Women are voting — and it's driving MAGA men mad
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Women are voting — and it’s driving MAGA men mad
Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks at a rally for Former President Donald Trump on Aug. 23, 2024 in Glendale, Ariz. (Rebecca Noble)
With Election Day just around the corner, conservative influencers are openly fretting about women voting , especially as NBC News reports that Harris has a 33-point advantage among women.
Some of those influencers are upset at the idea of a woman having the freedom to pick whoever she votes for, while others are throwing tantrums about women being allowed to vote at all. But the outrage is a predictable development from a movement that has prided itself on its performative machismo and outright misogyny .
Just this week, John McEntee, a former Trump campaign official and Project 2025 adviser, shared a video in which he openly suggests a repeal of women’s voting rights in order to have “male-only” voting. When Kamala Harris’ campaign called out his video, McEntee responded , “Relax, relax it’s only jokes…unless. ”
Elsewhere, Turning Point USA founder and far-right activist Charlie Kirk, a prime peddler of the whole “only real men vote for Trump” propaganda , has been having conniptions about women exhibiting any political independence. Kirk seemed appalled by a Democratic ad that reminds women their vote is private and needn’t align with their husband’s. During a recent podcast appearance, he shuddered to think some Republican women might “undermine their husbands” by voting for Harris, even though, as he says, their husband “works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life.”
Kirk seems quite worried about all of this, as indicated by his hair-on-fire reaction to the reported numbers of women voting. “Early vote has been disproportionately female,” he posted Wednesday on X, adding that “if men stay at home, Kamala is president. It’s that simple.” He ended his post by saying, “Men need to GO VOTE NOW.” This is in keeping with the hysteria elsewhere in the MAGA social media ecosystem, as far-right influencers like Mike Cernovich , Jack Posobiec , McEntee and others trying to rally MAGA men to the polls. You can almost hear the alarm as you read this post from the managing editor of the ultraconservative satirical news site the Babylon Bee:
I guess MAGA women aren’t moving their “fat pig” husbands, as Trump called them, to the polls fast enough.
On Fox News, host Jesse Watters used a violent (if extremely vague) World War II metaphor to scold wives who vote differently from their husbands, saying that if his wife voted for Kamala Harris, it would be “D-Day” and “the same thing as having an affair.”
In the evangelical community, where the backlash to feminism has been particularly oppressive, MAGA men have been more explicit in denouncing women for exercising even the least political independence.
MAGA pastor Dale Partridge said on social media Tuesday that “in a Christian marriage, a wife should vote according to her husband’s direction” because “he is the head and they are one” — unless he says to vote for a Democrat , in which case that doesn’t apply. “This is not controversial,” Partridge declared.
Seems pretty controversial to me, though.
During an episode of his podcast last week, Joel Webbon, another popular far-right pastor, doubled down on his earlier statement that the 19th Amendment should be repealed. Webbon said women’s political choices should be given to the men in their lives, whether that’s their husbands, fathers, brothers or uncles.
Days out from Election Day, the MAGA movement’s misogyny is on full display. They simply can’t contain their outrage over the fact that women — for now, at least — have the freedom to make their own choices at the ballot box. And it seems they’re finally starting to realize their juvenile bravado and unabashed chauvinism might come back to bite them.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
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Ja'han JonesUpdated Fri, November 1, 2024 at 1:52 AM UTC4 min read
With Election Day just around the corner, conservative influencers are openly fretting about women voting, especially as NBC News reports that Harris has a 33-point advantage among women.
Some of those influencers are upset at the idea of a woman having the freedom to pick whoever she votes for, while others are throwing tantrums about women being allowed to vote at all. But the outrage is a predictable development from a movement that has prided itself on its performative machismo and outright misogyny.
Just this week, John McEntee, a former Trump campaign official and Project 2025 adviser, shared a video in which he openly suggests a repeal of women's voting rights in order to have "male-only" voting. When Kamala Harris' campaign called out his video, McEntee responded, "Relax, relax it's only jokes…unless. "
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Elsewhere, Turning Point USA founder and far-right activist Charlie Kirk, a prime peddler of the whole "only real men vote for Trump" propaganda, has been having conniptions about women exhibiting any political independence. Kirk seemed appalled by a Democratic ad that reminds women their vote is private and needn't align with their husband's. During a recent podcast appearance, he shuddered to think some Republican women might "undermine their husbands" by voting for Harris, even though, as he says, their husband "works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life."
