that's it. I can't keep any sort of schedule, my sleep quality is horrifying. I'm constantly exhausted unless I'm EXTREMELY medicated—I'm on FIVE prescription pain meds, okay? I can't pay attention to anything — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@Jane38871895 I am disabled. You are being really ableist by presuming that I'm lazy or something. I'm in excruciating pain. I've had 3 back surgeries in the last 18 months. I'm loaded up on opioids just so I can play guitar for an hour. That's all I'm gonna be able to do all day. I'm in pain! — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

and I mean FRESH. The dude is literally back there grinding meat 😍 and I got a drink, The Comanch Eria, a spicy margarita with chilis and smoked pineapple — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

I was busking and this passerby, Kalee, bought me lunch!! Bud’s BBQ had some excellent music playing outside, @Tromboneshorty who's playing at The Blue Note Jan30! I was walking by & couldn't help but busk along for a bit. This place has AMAZING smash burgers. Fresh ground beef https://t.co/BJhd3yTiwR — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Ready for my court date about the order of protection hearing against my dad. We ended up postponing it to mid-February, so turns out I didn't need to come in today. I'll keep you posted about how this is going when I meet with my lawyer. #DomesticAbuse #DomesticViolence #DV https://t.co/nNdJUbsPUp — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@SarcasticCupcak Take care not to conflate impling versus inferring. I stated nor implied any gender in my tweet, either direction. I said "they" in my tweet, in order to leave it open to abusers of any gender, actually. You applied your own bias to this, when you labeled it with genders. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@SarcasticCupcak Take care not to conflate impling versus inferring. I stated nor implied any gender in my tweet, either direction. I said "they" on my tweet, in order to leave it open, actually. You applied your own bias to this when you labeled it with genders. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@SarcasticCupcak Take care not to conflate impling versus inferring. I stated nor implied any gender in my tweet, either direction. You applied your own bias to this when you labeled it with genders. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@BillHaines_eh Unless you have some extremely good reason to believe that someone is lying about being abused, yeah, you should believe anyone who says that. Why else would they say it, if it weren't true? To disbelieve someone saying they're being abused is to call them a liar. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@HoyeNathalie What are you talking about? Use your words. Be specific. When did I run to the cops about *anything*? — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

Just a friendly reminder that abusers don't abuse everyone they come in contact with, so placing doubt on victims based on your experience with that person is irresponsible and unkind. Thanks. https://t.co/5y7RtBqIsb — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@MeganCelesteL @Rosemary3141 @Mizzou I'm not causing a rift. My dad did that by being emotionally, financially, & physically abusive. If your belief that my dad is good can be destroyed by the truth, then it deserves to be destroyed by the truth. Stop defending a child abuser, just because he's never abused YOU. — PolitiTweet.org

Danielle Muscato (she/her) @DanielleMuscato

@MeganCelesteL @Rosemary3141 @Mizzou Rosemary keeps calling me "DM" instead of "she" because she's transphobic on top of it. Rosemary, I'm not ABLE to work. I'm disabled. You're being ableist & cruel, besides just flat out incorrect. My dad is abusive. It's the truth. Sorry that bums you out, but it's still true. — PolitiTweet.org