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He seems to offend conservative women every time he opens his mouth, cutting himself off from support that should be a given
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At least Ivanka Trump will finally have some company; being the female-friendly surrogate for a candidate who regularly calls women dogs and mocks their periods has to be exhausting all on her own. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
There is no saving Donald Trump. Republicans will keep up their begrudging damage control campaign, of course, as their candidate continues to offend and alienate his way to November. But not even the most seasoned fixer will be able to mend the damage Trump has done to the group of voters he needs most of all: women. Especially when even the women in his own party are loathe to support him.
Earlier this year, a group of female conservative and anti-abortion leaders including the president of the Susan B Anthony List and the founder of Concerned Women for America released a letter calling Trump an unacceptable choice, urging voters to cast a ballot for anyone else. They wrote that Trump cannot be trusted and that they were disgusted by his treatment of women.
When he became the nominee, some of these women reluctantly got in line. But theres a definitive lack of enthusiasm from those groups who are supporting him, and a notable silence from others, like the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute, which supported Ted Cruz and have nary a mention of Trump on its website.
After all, these are organizations that run campaigns to bring back the hope chest and ban the Vagina Monologues on college campuses because of supposed vulgarity. A candidate who brags about his penis size on national television isnt exactly what they signed up for. An ABC News/Washington Post poll last month found that 77% of women have an unfavorable view of Trump, and in March an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reported that 47% of Republican women could not imagine themselves voting for him. So far, there are no signs that Trumps reputation among women is improving.
More: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/07/women-hate-donald-trump-no-time-to-fix-it
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Donnie's penis size or, sigh not is not vulgar talk. Vaginas are. My head is spinning here.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)He shows contempt for women........
And we will return the favor...
at the ballot box!
sheshe2
(83,780 posts)I wish him out of time and votes, and I dearly wish his pitiful penis deflates as well. He has inflated his size and diminishes those of us with vaginas. Poor poor pitiful him.
gordianot
(15,238 posts)An apology just does not seem adequate.
sheshe2
(83,780 posts)To use an old term. He is a male chauvinist pig, nothing he could do will change that. Nothing.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)ugh
C Moon
(12,213 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Democrats came out and performed the "Vagina Monologues" on the steps of the capital in Lansing, led by rep Lisa Brown.
There's video of the prologue.
And yes, thousands showed up. I've never been more proud of my state, or so ashamed of our state legislature.
But these incredible women cut through the rubbish. In a mere 72 hours had thousands cheering them on. On the steps of the fucking capital. Performing the "Vagina Monologues"!!!!'