Most folks have probably already seen the video of perpetual gasbag Newt Gingrich’s raging, finger-wagging, misogynistic, bullying assault against Fox News host Megyn Kelly last night.
Apparently, the clueless and tone-deaf, white-male-dominated Trump campaign thought Newt’s off-the-rails performance represented a bravura takedown of the uppity Kelly. Dan Scavino, Jr., Director of Social Media for Trump, tweeted out:
And today, Trump chimed in with his own special brand of misogyny:
“Congratulations on that interview last night,” Trump told Gingrich, who sat at the front of the D.C. hotel’s ballroom. “That was an amazing interview. We don't play games, Newt."
Of course, Trump’s woman-hating, uneducated, white male fan base concurred, showering Gingrich with misspelled and grammatically-challenged Twitter backslaps, while simultaneously vomiting up ugly, violent and incoherent bile at Kelly.
The simple fact that Trump, Scavino and Trump’s ardent followers believe Newt’s unhinged ranting was some sort of “victory” provides assurance of Clinton’s pending win. Only in the misogynistic World of Trump is bullying a woman and telling her she’s “fascinated with sex” seen as a good thing for a campaign that is, to borrow a phrase from Trump, himself, “bleeding from wherever” when it comes to support among women.
I would chalk it up to Donald, Newt and company just not caring anymore now that the handwriting is on the wall, but given their horrible histories with women, I’d say it’s just the way they roll.
More fodder for the Clinton advertising team, should they want to bother at this point.
These vile, crusty old bastards need to be put out to pasture for good.