The Daily Beast reports:
President Donald Trump is known to long for the 1950s—when women were expected to be subservient and quiet and presidents could just deport people en masse.
Now, he’s plucked a campaign message straight from his favorite era by telling “suburban housewives” he’ll protect them from an entirely imaginary “invasion” of poor people led by Sen. Cory Booker, the sole Black male Democrat in the Senate.
It’s not clear what Trump is basing his assertion on—a recent polling average showed that women favor Biden over Trump by 23 percentage points. The president recently rescinded an Obama-era rule that he falsely claimed forced the construction of low-income housing in suburban areas.
The “suburban housewife” will be voting for me. They want safety & are thrilled that I ended the long running program where low income housing would invade their neighborhood. Biden would reinstall it, in a bigger form, with Corey Booker in charge! @foxandfriends @MariaBartiromo
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2020
help help, the president’s brain is stuck in the 1950s
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) August 12, 2020
Trump’s plucked a campaign message straight from his favorite era by telling “suburban housewives” he’ll protect them from an entirely imaginary “invasion” of poor people led by Sen. Cory Bookerhttps://t.co/X2lmpzsO6x
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 12, 2020
Here’s what happens to Trump’s “suburban housewife” when she turns 74… pic.twitter.com/lrn8ZdUXWU
— Raziel Abulafia (@AbuRaziel) August 12, 2020
This “suburban housewife” tweet is a racist dog whistle about white women being scared of black men invading their neighborhoods and threatening their safety. Trump, in his desperation and sinking polls, uses racism as his last ditch effort to save his floundering campaign.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) August 12, 2020