Trump’s Promise to ‘Protect’ Women Is an Appeal to Fragile Men
In his sexist, outdated view of America, they’ll be happier with him in office to take care of them.
Women are doing just fine, thank you.
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Former President Donald Trump, running against a strong and confident woman, is facing a historic gender gap. And as he tries to dig himself out of this 21-point hole, he is flailing and likely making his problems much worse. He has turned to all-caps screeds on social media, painting a dystopic present that he alone can undo. At rallies, he makes his appeal to “the great women of our country” who he claims are “more stressed and depressed and unhappy … and are less optimistic and confident in the future than they were 4 years ago.” He is here to save them.
“I believe I will fix all of that and fast and at long last, this … national nightmare will end. It will end. We gotta end this national nightmare because I am your protector. I wanna be your protector. As president, I have to be your protector,” he said at a rally Monday in Indiana, Pennsylvania. “You will no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared. You will no longer be in danger. 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.”