Trump, contending with unpopular GOP abortion bans, turns focus to women
Hours before the North Carolina rally, shortly after midnight, Trump had written on his social media site Truth Social in an 181-word, all-caps post that women are less healthy, less safe, and more depressed and unhappy than they were when he was president. He offered no data or evidence to back up his claims, which are not reflected in polling or government data. He also again repeated an abortion-related lie that Democrats want to execute babies.
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Moreno Leans Hard Into Misogyny In Close Ohio Sen Race: Why Do Women Over 50 Care About Abortion?
“The left has a lot of single issue voters,” Moreno said, according to a video recording obtained by WCMH, the NBC affiliate in Columbus, Ohio. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
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Republicans are following JD Vance off the gender gap cliff
You’ll note that he said he will “protect women at a level never seen before” as if women are abandoned children who are desperate for him to come and rescue them from all their travails. When was the last time you heard a major politician in America infantilize women like this? It sounds like something out of the 19th century.
He took this all a step further in his speeches over the weekend making it clear that this is an official campaign message delivered from the teleprompter (with a few off-the-cuff embellishments.) In this rendition, women are complete basketcases, barely able to function which, for some bizarre reason, is why they care about abortion rights.
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Donald Trump and Bernie Moreno rage at “crazy” female voters who refuse to fall in line
Alencia Johnson, a former adviser to Joe Biden’s campaign, reacted on CNN by saying, “So disgusting,” adding that the diatribe reminded her that Trump is a “predator.” Jonathan Chait of New York magazine wrote that Trump “sounds like a domestic abuser,” who is gaslighting women by telling them their concerns about abortion rights aren’t real. “It’s like he’s talking through the locked basement door to the pregnant woman he’s imprisoned,” wrote blogger Rude Pundit on Threads.
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Gretchen Whitmer calls Trump ‘deranged’ after comments on abortion
Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, called Donald Trump “just deranged” on Sunday after he said women would no longer be thinking about abortion if he is elected as president in November.
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