Trump rails against ‘dumb women’ on ‘The View’ after Harris’ interview
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Oct. 9, 2024, 12:40 PM EDT
By Clarissa-Jan Lim
Donald Trump, who in recent months has tried to brand himself as a champion for women, went on a tirade against Kamala Harris and the hosts of “The View” on Tuesday, insulting the women in personal terms and mocking their intelligence.
In a post on Truth Social responding to Harris’ interview on the daytime talk show, Trump called his Democratic opponent a “dummy” and referred to the hosts as “degenerates” and “dumb women.” He railed against Harris for saying that she would not have done anything different than President Joe Biden in his term, calling it “her dumbest answer so far.”
Trump’s attacks on Harris and the hosts of “The View” are especially notable in light of his recent attempts to win over female voters, a crucial and diverse voting bloc. (Harris continues to poll better among women than Trump, which may be due in part to a recent leftward shift among younger women in America.) He has tried to cast himself as a champion of women’s rights and a “protector” of women, who he says feel “abandoned” and “lonely.”
“Women will be healthy, happy, confident and free,” Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania in September. “You will no longer be thinking about abortion.”
Trump’s pitch is considerably at odds with his personal and political track record. As he demonstrated in his Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump is quick to denigrate women, especially women who oppose him and women of color, and he often brings up gender as a line of attack. As president, he oversaw the undoing of abortion rights and has taken credit for it. He has been recorded making crude comments about sexually assaulting women; he has been found liable of sexual abuse in a New York civil court; and he has faced a number of sexual misconduct allegations from women in his past, all of which he denies.
By Joey Nolfi Published on October 9, 2024 12:22PM EDT
Sunny Hostin has cast a little cloud of doubt on potential marriages between religious folks and atheist partners.
Inspired by the relationship between an agnostic podcaster (Kristen Bell) and a Jewish rabbi (Adam Brody) in the new Netflix series Nobody Wants This, Hostin said from her post on The View that she doesn't feel marriages between non-religious people and uber-practicing partners would survive without heavy conversion being involved.
"Don't poop on this, Sunny," cohost Sara Haines said Wednesday during the panelists' Hot Topics conversation, anticipating that her friend would have strong feelings on the matter.
"One in two marriages end in divorce for various reasons, I'm just saying for various reasons. I know when I was looking for a potential mate, number one on the list was that I wanted to marry another Catholic. I wanted to raise my children in the faith, I wanted to have those things in common, I wanted to go to church together, I wanted to have the sacraments together," Hostin said of finding her husband, Manny. "I did have a list of things, and I do think that those commonalities, including values and morals, but religion is a big one."
Sunny Hostin on The View
Sunny Hostin on 'The View'. ABC
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Reflecting back on the romantic TV series, Hostin said, "You're talking about not only a rabbi, but someone who doesn't believe that there is a god. I think that's a little bit of a dealbreaker if you're the rabbi's mom."
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg pushed back on Hostin's example, telling her, "If you're the rabbi's mom, it doesn't really have much to do with you," which prompted applause from the audience.
"Those requirements of grandparents do not hold weight, it's the requirement of the people who have the children to make those decisions with and for their children, not the grandparents," Goldberg stressed. Later, cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin introduced the idea that the Jewish faith is open to converts, with Hostin doubling down and saying, "That's why she'd have to convert."
Goldberg attempted to throw the show to a commercial break, telling the audience, "If this is happening with you, you'll figure it out, or you won't and you'll move on," before Hostin looked into the camera and said, "And you'll move on because your marriage probably won't work."
Haines encouraged Goldberg not to leave the audience on Hostin's note, and the Oscar-winning star summarized her thoughts before the show cut: "Lots off people said lots of marriages wouldn't work, and they did, and they're still working," she said.
Hostin has long used her religious beliefs to bolster her perspective on The View, including citing her faith as the reason for her personal anti-abortion stance, though she has repeatedly stressed since that she believes the government shouldn't limit access to abortions for those who wish to get them.
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