The Trump Campaign’s Rhetoric About Women Sounds a Lot Like Andrew Tate’s

The links between Trump, Vance, and figures similar Tate and the virulently toxic incel assemblage look to be, astatine slightest successful part, strategic.

As Trump’s own run managers person outlined his strategy, “secluded, MAGA-sympathetic voters who person proved hard to engage,” arsenic The Atlantic enactment it, are 1 of the campaign’s superior messaging targets.

To that end, a pro-Trump PAC has launched a $20 cardinal run to scope young voters that was kicked disconnected with Vance’s quality connected the Full Send Podcast hosted by the Nelk Boys, a radical of 4 men who person a immense pursuing among young blimpish men.

The Nelk Boys person successful the past hosted Tate arsenic good arsenic Nico Kenn De Balinthazy, different far-right influencer amended known arsenic Sneako. De Balinthazy has fantasized astir being allowed to deed women arsenic men were 50 years ago. In 1 video uploaded to TikTok, helium was caught connected camera hitting a pistillate and responding that she had “been acting up each night.”

On their podcast, the Nelk Boys person repeatedly defended the misogynistic rhetoric espoused by some Tate and De Balinthazy.

Trump himself has been interviewed several times by the Nelk Boys, labeling their enactment “important,” and was precocious pictured alongside Sneako astatine an MMA event.

Trump besides was precocious interviewed by streamer Adin Ross, an state of Tate’s who infamously inadvertently tipped disconnected authorities astir Tate’s plans to fly Romania. He was besides kicked disconnected Twitch for showing "unmoderated hateful conduct" successful a chat and hosting the achromatic nationalist Nick Fuentes. During the interview, Ross talented Trump with a gaudily-wrapped Tesla Cybertruck and a Rolex, which some experts accidental whitethorn person violated run concern rules.

Trump’s misogynistic worldview has bled into different areas of blimpish politics, too.

Even earlier Kamala Harris officially replaced President Joe Biden arsenic the Democratic Party’s statesmanlike nominee, the close was demonizing her arsenic a “DEI hire” —a operation Tate has used to knock women successful the past.

Prominent right-wing media figures person likewise made galore misogynistic comments successful caller months. In April, Turning Point USA laminitis Charlie Kirk blamed commencement power for creating “very aggravated and bitter young ladies” and falsely claimed that the medicine “screws up the pistillate brain.” Alec Lace, a regular Fox Business contributor, appeared connected the presumption past period and felt it was OK to telephone Harris the “original Hawk Tuah girl, that’s the mode she got wherever she is” earlier adding that she is simply a “DEI vice president.” And conscionable past month, Fox News premier clip big Jesse Watters claimed: “When a antheral votes for a woman, helium really transitions into a woman.”

At the Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee past month, the talker database featured Dana White, who was caught connected camera slapping his wife, and Hulk Hogan, who has been accused of physically abusing his wife. (Hogan filed a defamation suit implicit the claims, but asked the tribunal to disregard it 5 months later.) It besides included a fig of blimpish figures who person sought to blasted the victims of intersexual assault, specified arsenic David Sacks and Mark Robinson. The speakers also included Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida lawmaker who has been investigated but not charged by the Department of Justice for allegations of being portion of a strategy to postulation a 17-year-old woman.

“Women who cognize and enactment for President Trump personally, similar myself, cognize helium is encouraging and generous to the women astir him,” says Leavitt, the Trump spokesperson. “Most importantly, President Trump’s policies arsenic president uplifted women crossed the state due to the fact that they brought down the outgo of surviving and made our communities safer. “