Also referred to as ‘bird head’ to degrade women’s intelligence
Ramaswami’s sarcasm about “Cheney in heels”
Michigan: Trump cannot be restricted from running
The Washington Post (WP) reported that former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (pictured) recently became the target of blatant sexist attacks from her male rivals as her approval rating rose ahead of the U.S. Republican presidential primary.
On the 27th, WP analyzed that former Ambassador Haley faced adversity in her bid to become the Republican Party’s first female presidential candidate. Former President Donald Trump, who frequently made misogynistic remarks, still dominates the Republican Party, and his rivals are launching negative attacks highlighting that Haley is a woman.
Former President Trump refers to Haley as a “bird brain,” an expression often used in the United States to disparage women’s intellectual abilities. “(Haley) is overly ambitious,” he said on a radio show earlier this year.
Another primary candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, mocked Haley during the Republican primary debate last month, calling her “Dick Cheney (former vice president) wearing 3-inch (7.62 cm) heels.” He also criticized Haley, saying that she is following a strategy of highlighting her gender like Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying, “We need to change our party affiliation to a party that engages in identity politics (Democratic Party).”
There are also voices of criticism within the party regarding such attacks. Former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock said, “Can you imagine Trump criticizing Ramaswami for being ‘too ambitious?’ “Such criticism is only directed at women,” he pointed out. He then lamented, “If it were the Republican Party of the past, there would have been many male politicians criticizing sexist attacks, but since Trump encouraged misogyny, the current reality is that such comments are being made openly.”
Meanwhile, amid increasing controversy over his eligibility to run after the U.S. Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump could not participate in the presidential primary after admitting charges related to the January 6 storming of the Capitol, the Supreme Court of Michigan, a presidential battleground state, on the 27th decided on his eligibility to run. The original trial ruling that the court could not restrict was confirmed.
Previously, on the 19th, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump actually incited the ‘January 6 Incident’, in which hard-right far-right figures who protested the results of the 2020 presidential election stormed the Capitol. In addition, participation in the party’s primary was prohibited based on Article 14, Section 3 of the Constitution, which prohibits public officials who participated in the civil war from holding public office.
However, the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision was different. It was decided that whether the relevant constitutional provisions can be applied to former President Trump is a matter of politics, not the judiciary, and should be decided by Congress. Similar rulings were previously made in the states of Minnesota and New Hampshire.
Source: Donga
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