Alyssa Farah Griffin slams Donald Trump's vow to be 'protector' of women as 'creepy and infantilizing'
WASHINGTON, DC: Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as White House Director of Strategic Communications under Donald Trump, sharply criticized the GOP nominee's remarks from the Indiana, Pennsylvania rally, labeling them "creepy" and "infantilizing."
At the Monday, September 23 rally, Trump made a peculiar declaration to the "great women of our country."
The former president proclaimed, "I am your protector. I want to be your protector. You will no longer be abandoned, lonely, or scared. You will no longer be in danger. You’re not going to be in danger any longer. You will no longer have anxiety from all of the problems our country has today," as per Mediaite.
He added, "You will be protected, and I will be your protector. Women will be happy, healthy, confident, and free. You will no longer be thinking about abortion!"
Alyssa Farah Griffin says Donald Trump's infantilizing messaging won't be able to sway voters
During an appearance on CNN's 'Anderson Cooper 360', Alyssa Farah Griffin weighed in on her former boss' pitch, saying, "I started laughing and thinking it was creepy, but then thinking more about it, it’s very infantilizing."
She went on to say, "Talking about women as though we’re weak, we’re meek, we need a protector, we need a defender, and we just sit around thinking about abortions all day. It just underscores a fundamental lack of understanding for why a demographic that represents half of the country is one that he is struggling so profoundly with."
Griffin claimed that if Trump loses the November election, he may reflect on not including a woman on his ticket who "knows how to speak to living, breathing, normal women about issues that matter to them."
"Yes, reproductive rights do matter, access to IVF, to the whole suite of care that women care about, whether abortion or so on. But economics and national security are also women’s issues, and just the way he is talking about them is not the way to sway voters in the middle," concluded the television personality.
Internet highlights fallacy behind Donald Trump's pitch to female voters
Netizens don't think Donald Trump's messaging from the Pennsylvania rally would appeal to female voters.
One asked, "Women are the majority of voters, and he is trailing among women by 20 points. How can he possibly win an election?" and another said, "I find all the MAGAs creepy I’m pretty sure it’s a prerequisite."
"Lonely unhappy and weak…Way to win that women’s vote!!" remarked a person, referencing Trump's speech. Someone else sarcastically wrote, "'Don't worry your pretty little heads over it, girls! Cheer up!'"
"Trump is saying that his government will make reproductive decisions for women. Aren't they lucky?" quipped an individual.
One more said, "If anyone doubts Trump, look how many specific policies and programs he introduced to help women. Not one. Zero. Nada. Zip point s**t."
Another person wrote, "If you were to create a fictional creep in a book or a movie, you'd be hard pressed to invent something that's creepier than Trump is in reality."
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