And...here it is! I'd have thought the fly onstage that
DJT claimed came from illegals would've been my best
bellylaugh of the morning...but no! Here we go. This one.
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Oh, this is rich. lol *AS IF* there's any way TO "tweak"
the GOPer Fascist Message for women!!! LOLOLOL!!! Make it
"more appealing to them," is it? Not unless they're women
who've utterly submitted themselves and their power (not
to God, but) to the GOP Fascist Agenda...
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
Sorry, can't help it... ;D ;D ;D It's just such an
unintentionally hilarious line...
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Republicans acknowledge that Donald Trump has a problem
with women in the presidential race.
But they say it’s not too late for the former president
to change course in order to sway a critical voting bloc
that could help catapult him to reelection.
A Quinnipiac University poll this week showed Vice
President Harris with a solid lead over Trump among
female voters, with 53 percent said they would support
Harris and 41 percent voicing support for Trump.
It’s an election cycle where abortion rights is expected
to be a huge issue, and Harris and Trump are racing in
the first presidential election since the seismic Supreme
Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Trump is indelibly tied to the decision, as he appointed
three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn
Roe.
That’s not the only issue animating some voters, either.
Running mate Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) past remarks about
“childless cat ladies” have been a headache for Trump.
It’s a quote pop superstar Taylor Swift even noted when
she made her endorsement of Harris.
GOP strategists say Trump can still turn things around,
but that he needs to pivot quickly with just a little
more than a month to go before Election Day.
“He needs to say ‘You’re not voting for your pastor.
You’re not voting for your spouse. This isn’t about
liking me. You’re looking for someone to lead and I am
that leader. This is about getting s**t done,’” said GOP
strategist Shermichael Singleton.
“His messaging has to be laser-focused on moms,”
Singleton said. “Economic security, stability certainly
are what they care about most. They want to know that
their families are protected and their future is secure.
If Trump can make them feel like he’s the one who can
deliver that, then he’s got a real opportunity to
increase his margins.
“It’s about trust, consistency, and making it clear that
he has their best interests at heart even if they
disagree with him on reproductive rights,” he concluded.
Trump has sought in recent weeks to directly appeal to
women.
He has emphasized that the Supreme Court decision kicked
abortion rights to the states, arguing that is what most
voters want. He’s also said he would not call for a
nationwide abortion ban, and vowed to not use the
Comstock Act to outlaw mail delivery of abortion drugs.
But he also said he would vote “no” on a ballot measure
in Florida that would amend the state’s constitution to
protect abortion rights, even after he noted days earlier
that “you need more time than six weeks.”
Trump is in a tough spot on the issue. He ran toward the
center on abortion, compared to several rivals for the
GOP nomination, during his party’s primary. But he’s also
sought to not alienate the religious right on the issue.
Some political observers argue Trump can’t have it both
ways.
“He’s talking on both sides of his mouth and people see
through that,” said Katherine Jellison, a professor of
history at Ohio University who is a longtime scholar of
women’s studies.
At a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this week,
Trump said he didn’t have a problem with women.
“I always thought women liked me. I never thought I had a
problem but the fake news keeps saying women don’t like
me,” he said. “I don’t believe it.
During the rally, Trump said women are “less safe” and
“much poorer” under President Biden and he pledged to end
what he called a “national nightmare” for them.
“Because I am your protector. I want to be your
protector,” he continued. “As president, I have to be
your protector. I hope you don’t make too much of it. I
hope the fake news doesn’t go, ‘Oh he wants to be their
protector.’ Well, I am. As president, I have to be your
protector.”
Harris has put abortion rights at the center of her
campaign, and pushed back on Trump’s assertion in an
interview on MSNBC.
Harris pointed to Trump’s statement in 2016 saying that
“there has to be some form of punishment” for women who
have abortions if they are banned.
The former president “said women should be punished for
exercising a decision that they rightly should be able to
make about their own body and their future,” Harris said
in the interview. “So I think we would all agree that as
a result of that perspective that he has about women, he
also then chose three members of the United States
Supreme Court who did as he intended: undid the
protections of Roe v. Wade.”
“I don’t think the women of America need him to say he’s
going to protect them,” Harris added. “The women of
America need him to trust them.”
Some Republicans say Trump and his surrogates have at
times undermined their own case with women with personal
attacks on Harris. Trump has insulted the vice
president’s intelligence, saying she’s “not very smart.”
“She doesn’t like doing interviews. And she’s not
knowledgeable about the economy and various things, and I
think it would be a problem,” Trump said in a recent
interview on Fox News. “But you know what? [Biden] was
pretty much gone. They said ‘Joe, it’s over. You’re
getting out. And they put her in, and somehow — a woman —
somehow she’s doing better than he did.”
“’Stop doing that,’ is the first, second, and third thing
you tell Trump,” said GOP strategist Doug Heye.
Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, who does not
support Trump, said that when Trump talks about
immigration, crime and the economy, “that resonates”
particularly with suburban women.
She suggested the problem is that Trump won’t stick to
that message, arguing he can’t stay disciplined with his
messaging.
“But that’s what he’s supposed to do all the time anyway
and he doesn’t change it,” Del Percio said. “And he would
be better off with any swing voter in that case, not just
women.”
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