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RandySF

(79,647 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 05:47 AM Saturday

Right-wing media escalate attacks on young women voters following Democratic election wins across the country

In the wake of Democrats’ sweeping election victories across the country on November 4, right-wing media quickly focused their ire on young women, who voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates.

Figures across right-wing media expressed fear over the demographic, with Newsmax host Carl Higbie labeling “liberal white women” as “the biggest threat to America — they will literally vote for their own destruction and take everyone down with them.” The response from right-wing media to women exercising their right to vote ramps up a trend of conservative voices attacking liberal women in the past year.


https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/right-wing-media-escalate-attacks-young-women-voters-following-democratic-election-wins

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Right-wing media escalate attacks on young women voters following Democratic election wins across the country (Original Post) RandySF Saturday OP
Liberal White Women replacing Soccer Moms no_hypocrisy Saturday #1
Rats, I feel left out! ananda Saturday #2
But we are invisible to many males, esp the yt keyboard warriors the rightwing values irisblue Saturday #4
Yes, but we've ALWAYS voted D, the youngsters are just waking up FakeNoose Saturday #16
What is wrong with white cons, both male and female? mwmisses4289 Saturday #3
They just hate. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #6
They hate because they never got enough love growing up kimbutgar Saturday #26
Love is a word that is alien to them. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #29
They need liberalgunwilltravel Saturday #11
Not too smart that mags. multigraincracker Saturday #5
No one should be surprised when young women vote for Democrats. Lonestarblue Saturday #7
Its amazing the lengths they will go to, to deflect from their own incompetence. Mr. Sparkle Saturday #8
Fuck off, fascists. You're responsible for your own losses. (nt) Paladin Saturday #9
Incel says what? liberalgunwilltravel Saturday #10
The reichwing mantra I'm seeing/hearin again and again is... Orrex Saturday #12
Great, maybe they won't change in time to matter. Qutzupalotl Saturday #25
This is completely in line with their view that women should be obedient and submissive to their menfolk. Fortunately, LaMouffette Saturday #13
I'm old enough to remember when that old trope was trotted out in the 60's and early 70s FakeNoose Saturday #17
I know it's very stereotypical but women tend to look for a way forward while men tend to look for something to fight. Biophilic Saturday #14
The 19th amendment has been a reactionary target for a long time JT45242 Saturday #15
Yep. When they say they want to go back to the halcyon days of the 50s, tanyev Saturday #22
Projection WmChris Saturday #18
What about Just Jerome Saturday #19
These people are delusional! Should we follow them back to 1984 (or maybe 1884)? A_Steel_Magnolia Saturday #20
Men as a group, especially white males, valleyrogue Saturday #21
But, COLLEGE-EDUCATED white males tend to vote Democrat 70sEraVet Saturday #23
I believe you've hit the nail on the head -misanthroptimist Saturday #27
My 96 yr old very liberal mom has been voting D since she became eligible to vote. As have both her daughters. Raftergirl Saturday #24
"...they will literally vote for their own destruction and take everyone down with them." Mister Ed Saturday #28

ananda

(33,962 posts)
2. Rats, I feel left out!
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:02 AM
Saturday

Liberal old women vote too, and not just
white either, thank you very much.

irisblue

(36,552 posts)
4. But we are invisible to many males, esp the yt keyboard warriors the rightwing values
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:29 AM
Saturday

Until some of them want their Mom to bring down a sandwich & more Mt Dew & cheetos

mwmisses4289

(2,751 posts)
3. What is wrong with white cons, both male and female?
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:26 AM
Saturday

They appear to not only hate themselves, but everyone who isn't like them.

kimbutgar

(26,471 posts)
26. They hate because they never got enough love growing up
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:00 PM
Saturday

Every maga I know has told me they had lousy childhoods. my two friends who stopped talking to me in 2016 and my maga brother in law who barely acknowledges me and his Mother telling me her late husband, my BIL’s father was not a kind man and was bit of a sadist.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,487 posts)
29. Love is a word that is alien to them.
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 08:59 AM
Sunday

For whatever reasons. However, the ability to feel love is inside of all of us as human beings. I had a rough childhood, but I did not shut out love or compassion. They have done that and more.

I feel that they decided to ignore and refuse love, because being little shits got them off more than normal living.

Just my opinion on it.

11. They need
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:28 AM
Saturday

Someone to blame for their own poor choices in life that resulted in the miserable waste their lives have become.

Lonestarblue

(13,115 posts)
7. No one should be surprised when young women vote for Democrats.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:08 AM
Saturday

MAGA should look at the people they support, like the Young Republicans who revealed their hatred of minorities and LGBTQ+, and the desire to take away women’s right to vote. Red states have already taken away their access to life-saving reproductive healthcare.

