Democrats in Iowa knocking on doors of GOP houses asking for women & being turned away by husbands

[RandySF]

Still, there are signs her ground team is succeeding in peeling away rank-and-file Republicans in suburban neighborhoods even as the state’s GOP establishment remains in lockstep support of Mr. Trump.

Claire Celsi, a Democrat running for the Iowa state house from West Des Moines, recalled approaching a Republican house and finding the man who lived there working in his garage.

The man told her he and his wife weren’t interested in speaking to a Democrat. When Ms. Celsi returned to her car, she called the house and spoke to the man’s wife—who said she is crossing party lines and voting for her and Mrs. Clinton this year.

“There’s a lot of men who answer the door and speak for their wives,” Ms. Celsi said. “When I do get to talk to a woman, they say Trump is unacceptable” because of his disparaging remarks about women and immigrants.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-iowa-hillary-clinton-campaign-sees-a-possible-opening-1477054806

[JRLeft]

1. Maybe we have an Iowa surprise?

[Demsrule86]

2. This happened in 12 in Ohio too.

Husbands would be downright rude while wives managed to convey...that yes they were voting for Obama.

[dalton99]

3. You don't vote for somebody who called you stupid

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. Hi welcome to DU.

What do you mean?

[dalton99]

21. Thanks

Remember Trump's insult: “How stupid are the people of Iowa?" - when he lost to Cruz.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. Dump lost to Cruz? I missed that--but there's so much I can't catch everything!

I did catch video of dumpf saying years ago, if he ever ran for president, it would be as a repub because "those people are dumb"!!

[NCTraveler]

4. This is pretty aggressive and organized. Not sure how I feel about it as far as safety is concerned.

"The man told her he and his wife weren’t interested in speaking to a Democrat. When Ms. Celsi returned to her car, she called the house and spoke to the man’s wife—who said she is crossing party lines and voting for her and Mrs. Clinton this year."

[RandySF]

6. You raise a good point, and I'll tell you why.

I saw a reporter last week tweet that the room of people waiting for Trump reeked of alcohol.

[madaboutharry]

5. What is wrong with these husbands?

They obviously don't respect their wives.

[spooky3]

8. Can you imagine

what people would say if women answered the door and said their husbands didn't want to talk to a Democrat, etc.?

Sexism and misogyny are alive and well.

[Volaris]

12. No kiddin...In RedWorld, their wives are supposed to respect them.

[SCVDem]

20. But religion says......

Two steps back following the husband.

Which is yet another reason to be an atheist.

Bubba has a license to be an abuser based on the Bible and turn their head law enforcement.

It's all about power and control. (and beer)

[stone space]

27. They could be atheists. The OP doesn't mention religion.

Which is yet another reason to be an atheist.

[Maru Kitteh]

22. I lived in Nebraska for years. MANY men in that area are controlling misogynists.

United States of Shame map:



Nebraska has the highest rate of violence against females.

Trust me, the paternalistic, misogynistic, attitude of ownership that breeds violence and poses a daily threat to the lives of Nebraska women is found alive and well in the neighboring state of Iowa.

[Blue Idaho]

7. Well the knuckle draggers don't get to vote for their wives...

So I'm thinking this stunt is just pissing the wives off.

[spooky3]

9. hope you're right.

I can't imagine living with someone like that.

[yeoman6987]

10. Unless they absentee. I can see that being awful for the wife

[Blue Idaho]

17. That is so true... nt.

[yeoman6987]

18. Makes my stomach turn thinking about it

I hate what some husbands do to their wives. It's criminal in my opinion.

[Kingofalldems]

25. Trump supporters are criminal---and dishonest about their real intentions.

They quite often pretend to be Democrats.

[ffr]

13. As much. If our phone bank callers talk to the husband of the wife and..

he says don't call back. We put them on the list of people "to call back." We want to hear it from her, not him. He does not speak for her.

Many families are split. But in Dem families, the entire family is democratic.

[Lithos]

15. I do not speak for my wife

I speak *with* my wife...

We're with her...

L-

[progressoid]

19. There is house here in western Iowa that has both a Hillary & a Trump yard sign.

I don't think it would be a stretch to assume that the wife is supporting Hillary and the husband is supporting Trump.

[oasis]

23. We've all seen those deplorable types throw their weight around.

The will be plenty of browbeaten women who will get even in the polling booth.

[Danmel]

24. I ave encountered that on more than one occasion in NY

I am a Democratic committee woman and during petition season have had a least 6 experiences where husbands have refused to let their wives sign. That behavior, I an afraid, is not limited to red states.

[smirkymonkey]

30. Sad and disgusting. It would be a different world if women could be free of

the influence of their husbands.

[no_hypocrisy]

26. I'm surprised those husbands don't complete and forge their wives' absentee ballots.

[Willie Pep]

32. My uncle bullies my grandmother to fill her absentee ballot straight Republican.

I once stood up and said that she should fill her ballot anyway she wants to and he went off on me. He is a total wingnut who spends all of his time consuming right-wing hate media. He and some of my other Republican uncles make family gatherings awful because if you dare to disagree with them they go absolutely ape and will ruin the whole day.

[saltpoint]

28. There may be a lot of tense kitchen

tables in Iowa the morning of November 9th.

The man Ms. Celsi spoke with told her his wife wasn't "interested in speaking to a Democrat." Meaning, he forbade her to express her own citizenship by individual voting preference. Meaning he would do the talking and control the voting in her behalf?

But it doesn't work that way. His wife can step into the voting booth and vote for whomever she pleases. She can tell her husband she voted for Hillary Clinton or not, as she wishes.

And he can pretty much cram it if he doesn't like it.

If current polling holds, his wife's instinct to support the Democratic ticket will be replicated by a big majority nationwide. Her husband doesn't speak for any of those people either.

[avebury]

29. My concern for women in those circumstance would

go way past an election. One can only imagine what their life is on a daily basis.