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As Long As Donald Trump Is Running, Conservatives Oppose Misogyny
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If last Thursday's Republican debate was a trap, intended to lure Donald Trump into finally bringing his embarrassing campaign to an end, then Megyn Kelly was the perfect bait. Blonde, pretty, and impertinent: The only way she could have pushed Trump's buttons harder is if she'd asked him a question about alimony. She pressed him on his history of misogynist comments, no doubt knowing that the best way to send a sexist twit into a tantrum is to point out that he is a sexist twit.
Trump's predictable meltdown, in which he claimed that Kelly asked him tough questions because she had "blood coming out of her wherever," was both spectacular and tedious—really, a "she's on the rag" joke was all he could come up with? Trump claims that his comment is being misrepresented—and was intended as some kind of convoluted boxing metaphor—although his pushback on Twitter this morning muddies the issue further.
But it doesn't matter! Whatever Donald Trump meant by the comment, the opportunity is ripe for various Republicans to strike offended poses about the evils of misogyny.
Those poses have been awkward, to say the least. Take, for instance, Scott Walker, who tweeted on Saturday that "there's no excuse for Trump's comments." Walker also explained during Thursday's debate that women should be denied abortions even at the risk of the woman losing her life. Trump has a nasty mouth, but hey, at least he doesn't think pregnancy should carry a potential death sentence.
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If last Thursday's Republican debate was a trap, intended to lure Donald Trump into finally bringing his embarrassing campaign to an end, then Megyn Kelly was the perfect bait. Blonde, pretty, and impertinent: The only way she could have pushed Trump's buttons harder is if she'd asked him a question about alimony. She pressed him on his history of misogynist comments, no doubt knowing that the best way to send a sexist twit into a tantrum is to point out that he is a sexist twit.
Trump's predictable meltdown, in which he claimed that Kelly asked him tough questions because she had "blood coming out of her wherever," was both spectacular and tedious—really, a "she's on the rag" joke was all he could come up with? Trump claims that his comment is being misrepresented—and was intended as some kind of convoluted boxing metaphor—although his pushback on Twitter this morning muddies the issue further.
But it doesn't matter! Whatever Donald Trump meant by the comment, the opportunity is ripe for various Republicans to strike offended poses about the evils of misogyny.
Those poses have been awkward, to say the least. Take, for instance, Scott Walker, who tweeted on Saturday that "there's no excuse for Trump's comments." Walker also explained during Thursday's debate that women should be denied abortions even at the risk of the woman losing her life. Trump has a nasty mouth, but hey, at least he doesn't think pregnancy should carry a potential death sentence.
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What do you think, are they believable... Nope.
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meh… only when it is directed towards Megan Kelly 
