In appearance on CBS news’ Face the nation On Sunday morning, the former Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley Said comments about women made by an Ohio senator JD VanceFormer President Donald TrumpNo running mate, “wasn’t helpful” and represented “style” and not “substance”.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris The GOP presidential nominee has a commanding poll lead over Trump among women voters in this year’s race. Host Margaret Brennan asked former South Carolina Gov. Haley, who endorsed Trump, about Vance’s comments about women.
“As recently as last week, JD Vance said he was shocked and dismayed that the head of the country’s most powerful teachers’ union did not have a single child. He continues to say things that are definitely highlighted as offensive to women. That would hurt women voters, wouldn’t it? asked Brennan.
“That’s not helpful. That’s not helpful. I mean…” Haley replied, then asked Brennan, “Is that an effective messenger for the policies that you say they’re stronger for?”
“I think the policy — look, you can either look at style or you can look at substance. I prefer as a voter to look at substance. Style, I would say…” Haley said.
“What is its substance, though?” asked Brennan.
“Substance cuts in taxes, making housing more affordable, immigration, national security, that’s the substance. The style is – no, it’s not helpful to talk about whether or not women have children. It is not helpful to say any of those things based on personality or anything else. I have said it, and I will continue to tell Republicans, stop it. It is not helpful. If you want to talk about things, stick with the policy. Americans are smart. They don’t need all this other noise to distract them. They just want to know how you’re going to help them,” Haley said.
Newsweek The Trump campaign and Vance’s office were emailed for comment Sunday.
Vance has been in the headlines and has faced constant backlash for his comments and views about women since he was taped. To join Trump on Republican Party ticket
A comment made by Vance in 2021 while he was running for the US The Senate He resurfaced after being announced as Trump’s running mate. In A Fox News Interviewed, Vance said: “We effectively run this country Democrats“by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable with their own lives and the choices they’ve made and therefore want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”
Vance has since described this as a “sarcastic remark” that was “deliberately misinterpreted” by Democrats. He also said he regretted that “a lot of people took it the wrong way.”
The Ohio senator has also faced backlash A comment he made about professional womenAnd was recently He was booed as he reached the podium to address the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF).
Male and female voters traditionally differ in their support for political parties Democrats Often more women voters win than they do Republicans Opponents but voters are increasingly worried Abortion rights and reproductive health care in recent election years, The caste gap has widened.
A New York Times/A Siena College poll released in early August found significant gender differences among candidates in three key states. While Harris was winning female voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by 21 points, Trump was leading male voters by 14 points.
Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, said earlier Newsweek“We may have a wider-than-usual gender gap in 2024” and highlighted patterns already forming, particularly among young voters.
Last month, Haley said Republicans Harris should “quit” whining about not being interviewed by the press And keep preaching.
The Democratic nominee for president has faced criticism for not doing enough interviews with the media after announcing his intention to run for the White House, particularly from Trump.
But Haley, who ran against Trump to be elected as her Republicans Nominee, said the fox News last month: “We don’t need her interview, we need her to listen. We shouldn’t be surprised that we’re running into Kamala Harris now, she’s always been her. There was no way Joe BidenIn the state we saw him in, he could withstand the stress of a presidential election. I was convinced at the time, that’s why I kept referring to her – because I knew that Kamala Harris was the person we had.”
She added: “The Republican Party A serious change is needed here. And the first thing is, the Republican Party, Donald Trump, the people here at Fox – quit complaining that she’s not giving interviews.
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