Melania’s “call out” of Trump

The Problem

A lot has happened for Donald Trump in the past week, which is to be expected by now with his campaign. He has been on blast by the media for his continuously crude and vulgar comments towards women. The hot mic situation regarding old tape recordings of Trump speaking in a very derogatory way has captured the full attention of the media. These recordings have in some ways seemed to be brushed off by Trump as “locker room talk,” as reported by the New York Times. Hillary’s campaign has done a great job of trying to highlight his comments and appeal to the female audience by representing Trump as a sexist individual who does not have respect for women. In many ways, Trump’s platform to reach women voters has only continued to diminish, which is vital for Hillary in this election. Hillary needs to capture the female vote and they have done an extremely good job of trying to make sure that happens. In return, Trump’s campaign has needed deal with the situation, and has used a few different avenues, such as Trump’s wife to do so.

How Melania has helped:

Melania released a statement following the exposure of the recordings denouncing Trump’s statements as “unacceptable and offensive,” but also stating that he has the heart and mind of a leader and that she has accepted his apology and encouraged others to do the same. (USA Today) This was the first time Melania has really spoken out since her own mistakes at the Republican convention. She used her platform to denounce Trump’s behavior, which was very necessary for someone, particularly a woman, to do for Trumps campaign. Trump’s campaign needed to have a female voice that was in support of Trump and one that would carry some weight. By using his wife, it gave them a lot of publicity since she is a popular figure in this election, and also gave him the support of a female voice in his campaign. Which is important to portray as the election approaches.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/08/melania-trump-urges-america-forgive-trump-vulgar-comments/91791400/

One thought on “Melania’s “call out” of Trump

  1. While Melania’s voice does add a woman’s voice to Donald Trump’s overall response to his crude and sexist comments, her reputation since the RNC has been tarnished with her own speech issues making this message not hold much weight (especially since she hasn’t really spoken since the RNC). Maybe for some of Trump’s audience women see that as Melania trying to push the story past her husband to the “real man he is”, but to the rest of the country they might see her statement as an empty gesture. I personally don’t believe there is anything Trump can do to fix his years of pattered lack of respect for women and I don’t think a statement from his wife can offer any healing to what has been exposed. It’s who he is.

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