{"id":2360548,"date":"2024-10-28T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-democrats-party-leans-on-michelle-obama-to-shame-men-into-voting-for-kamala\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:20:29","slug":"desperate-democrats-party-leans-on-michelle-obama-to-shame-men-into-voting-for-kamala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desperate-democrats-party-leans-on-michelle-obama-to-shame-men-into-voting-for-kamala\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Democrats: Party Leans on Michelle Obama to Shame Men into Voting for Kamala"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesperate-democrats-party-leans-on-michelle-obama-to-shame-men-into-voting-for-kamala%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2360548&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent event in Kalamazoo, Michigan, former First \u200bLady Michelle Obama sought to galvanize male voters for the Democratic Party, particularly aimed at \u2062younger and minority men. \u2062She warned \u2062that their anger and \u2063disappointment should not lead \u200cthem to abstain from voting or \u200bsupport Donald Trump, as \u2062it may result in \u200dsignificant consequences for the women\u2064 and children in \u2063their lives. Obama emphasized that women\u2019s lives are more valuable than men&#8217;s frustrations, and urged women to demand\u200c better from the men they care\u200c about. <\/p>\n<p>However, her\u200b speech has drawn criticism for its\u2062 hyperbolic nature, particularly the suggestion \u2063that \u2062voting Republican equates to\u2064 endangering women\u2019s lives. Critics argue that this approach could alienate the very demographic the Democrats are \u200dtrying to reach, failing \u2063to\u2062 address \u2064the specific\u200b needs and\u200c feelings of\u200d male\u200b voters who \u200bare already \u2062disillusioned with the party.\u2062 Ultimately, \u200cObama&#8217;s attempt to deliver a strong message reflects the \u200cDemocratic Party&#8217;s challenges in resonating with male constituents,\u200b especially as \u200cthey seek to avoid political losses\u200b in upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democrats, at this late hour, are still working to find a message that works with reluctant male voters, particularly younger ones and minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Obama apparently thinks she&rsquo;s found it: She&rsquo;s going to tell them that Donald Trump presents some sort of amorphous, unsaid threat to women&rsquo;s lives, and those &ldquo;lives are worth more than [your] anger and disappointment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You may perhaps see why the Democrats are having trouble getting traction with this message.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently unsatisfied to just send her husband out to lecture &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-goes-attack-black-brothers-arent-sure-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the brothers<\/a>&rdquo; earlier this month, the Democrats sent Michelle once more into the breach, this time in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she was introducing Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So fellows, before you cast your votes ask yourselves what side of history do you want to be on?&rdquo; she asked the crowd.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now I recognize that there are a lot of angry, disillusioned people out there upset with the slow pace of change. And I get it. It is reasonable to be frustrated,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We all know we have a lot more work to do in this country. But to anyone out there thinking about sitting out this election or voting for Donald Trump or a third-party candidate in protest because you&rsquo;re fed up, let me warn you your rage does not exist in a vacuum.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ah, males &ldquo;rage,&rdquo; the same way that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/plagiarism-expert-drops-damning-post-cited-nyt-article-downplaying-allegations-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservatives &ldquo;pounce!&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t get this election right, your wife, your daughter, your mother &mdash; we as women will become collateral damage to your rage,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;So are you men prepared to look into the eyes of the women and children you love and tell them that you supported this assault on our safety?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And to the women listening, we have every right to demand that the men in our lives do better by us,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;We have to use our voices to make these choices clear to the men that we love: Our lives are worth more than their anger and disappointment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;To the women listening: We have every right to demand the men in our lives do better by us. We have to use our voices to make these choices clear to the men that we love. Our lives are worth more than their anger and disappointment&rdquo; &mdash;Michelle Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vxHvwGPwHe\">pic.twitter.com\/vxHvwGPwHe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1850324197093912906?\">October 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are more than a few problems with this, as you might imagine.