Stacey Williams appeared on the doorstep of a Bucks County at her home Saturday morning, knocking on what would be the 21st door of her prospecting mandate.

For much of the morning, Williams, 56, was greeted with unanswered doors, voice messages from the Ring camera or a man who angrily said he had already voted.

But when Margaret, a Lower Makefield resident who only provided her first name, answered the door, Williams had a much more personal connection and a moment to share why she was outside on that cold fall morning:

Williams, a former Sports Illustrated model who now lives in California, said she was sexually assaulted by former President Donald Trump in 1993, with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein looking on.

Margaret’s face fell and she enveloped Williams in a hug.

“I feel for you, I’m sorry,” said Margaret, who added that she was looking forward to voting on Tuesday.

Williams, who grew up in Wilkes-Barre and Mechanicsburg, Pa., has been politically involved for 17 years and is spending the final leg of the 2024 campaign in one of her home state’s most crucial counties, mobilizing Democrats vote for vice president Kamala Harris while sharing her story and connecting with suburban women in Purple County along the way.

Saturday’s canvassing event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, was the first time Williams went door-to-door since she initially shared her story. during a “Survivors for Kamala” Zoom call on October 21. This call was not affiliated with the Harris campaign and Williams says his decision was not made in conjunction with the Democratic Party.

The Trump campaign has vehemently denied Williams’ allegations of sexual assault. “These accusations, made by a former Barack Obama campaigner and announced during a Harris campaign call two weeks before the election, are unequivocally false,” Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. press release. “It is obvious that this false story was made up by the Harris campaign.”

Williams is one of 27 women who have said Trump committed sexual misconduct. The GOP candidate was never criminally charged with such conduct, but a jury in a civil case in May 2023 found him responsible for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll.

Women of the Philadelphia Collar Counties are ready to help determine the outcome of the 2024 elections after playing a crucial role in winning Pennsylvania the presidency Joe Biden in 2020. On Tuesday, they could potentially make Harris the first female president of the United States.

Ben Romero, an organizer with the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, said Saturday, “Bucks County is one of the most important places you can be today. »

The neighborhoods Williams visited were filled with crisp fall leaves, leftover Halloween decorations and a palpable connection between her and the women she met.

“You know what’s going to happen if he’s elected,” Williams said of Trump to a woman who has already voted.

“I know,” she replied.

“God Almighty,” another woman, a Harris voter, responded when Williams shared her story.

Williams enjoyed the more personal environment Saturday, after the global media attention her story received. She didn’t feel prepared to deal with the backlash from 2016 or 2020, she said, explaining why she hadn’t come forward with allegations against Trump until now.

“You would vomit if you saw some of the things people said to me online,” Williams said as he sat in the backyard of a family of Yardley Democrats who offered their home as canvassing headquarters from Saturday.

“But it’s much more intimate,” Williams added. “The women I spoke to were so warm and loving, like I knew they were going to get a hug. You can see it, you know, and women feel very connected right now in this country because of what’s happening.

Helen Rosenthal, president of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, was at Saturday’s canvassing event and said Williams’ sharing of her experience would likely resonate with a third of women in the United States. United States who have been assaulted, harassed or targeted in some way.

“If it helps to present him truthfully and support him to vote for Kamala, then I’m really happy to do that,” Williams said of her allegations against Trump. “I think women have had enough.”

As she returned to her old stomping grounds of Pennsylvania, Williams reminisced about her favorite pizza in northeastern Pennsylvania, visiting Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster and calling herself a “rabid.” State of Pennsylvania fan” before Saturday’s loss to rival Ohio State, the team’s first of the season.

“No matter how long I’ve been gone, I come back here and I love it.” It’s familiar. My family is here. All my childhood friends and high school friends are here. So the fact that the state I’m from is also a critical swing state is kind of perfect,” Williams said. “It makes me even hungrier to get the vote out there.”