Trump has done the opposite of everything the GOP said it needs to do to survive
Remember the Republican “autopsy” report from the 2012 campaign, the GOP’s 100-page investigation into why it lost the last presidential election and what it had to do to resurrect itself?
Donald Trump has essentially set fire to that report. He’s done the exact opposite of almost every recommendation
Trump has done the opposite of everything the GOP said it needs to do to survive
Republican analysts said the party needed to adopt if the party wanted to survive.
Among the top recommendations, for example, was to stop alienating women.
Women are much more likely to vote than men, and when they do vote, they are much more likely to support Democrats. The autopsy report argued that the left’s recent “war on women” rhetoric threatened to repel female voters even further from the GOP. It, therefore, proposed several measures to draw more women into the party.
Suggestions included “make a better effort at listening to female voters, directing their policy proposals at what they learn from women, and communicating that they understand what a woman who is balancing many responsibilities is going through.”
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is going after rival Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi. Here are other times he's insulted women, from Rosie O'Donnell to Hillary Clinton. (Sarah Parnass and Nicki DeMarco/The Washington Post)
Also, “use Women’s History Month as an opportunity to remind voters of the Republican’s Party historical role in advancing the women’s rights movement.”
Three years later, Trump declared it Opposite Day. Or perhaps, Opposite Month.
During Women’s History Month — that is, March — alone, Trump illustrated his (and his party’s) commitment to “advancing women’s rights” by: tweeting a demeaning photo of Heidi Cruz suggesting that she’s not hot enough; impugning the character of a woman allegedly battered and bruised by Trump’s campaign manager, in public and on camera; and suggesting that women who seek abortions should be punished.
If he indeed set out to destroy the second sex’s confidence in himself and his party, he’s succeeding.
Three-quarters of women now view Trump unfavorably, according to a new Post-ABC News poll. A separate poll, from NBC and the Wall Street Journal, found that almost half of Republican female voters said they couldn’t imagine voting for Trump.
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