<\/p>\n<p>First, aside from the idea that Donald Trump would somehow lead to more women dying during childbirth &mdash; Michelle Obama made the case during a febrile rant before these remarks about how any sort of restriction on killing babies in the womb, not terribly successful at the ballot box in individual states, led to women dying, a statement that both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-pro-life-laws-killing-young-women-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn&rsquo;t been borne out by the facts<\/a> since Roe v. Wade was overturned and hasn&rsquo;t gotten much traction already among voters &mdash; there was no solid evidence given by the former first lady that Trump would endanger women&rsquo;s lives.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, her point seemed to be better stated by reducing it to, &ldquo;We have to use our voices to make these choices clear to the men that we love: Our anger and disappointment are worth more than their anger and disappointment, Y-chromosome-havers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t exactly the closing argument you want to make when your candidate is at grave risk of losing and her lack of support among men, in particular, could be responsible for that loss. No man who listened to Saturday&rsquo;s speech could take seriously the point, as outlined by Obama, that their vote would kill women.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to popular opinion, most people are able to sniff out hyperbole from politicians &mdash; and whether they&rsquo;re delivering it with a wink or because they&rsquo;re desperate. This was obviously hyperbole, and obviously coming from a desperate place.<\/p>\n<p>Second, if people are disappointed and angry, the Democrats should at least be able to make electoral hay with that. Remember, Kamala Harris was given ample time and resources to differentiate herself from President Joe Biden and his administration. She has failed to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of whether or not you buy her idea that Republican presidents cost female lives, what Michelle Obama is saying is that &ldquo;there are a lot of angry, disillusioned people out there upset with the slow pace of change&rdquo; &mdash; which is to say that she gets it. Her response is telling: Yeah, sure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-can-thank-kamala-harris-for-its-crime-problem\/\" title=\"California Can Thank Kamala Harris For Its Crime Problem\">things haven&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t changed, but if you vote Republican you&rsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifa-considers-dropping-testosterone-measurement-for-biological-men-who-identify-as-women\/\" title=\"FIFA Considers Dropping Testosterone Measurement For Biological Men Who Identify As Women\">ll kill women<\/a>, so your despair isn&rsquo;t worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if, in three months, the vice president had put together something worth saying to male voters. Instead, she doubled down on the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-nbc-interview-ends-floundering-joe-biden-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she&rsquo;s basically a younger version of Joe Biden<\/a> who knows where they are most of the time. The policies are the same, but the woman delivering them would no longer be senescent.<\/p>\n<p>When that didn&rsquo;t work, she decided she needed someone to lecture men. The former first couple has fit the bill, as witnessed by Barack Obama&rsquo;s hectoring of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deeply-offended-voter-tears-obama-apart-front-msnbc-host-slams-ex-president-scolding-black-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the brothers<\/a>&rdquo; to give Harris the minority votes he apparently thinks any Democrat candidate should be able to rely upon. Apparently that wasn&rsquo;t enough, so we brought Michelle out there to tell men that they&rsquo;re unimportant because, without their vote, women <em>will literally die<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With a media at their backs and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">huge monetary campaign advantage<\/a>, the Democrats had every opportunity to pitch to male voters before the 11th hour. It&rsquo;s telling that, in one of the states Harris needs to win to have any chance at the presidency, Michelle Obama delivered a message that resonated with male voters across the United States, and not in a positive way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Michelle Obama believes she has a solution: she plans to convey that Donald Trump poses an undefined threat to women&#8217;s lives, emphasizing that these lives matter more than men&#8217;s anger and disappointment. This approach may explain the challenges the Democrats face in gaining traction with this message. Recently, Michelle spoke in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she urged men to consider what side of history they want to be on before voting. She acknowledged the frustration many feel about slow progress but warned against sitting out the election or supporting Trump as a form of protest, stating that their anger could have serious consequences for women and children they care about. She asserted that women have every right to demand better from men in their lives and should make it clear that their well-being is more important than men&#8217;s frustrations. However, her argument lacks solid evidence linking Trump directly to threats against women&#8217;s safety and may not resonate positively with male voters who might dismiss such claims as hyperbole born from desperation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2360549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/michelle-o-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43874,37035,32438,32618,43875],"class_list":["post-2360548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-desperate-democrats","tag-gender-politics","tag-kamala-harris","tag-michelle-obama","tag-voting-outreach"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/michelle-o-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}