Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'No doubt' sexism played a role in 2016 election

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By LOUIS NELSON 09/27/2017 07:17 AM EDT

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has “no doubt” that sexism played a role in Democrat Hillary Clinton’s surprise loss in last year’s presidential election but remains encouraged by the progress women have made entering worlds once dominated by men.

"I have no doubt that it did,” Ginsburg said when asked by PBS and CBS host Charlie Rose if sexism had impacted the 2016 race. The Supreme Court justice’s interview aired Tuesday night on Rose’s PBS interview show and again Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.”

Ginsburg told Rose that “we came pretty close” to electing a female president last year and that such progress is a “hopeful sign. The more women out there doing things … women come in all sizes and shapes," Ginsburg said. "To see the entrance of women into places where they were not there before is a hopeful sign."

The Supreme Court justice, among the court’s reliably liberal votes, was critical of President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, calling him a “faker” and telling an interviewer that “I don't even want to contemplate” the idea of him being elected. She later walked back those statements, calling them “ill-advised.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/27/ruth-bader-ginsburg-sexism-2016-election-243193

[Iliyah]

1. Agreed

[catrose]

2. ABSOLUTELY NO EFFING DOUBT n/t

[thesquanderer]

3. I can't imagine anyone saying it was not a factor.

The question would only be one of how big of a factor it was.

[rock]

4. My guess, the biggest factor

Although the Electoral College is a close second.

[thesquanderer]

6. Nah, not the biggest, IMO.

I'm by no means saying it was not a factor, it was, but I think that the *majority* of people who would hesitate to vote for a woman would be people who are less likely to vote for any Dem anyway.

[rock]

9. Methinks you underestimate

the amount of misogyny in the world (and the U.S. in particular).

[Yupster]

13. On the other hand

were there a bunch of women who normally wouldn't have voted but made the effort to vote for a woman?

I'm thinking especially of senior citizens who might not find it easy to get out to vote, but made the extra effort because it was the first time in their life a woman really could be president.

[Demit]

5. We'll never know how big. Men don't admit to it.

[J_William_Ryan]

7. No doubt.

There are far too many who refuse to accept a female president.

[ehrnst]

8. Yep. (nt)

[NurseJackie]

10. But we musn't talk about it. It upsets some people.

[riversedge]

14. Too bad.

I did a lot of canvassing during the general. I did heard it from some men--but she is a woman.

[NurseJackie]

15. We've come a long-long way... but so much further to go.

I did heard it from some men--but she is a woman.

Infuriating.

[niyad]

11. NO DOUBT AT ALL!!!!!

[BigmanPigman]

12. I bet that if Hillary (or any woman) became president

she would be receiving the same crap that Obama got for being black (even though very few will admit this DID happen). She would be obstructed by the GOP constantly.

[Calista241]

16. Just like people voted against Obama because he was black.

Obama just had enough of a lead that it didn’t matter in the end.