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Trump’s ‘protector’ message gets chewed up by women who oppose being protected

September 25, 2024 | | Print Article

Former President Donald Trump’s “protector” message struck a sour chord as some women as winced at the old-fashioned notion of men protecting women and children.

In terms of demographics, the 2024 presidential election could ultimately be decided by suburban women, and among single-issue voters in that mix, Vice President Kamala Harris’ all-access pitch for abortion and demonization of the GOP leader has continued to resonate.

Attempting to break through the propaganda and the gaslighting to speak to the broader societal problems exacerbated under the Biden-Harris administration, Trump pitched during a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania Monday, “I am your protector. I want to be your protector. ”

“You will no longer be abandoned, lonely, or scared. You will no longer be in danger. You’re not going to be in danger any longer. You will no longer have anxiety from all of the problems our country has today. You will be protected, and I will be your protector,” he continued. “Women will be happy, healthy, confident, and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion!”

The president called out how “The fake news keeps saying women don’t like me. I don’t believe it,” before suggesting, “I think they like to have strong borders. They like to have safety.”

To his point, CNN’s token “Republican” commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin was teed up to take umbrage with the position when she told Anderson Cooper Tuesday, “I started laughing and thinking it was creepy, but then thinking more about it, it’s very infantilizing. Talking about women as though we’re weak, we’re meek, we need a protector, we need a defender, and we just sit around thinking about abortions all day.”

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She went on to suggest a “fundamental lack of understanding” of the demographic, but a statement from Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt differed.

“President Trump is responding directly to the concerns that he hears and our campaign hears from women across the country every day, their fear, the very real fear that women have about being assaulted or potentially raped by criminals or illegal immigrants who have been allowed in this country,” she fired off as an echo chamber of leftist criticism rained down.

However, the left wasn’t alone in balking at the sentiment as supporters of the onetime commander-in-chief had to cut through the language to reach the inherent meaning.

Louella Ondo, 69, told the Associated Press, “Would I want him to be my best friend? I’m not sure I would, you know? Because my thoughts and how he presents is different. But he can do the job and get us turned around. And that’s what we need.”

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Likewise, 63-year-old retired school teacher Mary Ann Williams said, “I feel that what he’s really saying, the bottom line, is that by following his policies — like closing the border, stopping the immigrants that are criminals, drug dealers — in that way, women, children, everybody’s safe, we’re all safer.”

Others defended what the president “meant” without necessarily supporting the manner in which he said it.

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