Conservative pundits are in disbelief and outrage at the highly circulated video, which aimed to show women that their husbands can’t see if they vote for Kamala Harris.

Summary

A video encouraging women to vote independently for Kamala Harris sparked outrage among conservative men, who called it divisive and “amoral.” The video highlights the gender gap that has widened between Harris and Trump, with recent polls showing notable leads by Harris among women and Trump among men.

Critics like Charlie Kirk labeled it “nauseating,” criticizing the wife for lying to “her sweet husband who probably works his tail off to make sure that she can go and have a nice life and provides for the family.”

Supporters argue it reflects real tensions around women’s autonomy, especially in conservative households.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    That’s so weird that the nazi husbands who would give their wife a black eye for voting for kamala would fly into a rage about something.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Next up, they’re going to try and force women into wearing bedsheets cuz, you know, they can’t keep it in their pants when they see a modestly attractive woman go by in normal clothes.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    8 months ago

    It’s not hiding when it’s supposed to be a secret. A woman voting her own beliefs should be the first step out of that kind of controlling relationship.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I have a relative who lives in subsidized housing and just got a new neighbor who is freshly divorced due to his wife being a Democrat. Sounds like she won for sure because from what I hear about this dude he sounds like a miserable, insufferable individual

    • aramis87@fedia.io
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      8 months ago

      The guy who helped create the ad even says

      “They took a person’s sanctity of their ballot and turned it into a conversation about men owning the behaviors of the women in their life,” Pagitt said. “And like, well, I didn’t think you were going to make our point for us. We’re very grateful that you did.”

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      we’re entering a dangerous territory where women are being treated like people … think of where this slippery slope can go … /s

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., joined the criticism Thursday, telling Fox News that Democrats are telling wives to lie to their husbands: “What kind of a totally amoral, corrupt, sick system have the Democrats developed?”

    Ah yes, the guy who has cheated on multiple wives is talking about amorality and corruption.

    • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      8 months ago

      it’s not “cheating” if the husband does it. it’s “the wife is being frigid and insufferable and i had no choice but to fuck whoever else”

      from the party of “it’s not rape if he’s your husband”

    • frunch@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      He’s not the only conservative paragon of virtue that’s having a hissy-fit over it either:

      Fox News host Jesse Watters said on the air last week that if his wife did the same as the women in the ad, it would violate “the sanctity of our marriage.”

      “If I found out Emma was going into the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair,” Watters said, a remark that prompted many online to call him out for his marital affair, which he admitted to in 2018.

      • neoman4426@fedia.io
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        8 months ago

        Not just an affair, an affair with his current wife he was calling out. Who he started the affair by being a massive stalker and letting air out of her tires so she’d ask him for a ride.

  • gatorgato@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yes. Yes, rage against this. Feed your anger. How dare they?!?!?! Feed the Streisand effect. Spread this idea. Let it engage you!! Oh, I know. Rant about it to your wife. Tell her all about this evil idea. Tell her what those other independent women are doing. Yeah. Get good and mad /S

        • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/01/maga-trump-men-supporters-womens-rights

          This week, the fundamentalist Christian pastor Dale Partridge argued in a series of tweets that “in a Christian marriage, a wife should vote according to her husband’s direction”. In other words, he pits his version of the religion against the constitution, which, since the 19th amendment passed a century ago, guarantees adult citizens the right to vote regardless of sex. He argues that in marriage, the husband annexes and owns his wife’s voice and rights, so that he in effect gets two votes and she gets none. The far-right preacher is not alone in this argument that women should not have the right to participate in public life and act on their views and values.

          Jesse Watters, the Fox News personality, has argued that if he found out his wife “was going into the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair”. It violates “the sanctity of our marriage; what else is she keeping from me?” Rightwing agitator Charlie Kirk also got upset about the idea that women might vote according to their agenda and not their husband’s.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Party that repealed Roe v Wade and constantly talks about shooting liberals is now angry that their wives might be afraid of telling them how they vote, more news at 10

  • neoman4426@fedia.io
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    8 months ago

    Anyone who is mad about the possibility of someone hiding who they voted for, is part of the reason it needs to be reiterated in the first place.