Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign is earning praise for the way that it is taking the fight to former President Donald Trump in the area that is supposed to be one of his strongest points: Masculinity.
Writing in The Bulwark, Ilyse Hogue made the case that the Harris campaign is trying to present a more positive vision of masculinity than the one presented by the twice-impeached, thrice-married, quadruple-indicted, 34-count convicted felon at the top of the GOP ticket.
In fact, Hogue thought that the goal of the campaign is to "demolish" Trump's masculinity altogether.
In particular, Hogue examined the contrast in masculinity projected by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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"He sprinkled his speech with references to football plays and trophies he earned by shooting rifles, and he undergirded those endeavors with a clear directive about the responsibility that naturally accompanies them," she argued. "Might and brawn mean nothing if they are not used to protect and defend — and not just your women and children, but your community and country."
Hogue also zeroed in on comedian D.L. Hughley, whom she said came in to "drive a stake through the heart of the former president's brand of toxic virility" by making him the butt of nonstop jokes.
"He may have landed the punchline of the night by branding the ex-president’s need for a succession of trophy wives as being more than a little sad and embarrassingly outdated," she wrote. "His remark that the rise of Republicans for Kamala meant Trump would finally know what it feels like when 'YOU get left for a younger woman' got uproarious applause."
