Trump surrogate in Iowa compares him to Mother Teresa for what, she says, he's done for women

[groundloop]

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Source: CBS News

A top surrogate for President Trump, who holds a senior campaign position in Iowa, said Wednesday night that the president has done more for women than anyone else she could think of besides Mother Teresa.

"There's not a person alive that literally has done so much for a female, for the female population," said Tana Goertz, Trump Team Coordinator in Iowa. "I can't think of one person that I could go, except for Mother Teresa. I mean, literally, who has done more for women in office than Donald Trump?"

Goertz's comments to reporters came when she was asked by CBS News what her message would be to women who may have voted for Mr. Trump in 2016 and for Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne in 2018. Axne, a freshman congresswoman from Iowa's 3rd District, won partly due to support from suburban women. Goertz said it wasn't completely fair to compare the two races.

Goertz, who also serves as an advisory board member for the Women for Trump Coalition, worked on the 2016 Trump campaign and was a contestant on season three of "The Apprentice." She helped lead a Women for Trump event in West Des Moines that was aimed at training female volunteers as organizers. Thirteen similar events were held in 12 other states.



Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tana-goertz-trump-surrogate-iowa-compares-president-to-mother-teresa/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Using Mother Teresa as a model may not be the best choice.

Why On Earth Is The Catholic Church Making Mother Teresa A Saint?
By Nickolaus Hines
Published December 18, 2015
Updated January 8, 2018

Five reasons this widely beloved figure did much more harm than good.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mother-teresa-saint

[Eugene]

5. What he meant to say was he's up there with Mother Theresa in putting women in their place

according to God's Plan™️.

Trump is the right's Chosen One, no matter how many mental contortions they need to make.

[trusty elf]

9. The canonization of Mother Teresa

[jb5150]

2. Well, Trump and Mother Theaesa do have something in common ..

They both like to cozy up to brutal dictators.

[ExciteBike66]

3. I mean, he might have set a record for direct cash payments to women...

in exchange for their silence...

[CatMor]

4. I'm a woman and he's not done a damn thing for me ...

when his disciples make statements like this they never give examples.

[louis-t]

6. Mother Theresa never grabbed a woman's ass.

As far as I know.

[kimbutgar]

7. Pulling funding for planned parenthood is really supporting women

Yeah sure

[riversedge]

8. She would fit right in with his Cabinet-where they round table and sing Trump praises. uga!

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Couldn't someone have asked, "Like what?"?

[chowder66]

12. This! nt

[IcyPeas]

22. this could be asked often.... but it's not...

[SCVDem]

11. There's your problem Tana!

"I can't think!"

What are you paid to be so ignorant?

[Merlot]

13. Someone remind me of what mother teresa did for women

Anyone?

[empedocles]

14. Tana may be in line for a big promotion.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. "and was a contestant on season three of 'The Apprentice.'"

[dalton99a]

16. "I'm the most loyal person in Iowa you'll find for Donald Trump."

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/07/09/tana-goertz-hired-donald-trump-presidential-campaign-apprentice/29922251/
Trump hires Iowan he once fired on 'Apprentice' for campaign
Josh Hafner, [e-mail] Published 2:10 p.m. CT July 9, 2015 | Updated 12:18 p.m. CT April 15, 2016

[Collimator]

20. Hey! Trump's arm is around that woman. . .

. . .in much the same way that Biden's and Franken's arms were positioned. Excoriate him!

[Mike 03]

17. Is this part of Team tRump's effort to "win back the female suburban voter" that someone

on CNN or MSNBC spoke about on Wednesday?

[The Liberal Lion]

18. Why didn't they ask Tana to name some of trump's accomplishments

in this arena?

[sagesnow]

19. Of Course, Trump uplifted women by

flying them on his jet with Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212403377

[Vinca]

21. Maybe it's me, but I'm hard pressed to think of one thing.

I wish someone had asked her to list the wonderful things he's done for women.

[Danascot]

23. WTF?

Is there some kind of hyperbole competition praising trump going on that I'm not aware of? These people have lost any grasp of reality.

[mainer]

24. In a way, she's right.

"I mean, literally, who has done more for women in office than Donald Trump?"

He's done more to promote Democratic women in office than anyone else.

[justhanginon]

25. Dear Tana: You got the first word right but The Teresa part is so wrong.

Think hard darlin', you can come up with another more appropriate second word for Mr. trump that a lot of us regularly use for him.

[rsdsharp]

26. Her husband is Kurtis Goertz (although he uses the name Gertz on TV),

the chief meteorologist on channel 8 in Des Moines. He's a couple of fries short of a Happy Meal, too, although he hides his political views while on the air.

[Omaha Steve]

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