A Joyous Narrative Switch

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A Joyous Narrative Switch

After the Madison Square Garden Trump even, it was pretty clear who was staking a claim on joy going into the last week of the election.

Here’s one Kamala supporter’s advice for women:

That’s inspiring! Does he believe all women cower in fear around the men in their life or that it is impossible for an independent-minded woman to simply not want to vote for Kamala? It’s as if the dominant marriage advice isn’t “happy wife, happy life.” XX XY Atheltics founder Jennifer Sey wrote, “Who told them this was motivating messaging? It’s insulting to women to suggest we don’t have minds of our own and agency and we just vote with our husbands, and generally do what they say because we fear them. They definitely think it’s a good idea because it is EVERYWHERE!!”

Gone is the Kamala joy that was pushed on us by the media.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air points to a similar narrative in the Democrats’ closing pitch to voters. He criticizes Barack and Michelle Obama's recent campaign messages, which target black men and women married to “MAGA men.” He writes that these messages are risky and might alienate young male voters, an important demographic. Michelle's statements, as well as those of the male feminist above, infantilize married women and assume opposition stems from oppression.

Morrissey concluded:

So much for joy, eh?

In many ways, this is a rerun of the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign. That too ran on a sense of elite entitlement, driven by girls-rule-boys-drool messaging, although more subtle in that cycle. Hillary demanded the office because it was "her turn," and Kamala has no better argument to offer than that. When scrutinized for her policy incoherence and the performance of her administration, questioning her at all becomes racist and sexist. The only argument for Harris in the last two weeks is the Descent of Fascism, and now they're telling us it's already here, with women as its victims suffering Stockholm Syndrome.

I'll be doggoned if I can figure out to whom this appeals, other than fellow tone-deaf progressives. And again, they're already on board. It's as if Democrats want to lose young men for a generation. Perhaps they do, and that is indeed a bold strategy, Cotton.

In the closing days, Trump seems to be taking a disciplined approach of criticizing the current administration and running a hopeful campaign. That’s built into the “Make America Great Again” cake, of course.

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