“Girls see this they usually’ve all been on the receiving finish sooner or later of their lives,” mentioned Cecile Richards, the previous president
“Girls see this they usually’ve all been on the receiving finish sooner or later of their lives,” mentioned Cecile Richards, the previous president of Deliberate Parenthood and a founding father of Supermajority, a brand new ladies’s advocacy group. “While you truly ballot ladies who did vote for him, they did it with huge hesitation due to his bullying angle in the direction of ladies and his vulgar attitudes.”
Girls who work for Mr. Trump have lengthy defended the president’s remedy of ladies by noting that he’s an equal alternative counterpuncher, somebody whose intestine response to being insulted by anybody is to reply in form. And the ladies closest to him, like his daughter Ivanka Trump or his former marketing campaign supervisor Kellyanne Conway, now the White Home counselor, have usually pointed to their very own experiences when pressed on Mr. Trump’s historical past of sexist assaults.
“I converse for a lot of ladies who’ve and do work for him,” Ms. Conway mentioned on Monday. “We’re on equal footing with our male colleagues, though a few of these male colleagues haven’t at all times agreed. I really feel empowered, revered and engaged.”
As for Mr. Trump’s current assaults on ladies, Ms. Conway mentioned the president responded when beneath assault “with out regard to the immutable traits that appear to obsess so many who ought to in any other case put their full pressure and power into Covid-19.”
Stephanie Grisham, the White Home press secretary, added that “ladies rightfully fought for equal remedy for years, and there shouldn’t be particular guidelines utilized to what constitutes equal remedy.” She famous that she discovered it “humorous how I by no means get these inquiries from males.”
Actually, the insults are hardly particular to gender. Within the briefing room earlier this month, the president additionally pounced on Peter Alexander, a correspondent for NBC Information, calling him a “horrible reporter,” and accusing him of asking a “nasty query” when Mr. Alexander requested the president to ship his message to a fearful nation. He has described Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington as a “nasty individual” and a “snake” for criticizing the administration’s response to the virus.
However his assaults on ladies even because the nation collectively faces a worldwide pandemic have stood out, partly as a result of they recall his dismissal of his 2016 Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, as a “nasty lady,” and of many highly effective ladies who’ve challenged him since.