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RandySF

(81,111 posts)
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 05:47 AM Nov 8

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

ananda

(34,405 posts)
2. Rats, I feel left out!
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:02 AM
Nov 8

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

irisblue

(36,793 posts)
4. But we are invisible to many males, esp the yt keyboard warriors the rightwing values
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:29 AM
Nov 8

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

mwmisses4289

(3,221 posts)
3. What is wrong with white cons, both male and female?
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 06:26 AM
Nov 8

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

kimbutgar

(26,796 posts)
26. They hate because they never got enough love growing up
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:00 PM
Nov 8

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

(10,170 posts)
29. Love is a word that is alien to them.
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 08:59 AM
Nov 9

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.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,079 posts)
11. They need
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:28 AM
Nov 8

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

Lonestarblue

(13,225 posts)
7. No one should be surprised when young women vote for Democrats.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:08 AM
Nov 8

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

(3,609 posts)
8. Its amazing the lengths they will go to, to deflect from their own incompetence.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:14 AM
Nov 8

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

Orrex

(66,671 posts)
12. The reichwing mantra I'm seeing/hearin again and again is...
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:34 AM
Nov 8

"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

(15,659 posts)
25. Great, maybe they won't change in time to matter.
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 02:55 PM
Nov 8

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

LaMouffette

(2,566 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
Nov 8

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

(40,163 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
Nov 8

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

(6,402 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
Nov 8

JT45242

(3,829 posts)
15. The 19th amendment has been a reactionary target for a long time
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 07:59 AM
Nov 8

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

tanyev

(48,658 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
Nov 8

they don’t actually mean the 1950s.


WmChris

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

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

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

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

(2,570 posts)
21. Men as a group, especially white males,
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 08:16 AM
Nov 8

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

70sEraVet

(5,225 posts)
23. But, COLLEGE-EDUCATED white males tend to vote Democrat
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:01 AM
Nov 8

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

(1,564 posts)
27. I believe you've hit the nail on the head
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:36 PM
Nov 8

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

(1,804 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
Nov 8

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

(6,807 posts)
28. "...they will literally vote for their own destruction and take everyone down with them."
Sat Nov 8, 2025, 04:23 PM
Nov 8

That describes the MAGA base perfectly.

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