Former President Donald Trump is attempting a brand new method to successful over girls voters by telling them that they’re depressed, poor, anxious, unsafe and fascinated with abortion ― however as their “protector,” he’ll change all that.
“I all the time thought girls appreciated me,” Trump mentioned at a rally in Pennsylvania on Monday. “I by no means thought I had an issue, however the faux information retains saying girls don’t like me. I don’t imagine it.”
Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris at present leading by wherever from 13 to 21 proportion factors amongst girls.
Trump learn an prolonged model of an all-caps rant he posted final week on his Reality Social web site as he insisted that girls are in dire want of his safety.
“As a result of I’m your protector,” Trump mentioned. “I wish to be your protector. As president, I’ve to be your protector, I hope you don’t make an excessive amount of of it. I hope the faux information doesn’t go, ‘Oh, he needs to be their protector.’ Properly I’m. As president, I’ve to be your protector.”
“You’ll now not be deserted, lonely or scared. You’ll now not be in peril, you’re not gonna be in peril any longer. You’ll now not have nervousness from the entire issues our nation has right this moment. You may be protected and I will probably be your protector,” he added. “Girls will probably be blissful, wholesome, assured and free. You’ll now not be fascinated with abortion.”
Trump has a protracted historical past of misogynistic rhetoric, from his notorious “seize them by the pussy” declare to his sexist assaults on Harris. He has additionally been accused of sexual misconduct, and final 12 months a jury discovered him accountable for sexual abuse in opposition to author E. Jean Carroll.
On condition that background, many discovered his feedback on Monday to be insincere and downright creepy:
