Moms react to Michelle Obama's criticisms of Trump voters

well this week former first lady Michelle Obama slammed females who voted for President Trump saying this any women any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice what does it mean for us as women that we look at those two candidates as women and many of us said that guy he's better for me his voice is more true to me well that to me that just says you don't like your voice you like the thing you are told to like a lot to unravel they're here to react our panel of politically active moms so thrilled to have all of you here different backgrounds different perspectives and most importantly all moms just quickly can if you raise your hand that voted for President Trump Oh a few of you okay okay I'll start with you you're a mother of one do you feel like that boat was against your own voice I'm a political consultant and and I tell every single woman that I work with if you're running because you're a woman you're gonna lose and I tell every guy that I work with if you're running against a woman that it's equally as loony to try to portray them on that the bottom line is it's the issues I'm a mom but I'm also a business owner I'm a you know I'm a Republican but I have lots of interest in getting my taxes cut and a better economy and good schools for my daughter and you know that's what matters to me not that there's a woman that that you know Madeleine Albright decided to you know scold women when they were when when she was helping Hillary Clinton if anybody knows women they realize they don't like to be scolded they also don't like to be told what to do that is a half hour Cathy part of it that got me was when she says you know for women who said Trump is better for me you like the thing that you are told to like basically saying that anyone who voted for Trump they were told to do that yeah response you know apparently the left still does not get it this election has never been about ovaries if I said it then and I can't thank you thank you as women we can speak beyond our uterus and what this election was about then and it continues to be about today is what kind of America do we want and by extension what kind of world do we want to live in and raise up the next generation President Trump and Hillary we're offering two completely different versions of America and just within the last nine months we we face some very formidable challenges from Syria gas enos on people to North Korea's nuclear ambitions to injecting growth porous border than the list goes on and on and none of those issues are women issues they are American issues and that is how I vote it you should see you have a lot you want to say there I agree with Michelle Obama I believe that having a voice is very important and unfortunately a lot of women do not even recognize their voice I'm raising a daughter who's 14 years old and if you ask her right now what do you have she'll say a voice why would any woman feel that a man who objectifies women who says that it's okay to grab a woman by her genitalia want that person to be their leader so it is important it's about equal equality and females have to have the same opportunities as mills and I feel like if a president does not value a woman like he values a man we're losing and that ability to have equal opportunity right dr. Gina I want to get you in here because you didn't support Trump necessarily but you have an interesting perspective on the Proud Hillary supporter and I did not vote for Trump but yet I see a lot of Republican women in my practice and what do they tell you what Michelle Obama was saying they want their own voice so they do want their own voice they want equal pay they want access to birth control many of them quietly want access to abortion that type of thing so I tend to agree with what Michelle Obama said but then I see my Republican patient's point of view about how they want some things but not other things a lot of them are very very very concerned about their taxes I tend not to be a one-issue voter so I'm looking at the broad strokes of everything I imagine a very independent thinkers of their own do you know I want to get you in here interesting when you hear these comments and you think about you know eight years ago and Michelle Obama's husband was running against Hillary Clinton at the time I imagine at that point who knows who she voted for but I would guess it was for not Hillary Clinton it was for her husband oh I'm sure she did but listen Abby elections are about policies and identity politics is always playing a role for some reason people think that because you're black you're supposed to vote Democrat because you're you're supposed to vote for a woman it's about policies and I think Hillary Clinton I mean Michelle Obama has insulted over 40 percent of the women who did vote for president Trump I find her comments were very condescending Americans women men we are concerned about the Forgotten men and women we want lower taxes we want good national security immigration reform those are the issues that Americans voted for in favor presidential issues that moms beth care about more than anything they care about their kids they care about their grandkids in their future correct and and I think what's important to to remember is what she said how about the hypocrisy the left they're always um advocating for gender neutrality and yet were supposed to vote by gender if you continued on and listen to what our red actually what she actually spoke at at the convention she also referred to herself as the former first spouse instead of referring to herself as the former first lady she wanted to get it out there that you know she is gender neutral and that that's important and that's gonna be so to speak the wave of the future and it's so hypocritical and I think frankly that most women that heard her statement they understand that this is just another hypocritical thing from the left and it's double standard well I admire Michelle Obama as a mom but the days of Stalinist feminism are over and I wouldn't presume to speak about her voice IP this week a woman graduated from the basic school at Quantico she's the first marine qualified to lead an infantry platoon and I will rebel it's bad this is so great actions speak so much louder than any words ever could write and we don't know her name and I sure don't know her voice I would never presume to speak for that young woman that officers voice and I think we should all have our own voices Amen well I'm gonna give you the last word here Jeanne yeah well you know I think we all had to take a step back and say this is Michelle Obama of course she's a Democrat she is going to say she opposes Donald Trump and that we all should so I don't see anything shocking about what she said I think we have to go back to the issue of policy it has been nine what policies has President Trump put forward to benefit women that's the question and to benefit all of us and you can look down the line at some of these policies including the inability of Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare has a huge impact on women and so there is a policy perspective here that we have to look at and that's missing when we have conversations and that's why I didn't want Michelle Obama to come out because it clouds a really important message about policy because she's so close obviously to the Democratic Party while some great opinions here we I think everyone agrees regardless of your background that policy is most important far more important than politics will ever be ladies thank you so much I think most of you will be back here in the next two hours so we'll see you then thank you so much

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Length: 7min 15sec (435 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 30 2017