Trump's War on Women is Spreading
By Jean Godden
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In the 1930s, New Yorker writer James Thurber drew cartoons showing an imagined war between men and women. Thurber meant the cartoons to be funny, but, alas, it is no joke today. Along with the devastation Trump has visited upon us, he has armed a war against women, a toxic masculinity that he fuels and inspires others to promote. It is one of his increasingly despicable moves.
Trump’s actions and rhetoric are more than just a threat. Now he is beginning to use his seemingly unrestrained power to penalize women who don’t offer him adequate praise and allegiance. We who thought we were afforded protection by the U.S. Constitution and by the rule of law are awakening to the reality of Trump’s steady escalation of violence against women.
The evidence is stark. It has surfaced in ugly responses when women reporters — merely doing their job — ask him pertinent questions. He snapped at Mary Bruce of ABC News saying, “You ought to go back and learn how to be a reporter. No more questions from you.” He told New York Times reporter Catherine Lucey “you are a terrible person and a terrible reporter.” His response to ABC’s Rachel Scott: “You are obnoxious, a terrible, terrible reporter.” To White House correspondent Kate Rogers, he responded, “Quiet. quiet, piggy.”
After attending Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s inauguration last January where she requested mercy for immigrants, Trump accused the cleric of “giving a boring service, making inappropriate statements, and not being good at her job.” Earlier he used crude language to attack Nancy Pelosi whom he called “evil, sick, and crazy.” In a public speech, he said Speaker Pelosi was “a word that I won’t say; but it begins with B.” Trump disparaged Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying “this is not even a smart person; she just goes out and yaps.” He similarly attacked Congresswoman Maxine Waters labeling her “an extremely low IQ person.”
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