And look at their idols. Right-wingers like Charlie and Erika Kirk who preached at women’s role was in the home making babies. With Charlie dead, Nick Fuentes seems to be gaining more followers. He promotes “Christian nationalism, white supremacy, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ views, and antisemitism including Holocaust denial. His supporters are known as Groypers.” (From Wikipedia)

MAGA and Republicans are against helping people in need and want to get rid of Medicaid, SNAP, and any program that provides aid to poor people.

The question should be why young white men aren’t as smart as young women and continue voting for Republicans who do absolutely nothing for them except making them misfits in life in a decent society.

Mr. Sparkle

(3,549 posts)
8. Its amazing the lengths they will go to, to deflect from their own incompetence.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:14 AM
Saturday

The motto of the republican party should be , "It's there fault."

Orrex

(66,376 posts)
12. The reichwing mantra I'm seeing/hearin again and again is...
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:34 AM
Saturday

"Blue states stayed blue. Meh."

Sure. Despite the tons of reichwing poured into races that went strongly blue, they're pitching the election as no big deal, and certainly not a referendum on the sacred orange prolapse.

Qutzupalotl

(15,595 posts)
25. Great, maybe they won't change in time to matter.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 02:55 PM
Saturday

Any “soul-searching” would take a team of detectives armed with microscopes.

LaMouffette

(2,551 posts)
13. This is completely in line with their view that women should be obedient and submissive to their menfolk. Fortunately,
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:36 AM
Saturday

young liberal women are bright, well educated, and courageous, and they do not suffer fools!

The women's liberation movement of the 70s put an end to succumbing mindlessly to that patriarchal mindset, for the majority of women, anyway.

We are strong. We are invincible. We are women!

FakeNoose

(39,444 posts)
17. I'm old enough to remember when that old trope was trotted out in the 60's and early 70s
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:07 AM
Saturday

You know, back when we were burning our bras and declaring ourselves "liberated."
I've been voting for the Dems ever since I reached voting age in 1972 .....

Biophilic

(6,263 posts)
14. I know it's very stereotypical but women tend to look for a way forward while men tend to look for something to fight.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:50 AM
Saturday

JT45242

(3,732 posts)
15. The 19th amendment has been a reactionary target for a long time
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:59 AM
Saturday

That was why they had pricks like Charlie Kirk praising 'trad wives'. They want to undo everything since 1861.

tanyev

(48,279 posts)
22. Yep. When they say they want to go back to the halcyon days of the 50s,
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:38 AM
Saturday

they don’t actually mean the 1950s.


WmChris

(499 posts)
18. Projection
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:10 AM
Saturday

Newsmax host Carl Higbie labeling “liberal white women” as “the biggest threat to America — they will literally vote for their own destruction and take everyone down with them.” This is exactly what the Repukes are brainwashing their MAGAT cult members to do.

A_Steel_Magnolia

(110 posts)
20. These people are delusional! Should we follow them back to 1984 (or maybe 1884)?
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:14 AM
Saturday

Gemini Christmas! Women (and other people) who sacrifice themselves in service to everyone else's opinions of who they should be can be used, abused, and ultimately tossed into the dustbin of other peoples' lives. Meanwhile, those same women become invisible to themselves and society. Comments like "I lost myself" or "I don't have to have an opinion" reflect a loss of confidence born of selflessness. How's that for irony? We women in the boomer generation dumbed ourselves down to appeal to and not offend, intimidate or threaten male egos. Look, pointing fingers is an exercise in futility.

The issues are sociological, behavioral and economic exacerbated by technology, so it's complicated. As women stand up and step up today, the push back is inevitable; nothing new! The only way out is through, and there is a lot of work to do...

valleyrogue

(2,463 posts)
21. Men as a group, especially white males,
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:16 AM
Saturday

are politically stupid and easily conned. Heaven forbid they will ever admit they vote wrong.

70sEraVet

(5,110 posts)
23. But, COLLEGE-EDUCATED white males tend to vote Democrat
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:01 AM
Saturday

We have to attend college for a few years if we want to even be considered on the same level as women.
You can ask my wife!

-misanthroptimist

(1,529 posts)
27. I believe you've hit the nail on the head
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:36 PM
Saturday

It is education that makes the difference. Last I checked, more women than men were college educated.

(Fellow 70s vet here. Can't believe it's been 50 years!)

Raftergirl

(1,758 posts)
24. My 96 yr old very liberal mom has been voting D since she became eligible to vote. As have both her daughters.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:14 PM
Saturday

She was still working to GOTV in Florida when Covid hit and shut down most of her work. Last election she didn’t do as much, given her age.

My dad was also a staunch liberal.

Mister Ed

(6,744 posts)
28. "...they will literally vote for their own destruction and take everyone down with them."
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 04:23 PM
Saturday

That describes the MAGA base perfectly.

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