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Donald Trump’s election campaign relied primarily on male voters. But shortly before the US election, the realization came: women could tip the scales.
Pittsburgh – The feud between Donald Trump and the former Fox News-Host Megyn Kelly started in 2015. More than eight years later, the current podcaster suddenly appears at a campaign event for the 2024 US election of the Republican presidential candidate in Pittsburgh. The decision to bring his former rival onto the stage may also have been due to newly arrived data on early voting in the USA.
Megyn Kelly vs. Trump before the 2016 US election – the distance remained
“Megyn Who?”, one might ask. But the TV presenter’s confrontation with Trump quickly comes back to mind: During a Republican TV debate in 2015, Kelly dared to confront the real estate mogul about his numerous derogatory comments towards women. The Republican reacted sharply and subsequently repeatedly attacked Kelly personally, which resulted in a public feud. “Blood came out of her eyes, blood came out of wherever,” Trump said in the days after the exchange about what he saw as the “evil” presenter.
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In an interview with ABC News Two days after this much-criticized statement, the Republican claimed that by “wherever” he of course meant her nose. In 2016, the two buried their hatchet after Kelly Trump came to her show on the right-wing conservative US broadcaster for an interview Fox News had invited. But even after that, the relationship remained distant. Kelly, of all people, came to the ex-US President’s aid at a campaign event on Monday (November 4th) in Pittsburgh in the embattled US state of Pennsylvania. The timing was probably no coincidence: data on early voting in the US suggested higher voter turnout among women.
“Early voters” in the US election: voter turnout among women is significantly higher
In a recent survey by USA Today 53 percent of women surveyed said they wanted to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, while only 36 percent wanted to vote for Donald Trump. The approval ratings among men are a mirror image: 53 percent would choose the Republican, only 37 percent would choose Harris. What initially seems relatively balanced could develop into a problem for Trump. The latest data on early voting shows significantly higher turnout among women. 53 percent of the “early voters” were female, only 44 percent were male NBC News reported.
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Although this is only a preliminary value, an initial trend is becoming clear. This may also have shaken up Trump’s campaign team. Shortly before the US election, the Republicans tried to mobilize female votes. A replacement was quickly needed for Ivanka Trump, who was also responsible for winning votes among women in her father’s past campaigns. She has now retired from politics. Kelly, like Ivanka before her, exuded “MAGA’s vision of 1950s femininity” on the campaign stage in Pittsburgh with her long blonde hair, the moderator said about her appearance DailyBeast.
MAGA
MAGA stands for Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again” – and now also for the populist movement of Trumpism.
US election 2024: Kelly calls for Trump to be elected – “will be a protector of women”
During her appearance, Kelly defended Trump. “He was ridiculed by the left because he said he would be a protector of women,” the news agency quoted AP the presenter. “He will be a protector of women and that is why I vote for him. He will close the border and he will keep the boys away from women’s sports where they don’t belong,” said the 54-year-old, alluding to the participation of transgender athletes in sporting events. The television journalist then posted a selfie with Trump on Platform X. “God bless him. Vote for him!” she wrote.
The presenter was loudly criticized during her appearance in Pittsburgh AP also to statements made during a rally at Madison Square Garden. Some speakers, including comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, made racist, anti-Semitic or misogynistic statements. This may have further alienated the female electorate. Who better to advocate for the Republican than a woman who once criticized him for his misogyny. Shortly before the US election, Trump also tried to convey that he stood for women’s rights at other campaign events. There are doubts that he is serious.
