Donald Trump is vetting women for vice-president. That won't fool us
Donald Trump is vetting women for vice-president. That won't fool us
Misogyny has been the one consistent part of the Republican nominees campaign for president. Women wont forget that at the sight of a female sidekick
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Donald Trump meets Speaker of the US House Paul Ryan, Washington, America - 12 May 2016Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (5682954a) Republican Presidential Candidate
Make American Great Again is code for lets return to when white men were ascendant.
Donald Trumps woman problem is common knowledge his misogyny may be the one consistent, comprehensive thread throughout his campaign. It spans his insults aimed at Hillary Clinton, to his run-ins with Megyn Kelly, to his Twitter spat with Elizabeth Warren, to his comments about punishing women who get abortions. Just this week, he told Bill OReilly that, as president, he would appoint conservative justices to the US supreme court in attempts to overturn Roe v Wade. This kind of rhetoric on gender has been destructive and dangerously regressive, and women across the political spectrum have responded by mostly refusing to support his candidacy. Now, however, word is leaking that Trump is considering both former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Iowa Senator Joni Ernst both of these people are women as his potential vice- presidential pick.
Theres no question that living in the perpetual present has worked for Trump so far, as he flip-flopped his way to the Republican nomination. His latest tweet serves as the best delineation of the current Trump stance on any given issue. But does he really think that 50.4% of Americans have such a short attention span that theyll forget his constant demeaning and his insults at the sight of a female running mate? *****Because I can promise you: we wont.*****
For months now, Trump has disparaged every woman that crossed his path, from accomplished, privileged politicians like Clinton and Warren to women in the most abject of circumstances. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 75% of abortion patients are poor or low-income women, living anywhere between 199 and 100% of the federal poverty level. Attacks on womens rights to abortion care is an attack on women who are already struggling. Economic justice, economic opportunity and reproductive justice all go hand-in-hand.
A failure to see this or seeing it and supporting policies that hurt women anyway betrays a regressive worldview that speaks volumes about how Trump might see a host of other issues, from marriage equality to the environment. Reproductive rights, in addition to providing critical healthcare choices for women, also represent a womans ability to be autonomous, to be able to make her own decisions about what is good and right for her. Opposing reproductive rights clearly states that you do not believe that women could or should have this ability if a woman cant make her own healthcare decisions, well, she certainly shouldnt have access to the nuclear codes. (Not that Trumps lady veep would ever have such access his health is stellar!)
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/13/vetting-women-for-president-wont-fool-donald-trump-critics
MADem
(135,425 posts)niyad
(113,263 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)RhettScarlett
(34 posts)Clinton will be no better when she wins the nomination. She'll try to appeal to Bernie's supporters by saying she'll adopt his positions. I'm not falling for that crap either.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)got it....
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)but pointed out a similarity - Trump supposedly vetting women as V.P. so we'll forget his misogyny and Clinton co-opting Sanders' positions so we'll forget that she's a neocon conservative Democrat. In so doing, BOTH candidates insult the voters' intelligence.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)so whatever. big tent and all. But, you suggest Clinton insults the voters' intelligence as does Trump. I think Clinton engages the voters' intelligence. As does Bernie....their guys, not so much...