If it feels like the misogyny just won’t stop, you’re not crazy. You’re just paying attention.
And yes, it is only going to get worse with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic Party ticket.
We're less than a month into her presidential campaign, and the attacks have only been amplified since Harris became the presumptive nominee after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. Notice the first wave of attacks that had nothing to do with her policies.
So, here’s a little reminder of who and what the Republican Party is elevating, and who they're tearing down in the process. They've been doing it for years.
“Crazy.” “Crooked.” “Horseface.”
At a certain point, calling out Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s sexism feels trite. It doesn't mean it lacks importance.
We have known, for years, that he is a raging misogynist. It was visible in 2016 when he ran for president against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It was visible in the 2005 Access Hollywood tape, which surfaced in October 2016, on which he said what we all know he said about basically assaulting women.
It was notable recently when he was found guilty of defaming and sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll. And it has been repeatedly true when you realize his history of infidelity. This history includes cheating on Melania Trump as part of the Stormy Daniels case.
Now that he’s once again facing a woman on the Democratic Party presidential ticket, his sexist attacks rebooted when he had to pivot from Biden to Harris.
“I'm not a big fan of his brain, but I think that she's actually not as smart as he is,” Trump said at a rambling news conference last week, comparing Harris with Biden.
He later added that Harris’ surge in the polls could be........