CNN Campaign Reporter Rips Trump ‘Like It Or Not’ Rant To Jim Acosta — But Says Women In Trump Crowd ‘Went Wild!’
CNN campaign correspondent Kristen Holmes ripped former President Donald Trump’s new rant about women as tone deaf ,but nevertheless told CNN anchor Jim Acosta that women in the crowd ate it up.
Trump has drawn attention for his now-regular proclamations he will be a “protector” for women — much of it negative. At a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday night, Trump referenced those reactions in a rant that included the line “Well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not.”
On Thursday’s edition of CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta, Holmes battered Trump over that and other remarks, but noted that the women in attendance at the rally loved it:
DONALD TRUMP: I’m going to do it. Whether the women like it or not, I’ve got to protect them.
KRISTEN HOLMES: I mean, you can’t make this up. Donald Trump obviously going out there saying he’s going to do it whether the women like it or not, at a time when he already doesn’t have women’s support.
But I will tell you, it really depends on where you stand on the political spectrum, how you view comments like this.
Last night, the women in the crowd were going wild! At one point he asked, does any is there any woman in here who wants to be protected? And women were screaming that they did want to be protected, and by Donald Trump.
If you’re not inside of that bubble of Donald Trump supporters, you’re likely offended by those kinds of comments. Donald Trump still clearly doesn’t have a grip on how to talk to women.
They are trying to bridge that gap. But obviously, also we’ve seen, Jim, the comments! Just just talk about the comments leading up to his Madison Square Garden rally.
That was so much machismo, so much sexism, so much vile jokes, quote unquote, jokes. Bridging the gap and trying to bring in women voters.
That’s the kind of messaging you’re projecting as a campaign or even even though it wasn’t him, particularly in that case, it’s very difficult to do. And one thing that the campaign has really struggled with this cycle is closing that gender gap.
JIM ACOSTA: Yeah. Kristen, you make an excellent point. There’s been so much focus on the comedian who made the garbage remark about Puerto Rico on Sunday night, but there were other speakers at that rally warming up the crowd for Donald Trump, who talked about Vice President Harris being pimped out, talking about Hillary Clinton being a son of a B, using language that is highly offensive to women.
And yes, there may be women in the audience at Trump rallies who eat all of this up and like him and so on. But I have to think this this race is going to come down to persuadable Republican women voters in places like the suburbs of Philadelphia and Detroit and so on.
And polls show Kamala Harris has stronger support among women in these swing states. That has to be something that the Trump campaign is a little nervous about, I would think.
KRISTEN HOLMES: Well, it’s something they’re watching very carefully for sure.
Watch above via CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta.
