Post by amberlyrose on Oct 12, 2016 15:33:45 GMT -5
OCT. 12, 2016, 12:15 P.M. Trump backers tweet #repealthe19th after polls show he'd win if only men voted
Seema Mehta
As polls show that Donald Trump would overwhelmingly win if only men were allowed to vote, the GOP nominee's supporters have spawned a new Twitter hashtag: #repealthe19th.
That’s a reference to the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Follow David McCall @woodrowmelkin This is why we need to repeal and not replace the 19th amendment. #RepealThe19th … 8:04 PM - 11 Oct 2016 Retweets likes 21h Nate Silver ✔ @natesilver538 And here's if just dudes voted. pic.twitter.com/HjqJzIVwc4 Follow Reichsführer Pepe @smugpepe1488 @natesilver538 Women are not fit for politics. #RepealThe19th 5:02 PM - 11 Oct 2016 Retweets likes The Twitter commentary began after Nate Silver of the FiveThirtyEight website published an article Tuesday looking at men’s and women’s voting patterns.
He found that if the election only counted the male vote, Trump would swamp Clinton, 350 electoral votes to 188. A candidate must win 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. 21h Nate Silver ✔ @natesilver538 Here's what the map would look line if only women voted: fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-women-are-defeating-donald-trump/ … pic.twitter.com/rrc3GuXmGl Follow Nate Silver ✔ @natesilver538 And here's if just dudes voted. pic.twitter.com/HjqJzIVwc4 4:37 PM - 11 Oct 2016 View image on Twitter 9,797 9,797 Retweets 6,433 6,433 likes It’s not only men tweeting #repealthe19th. Here are some women who have also seized upon the poll results. 21h Emma Roller ✔ @emmaroller Men continue to be great and cool pic.twitter.com/68XupBspwJ Follow Haunted Holly 🔥✝️🔥 @hollyanswers @emmaroller men should never have given women the right to vote #RepealThe19th 5:07 PM - 11 Oct 2016 21 21 Retweets 150 150 likes Follow CT Christian 4 Trump @tracyogrodnik I would be willing to give up my right to vote to make this happen #repealthe19th … 12:44 PM - 12 Oct 2016 1 1 Retweet 5 5 likes Latest updates
Seriously though... thank god for the 19th. Men have been fucking these things up for centuries. Penis, testosterone, especially penis. Let us ladies step up and make the right, rational, sound, sane fucking decisions here. Holy shit.
Well, the only important amendment is the 2nd, so who cares about all of those other pesky ones. And since I sincerely doubt it is anyone but white men voting in their fantasy anyway, why not call for repeal of the 15th amendment also? Probably because that's too much knowledge about the document they claim to love above all things.
Eric Trump Used An “If Only Men Voted” Map To Convince Supporters His Dad Has “Momentum” Here’s the issue with using that map: Women can vote.
posted on Oct. 12, 2016, at 1:03 p.m. Mary Ann Georgantopoulos Mary Ann Georgantopoulos BuzzFeed News Reporter TweetTumblr Eric Trump sent a fundraising email out to supporters Wednesday morning titled “Momentum,” and included this map. fivethirtyeight.com “As one of the most dedicated grassroots leaders in the country you know, momentum matters,” the email, sent on behalf of the Trump campaign, reads. “And right now all the momentum is on our side.” Trump called on supporters to donate money to help fund aggressive ad blitzes and “get-out-and-vote operations.” “We’re making huge gains against Crooked Hillary that you can see for yourself,” Trump wrote before the image of the above map. Here’s the problem: That map GIF is from FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver, showing what the election would look like if only men voted. 22h Nate Silver ✔ @natesilver538 Here's what the map would look line if only women voted: fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-women-are-defeating-donald-trump/ … pic.twitter.com/rrc3GuXmGl Follow Nate Silver ✔ @natesilver538 And here's if just dudes voted. pic.twitter.com/HjqJzIVwc4 5:37 PM - 11 Oct 2016 View image on Twitter 9,829 9,829 Retweets 6,458 6,458 likes (For reference, here is what the map would look like if only women voted.) Trump’s email does not specify what this map is supposed to represent other than “momentum.” “We’re not just winning national polls like L.A. Times/USC and Rasmussen, we’re beating back the increasingly desperate Dems in the battleground states, too,” Trump’s email reads. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times reported that for the first time since early September, the USC–LA Times Daybreak tracking poll has Hillary Clinton ahead. (Here’s why Trump is usually ahead in that poll.) The Trump campaign didn’t immediately return a request for comment. Some people on Twitter were quick to jump on the map: Follow Mary Walden @marywalden13 Dream on, Eric Trump. This map is if women didn't vote, but we will. Oh yes, women will vote, but not for Trump.#WomenWillStopTrump … 11:06 AM - 12 Oct 2016 28 28 Retweets 67 67 likes Follow Paula @paula_jeanne @erictrump hahaha you sent out fundraising email with red map that represents only male voters??? Now that's kinda funny 9:46 AM - 12 Oct 2016 6 6 Retweets 17 17 likes
7h Igor Bobic ✔ @igorbobic New fundraising email from Eric Trump tells supporters campaign is making "huge gains" and includes this gif pic.twitter.com/MvUUCU7b3d Follow Dan Grilo @grilodan @igorbobic HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... Oh @erictrump, bless your simple heart. 9:32 AM - 12 Oct 2016 17 17 Retweets 111 111 likes 27 days until the election.
I know this is a smart group of women, and I am sure everybody is registered and ready to vote. In fact I know. Get out there and ask other women if they are registered. Just ask friends, coworkers, etc. This is nuts.
I know my experiences as a white woman can't compare to, say, a Muslim woman in the US who wears a hijab and probably faces discrimination and bigotry on a daily basis, but... This is one of the few instances in my life where I honestly feel directly persecuted. People are calling to strip me, personally, of my rights. I'm practically hyperventilating, over here.