Juan Williams: The GOP's worsening problem with women
Interesting article. Sure am glad many women are finally catching on Trumps sexist, bigoted character.
Juan Williams: The GOP's worsening problem with women
Juan Williams: The GOP's worsening problem with women
12/17/18 06:00 AM EST
Take a look at the most telling Republican quotes on women from the last three years:
“Such a nasty woman!” — then-candidate Donald Trump describing his opponent Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
“Nevertheless, she persisted.” — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2017, explaining why he stopped Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) from saying anything more in a debate on the Senate floor.
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) was recently chosen by her colleagues to serve as vice chairwoman of the Senate Republican Conference, giving a woman a seat at the table in Senate GOP leadership for the first time in eight years.
But Ernst’s rise can’t hide the reality: Of 24 female senators next year, just seven will be Republican, even though the GOP has a 53-member majority.
After Arizona Rep. Martha McSally (R) lost her bid for a Senate seat — to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema — McSally’s campaign strategists detailed how Trump’s toxicity among female voters contributed to her loss.
“In internal polling during the primary, President Trump never broke 80% favorability among Republican voters. A certain segment of [Arizona] Republicans was outright hostile to President Trump, and was against the Kavanaugh appointment,” read a post-mortem memo obtained by The Washington Post.
In fact, female voters nationwide favored Democrats by 19 points according to exit polls, while male voters favored Republicans by four points — a 23-point gender gap.
The problem is Trump, and it goes back to his win in the 2016 election................................
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