Kirk seems quite worried about all of this, as indicated by his hair-on-fire reaction to the reported numbers of women voting. "Early vote has been disproportionately female," he posted Wednesday on X, adding that "if men stay at home, Kamala is president. It's that simple." He ended his post by saying, "Men need to GO VOTE NOW." This is in keeping with the hysteria elsewhere in the MAGA social media ecosystem, as far-right influencers like Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, McEntee and others trying to rally MAGA men to the polls. You can almost hear the alarm as you read this post from the managing editor of the ultraconservative satirical news site the Babylon Bee:
I guess MAGA women aren't moving their "fat pig" husbands, as Trump called them, to the polls fast enough.
On Fox News, host Jesse Watters used a violent (if extremely vague) World War II metaphor to scold wives who vote differently from their husbands, saying that if his wife voted for Kamala Harris, it would be "D-Day" and "the same thing as having an affair."
In the evangelical community, where the backlash to feminism has been particularly oppressive, MAGA men have been more explicit in denouncing women for exercising even the least political independence.
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MAGA pastor Dale Partridge said on social media Tuesday that "in a Christian marriage, a wife should vote according to her husband's direction" because "he is the head and they are one" — unless he says to vote for a Democrat, in which case that doesn't apply. "This is not controversial," Partridge declared.
Seems pretty controversial to me, though.
During an episode of his podcast last week, Joel Webbon, another popular far-right pastor, doubled down on his earlier statement that the 19th Amendment should be repealed. Webbon said women's political choices should be given to the men in their lives, whether that's their husbands, fathers, brothers or uncles.
Days out from Election Day, the MAGA movement's misogyny is on full display. They simply can't contain their outrage over the fact that women — for now, at least — have the freedom to make their own choices at the ballot box. And it seems they're finally starting to realize their juvenile bravado and unabashed chauvinism might come back to bite them.
This article was originally published on MSNBC.com
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With Election Day just around the corner, conservative influencers are openly fretting about women voting , especially as NBC News reports that Harris has a 33-point advantage among women.
Some of those influencers are upset at the idea of a woman having the freedom to pick whoever she votes for, while others are throwing tantrums about women being allowed to vote at all. But the outrage is a predictable development from a movement that has prided itself on its performative machismo and outright misogyny .
Just this week, John McEntee, a former Trump campaign official and Project 2025 adviser, shared a video in which he openly suggests a repeal of women’s voting rights in order to have “male-only” voting. When Kamala Harris’ campaign called out his video, McEntee responded , “Relax, relax it’s only jokes…unless. ”
I have said a few times on NT already that if Harris loses, it will be because too many American women prefer to be handmaidens enslaved to their husbands than to stand on their own two feet.
They call themselves "tradwives".
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fuck these guys! I will vote any goddamn way I want to. No man tells me what to do!
My ex could be a bit overbearing sometimes, but he damn well knew better than to tell me who I could and couldn't vote for.
maga 'men'
most xtian maga men are chronic masturbators ...
But after listening to any Trump supporter for more than two minutes you can tell they're not master debaters...
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If a woman is a person... then a man cannot be a person.
Obviously.
Morning...well if voting was compulsory you wouldn't even have to think about it or even write this article..
Problem solved..
Rather funny to think Nov 5th was Guy Fawkes night when he tried to blow up the House's of Parliament in London..
Good choice of a date.
It took a long time for me to burst out with my first laugh out loud of the day today, but you did it, thank you.
LOL, perfect.
I was thinking that this morning. Myself: Hey! Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes' Day and our Election Day
Morning..we don't have Guy Fawkes night or Bonnie night anymore it was banned..to many kids had hands fingers blown off..and fires started from sky rockets..
Miss it in some ways but the animals were petrified so in that respect I am glad it is gone ..
That's a shame. I hope they never ban fireworks on the 4th of July here in the States
hell no, removing the possibilities of even more darwin awards only adds to the proliferation of republicans.
Morning...called thinning the herd..
We have lots of ways and means..
Happy to share..
Nope, not really.
In the final ABC poll Harris is winning in 4 swing states, 2 are tied, and Trump is leading in Arizona.
Tomorrow, we need woman to protect us whether we want it or not.
It is not over till the counting is done, so keep on keeping on voting for Democrats till the polls close. Then, let us finally be done with Trump!
So, will Trump and his MAGA please finish strong with violent rhetoric laced with racist sexist homophobic overtones through tomorrow...