Chuck Darwin<p>The Trump campaign’s male-dominated culture is losing women votes</p><p>Soon after Donald Trump’s campaign team took over the Republican National Committee earlier this year, a senior Trump aide was asked <br>❓how to combat news stories that the campaign had an insufficient get-out-the-vote operation.❓<br>
🔥“We are going to beat the reporters into retardation!” <br>shouted <a href="https://c.im/tags/James" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>James</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a>, <br>⚠️one of the two men now leading the operation, on a call with other advisers, <br>according to two people with direct knowledge of the conversation. </p><p>
💥Such <a href="https://c.im/tags/pugnacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pugnacity</span></a> has come to define much of the tone and image of Trump’s 2024 campaign, <br>reflecting the personalities of many of the men leading it as well as the candidate. </p><p>❌Trump has long valued being viewed as an alpha male who never apologizes or shows weakness.
<br>In many ways, that campaign culture mirrors some of its strategies. </p><p>Trump and his advisers are calculating that, at a time when polls show voters dissatisfied with the direction of the country, and with turmoil abroad revealing the limitations of America’s global influence, <br>they can win the White House by projecting a particular kind of strength <br>— with a distinctly <a href="https://c.im/tags/aggressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aggressive</span></a> vibe not seen in presidential campaigns before</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/10/is-trump-campaigns-male-dominated-culture-losing-women-votes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/10/is-trump-campaigns-male-dominated-culture-losing-women-votes/</span></a></p>