Former President Trump in his Wednesday rally admitted his advisers told him not to say he would be the protector of women as president, yet he also doubled down on his remarks saying he would protect women whether they like it or not.
With polls showing Donald Trump trailing Kamala Harris by wide margins among women voters, the former president has taken a surprising number of counterproductive steps in recent weeks. In early September, for example, the Republican thought it’d be a good idea to lash out at some of the women who’ve accused him of sexual misconduct, at one point suggesting that some of his accusers weren’t attractive enough to attack.
” A Harris campaign spokesperson, Sarafina Chitika, added that the Republican nominee “thinks he knows better than the women of America.” To be sure, the idea that Trump expects to “protect” women is problematic enough — which is why, by the former president’s own admission, his campaign team has told him to stop saying it. Indeed, the pitch isn’t just rooted in creepy paternalism, it also offers his critics an opportunity to highlight the disconnect between the message and the messenger.
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