OPINION:
In a recent episode of ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin attacked conservative mothers, saying the only reason White women vote Republican is to “protect the patriarchy.”
She’s known for taking swipes at White women, but that’s because she and her co-hosts subscribe only to extreme radicalism.
With a net worth of $3 million, Ms. Hostin isn’t worried about gas prices. Her gated community and secure job aren’t threatened by President Biden’s crime-ridden America. She’s not riding the subway in New York, hoping to get to work without being mugged. She can’t imagine what it’s like for the single mother who must decide whether to buy her son a decent pair of shoes or pay for gas. That’s not a White woman issue; that’s an American issue.
“The View” once again displayed this disconnect last week as their guest Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican and presidential candidate, put their ridiculous “systemic racism” talking point on blast. In response, they talked down to him, their liberal audience booed him, and the show even tried cutting him off to go to a commercial break.
The message is clear: Only “leftist views” are tolerated on this show. The show’s Democratic hosts and one faux conservative prove this time and again. Like the rest of the elitist media, they are in a bubble where their narrative matters more than everyone else’s experiences. And conservatives, especially women, just do what men tell them to do.
One may argue that Ms. Hostin and her colleagues subscribe to the same ideology as Hillary Clinton, as she said in 2016 that women wouldn’t vote for her out of fear. “They will be under tremendous pressure from fathers and husbands and boyfriends and male employers not to vote for ‘the girl.’”
Do they think it’s husbands rejecting the sexualization of their children by not shopping at Target? According to Business Insider, “Target’s average customer is a woman who is 39 years old, White, married, with a household income of $80,000.” Make no mistake — that boycott is coming from a bunch of angry mamas who are tired of our children being victims of their attempts to corrupt their childhood.
The leftist elites are so far removed from the average American family they’ve forgotten there are other more powerful forces driving people’s decisions and, ultimately, their votes. The average American disagrees with radical extremists. American people want more money in their pockets and safety for their families. But all the Biden administration gave them were disastrous policies and “woke” ideology.
If you object to rising crime, historical inflation, and a failing school system, you’re subservient to your husband and “protecting the patriarchy,” as Ms. Hostin puts it.
It’s the kind of argument you resort to when you are on the wrong side of history. It’s the kind of rhetoric you’ll hear from a show that has to cut their guest off to go to a commercial when they sense they’re losing.
Women, especially mothers, have many more reasons to support policies championing the family, a strong economy, and safe communities. We haven’t forgotten it’s the Democrats who needlessly locked down our schools, pushed for gender reassignment surgery for children, and continue to fight against women’s sports. It’s the Democrats who even refuse to call a woman a woman! In Mr. Biden’s America, biological males win women’s trophies, while mothers are labeled as “birthing persons.”
We stand with women and believe that women deserve to have fair competition against other women. We believe it’s time to protect our children. We believe mothers are the bedrock of society and will never disgrace their role by calling them anything else.
No host on “The View” believes any of this or can accept that many American women share these views. Ms. Hostin’s denigration of women who don’t agree with her perfectly sums up everything wrong with the liberal media and the far left today. It won’t be the last outlandish comment from Ms. Hostin or her leftist cohorts. But the days of conservative women letting the racist and bigoted comments against them from the Sunny Hostins of the world go unchallenged are over.
• Ashley Hayek is the executive director of America First Works.
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