The women Trump hates, have his number.
Editor’s note: Climate & Capital has obtained a secret political message that the late Fox News chief and veteran GOP strategist Roger Ailes to presidential candidate Donald Trump
Hey Donald,
It’s me, Roger Ailes. Relax. I’m not here to take you to Hades, where I reside. Not yet.
No, I got an urgent message from my old boss, Rupert Murdoch. He says you have a big problem with women, particularly women of color. He was astounded by Fox’s convention coverage of Michelle, Hillary, AOC, Oprah, and Kamala. Even his anchors raved about their performances. As a serial sexual abuser like yourself, I hate to admit it, but I too thought they were on fire (and not hellish).
2020 is not 2016
Murdoch says you won’t listen to him anymore but asked me to tell you that 2024 is not 2016. I know we won in 2016 because you fired up your rural base by trash-talking Hillary [Clinton], and women in general. We sure had many good laughs with your “grab ‘em by the pussy” jokes and calling a woman “horse face,” “pig,” “slob,” “dog,” “bimbo,” “nasty,” or “monster.” (By the way, Jeff Epstein says hi).
But Donald, Rupe wants you to know that Hillary was a very different woman Wednesday night than her dreary campaign presence in 2016. She and Michelle [Obama] are now the heart, soul, and conscience of the Democratic Party. And they are all in on Kamala.
Let me be blunt. I think you have lost your magic touch. Your nonstop insults are not sticking. In 2016, all your crazy tweets were box office magic. Today, they’re a social media disaster.
Here is the problem: You are running a Boomer campaign in a nation of Gen Z, Millennials, and fired-up women. I don’t want to scare you, but I’m looking at the polls and seeing a perfect storm brewing. Why? Kamala Harris and the women of the Democratic party are doing what no Democratic or Republican man could do. They are humiliating you.
They have taken what you did so well in 2016 and made you a national joke. Michelle’s message was clear: “Don’t get mad. Get even.”
A Boomer in a Gen Z age
Why is this strategy working? You have a demographic problem. You are getting older, but the American voter is getting younger. Seventy-nine percent of Americans are either female, persons of color or age 18 to 39. Gen Z-ers and Millennials now make up 42% of the country.
To many of them, you are now an aging internet joke who cheats at golf, hates pets, passes gas in public, and can barely get out of a golf cart. Harris is being polite when she calls you weird. Gen Z thinks you are gross. And women think you are a sexual predator who should not live within 300 yards of a school.
In 2016, all your crazy tweets were box office magic. Today, they’re a social media disaster.
Women are also not buying your dystopian Boomer nightmares of the Great Depression and nuclear annihilation. Quite the opposite. I have to hand it to Democrats; they stole our best stuff. I have not seen this much flag waving and raw American patriotism since Ronald Reagan.
Listen to what Kamala said in her acceptance speech:
“With this election, our nation has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past,” she said. “A chance to chart a new way forward. Not as members of any one party or faction, but as Americans.”
All this has put Rupert in a deep state of depression. He says he thought you were a shoo-in for president when, earlier this year, he joined the bros, Peter Thiel, Michael Milken, and Travis Kalanick at a fundraiser by Elon Musk and investor David Sacks. Now, he is not so sure.
Out of touch
But it is more than gender, Donald. The social trends are not our friend. All now favor Harris; 42% of the population is under 50; 69% of Americans support legal abortion; 72% of Americans don’t own a gun; 90% of the country wants more gun control laws; 72% believe the climate crisis is real; 71% of all Americans approve of labor unions; 79% of us insist the rich must pay more taxes; 73% of the country wants student loan debt relief; 74% want more affordable homes. So don’t laugh at that $25,000 housing voucher for first-time home buyers.
And forget about the White bros balancing out women voters. In 2020, almost 90 million women were registered voters compared to 80 million men, and 68 million women voted compared to 65 million men.
Even more amazing, for the first time in half a century, it is politically smart in America to be seen as a “progressive.” Mockery aside, a new generation of Democrats have rediscovered their progressive roots. Pretty ironic, hugh? Because it was you who first figured that out. But unlike you, however, they believe all this guff about advancing society through progressive social reforms. Remember all that Yuppy neoliberalism of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama? It’s gone, gone, gone.
Joy, hope and the American way
But there is something more afoot. The Democrats keep talking about joy. Their convention sounded like Christmas at Whoville in Dr. Zeus’ How The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. It all started the day after Biden passed the torch to Harris. Suddenly, TikTok was inundated by the sounds of Philly from the 1970s, particularly “Ain’t No Stoppin” by McFadden & Whitehead. Then Beyonce endorsed Harris and let her use the smash hit “Freedom.”.
Why? Harris and her handlers think she has discovered a nation that wants to laugh and dance to a brighter future, not shuffle back to a dark past.
Roger’s parting words
Donald, one of the advantages of living in Hell, is I can say what I want. So here is my advice: By doubling down on your nasty, frankly unpatriotic rhetoric, you are committing political suicide. Beyond your increasingly bored base, a growing majority does not like your cranky racism, misogyny, and fear-mongering America-bashing. Other than you, no one likes Putin, or Kim Jong Un.
By doubling down on your nasty, frankly unpatriotic rhetoric, you are committing political suicide.
So, change your political course fast. Show them you are a patriot, that Putin is evil, and that abortion, never a happy decision, is a necessary fact of life. Do your best to gum up the legal system, and work on getting your last bastion of support, disaffected young men off the couch to actually vote.
But I beg you to not do one more thing. Donald, don’t ever, ever, disrespect the sisters again.
So best of luck, but I must tell you, the vibe is not good, Donald. I worry America, like Dorothy, has discovered the wizard and all that fake magic we used to spin. I sensed watching all those joyful but determined women in Chicago – the same women you have denigrated for the past eight years – that they now have your number.
Sorry, I’ve got to go. The devil is calling. See you down here soon.
Warmly,
Roger Ailes
