Commentary
After publishing my March 25, edition, “Democrats Wrong on Trump’s Adversity to Women,” I was struck by the president’s response to a reporter’s question about women, a question the left has struggled with.
“Since Democrats seem to struggle answering this question,” she asked, “I wanted to ask you, what is a woman, and why is it important that we understand the difference between men and women?”
While the reporter was referring to Democrats who believe that men should be able to compete in women’s sports, a position he hopes they continue to have “because they’ll never win another election,” President Trump had no difficulty with the question:
“A woman is an adult human female. A woman is somebody that can have a baby under certain circumstances. She has a quality – a woman is a person who’s much smarter than a man, I’ve always found. A woman is a person that doesn’t give a man even a chance of success
“Women are basically incredible people, do so much for our country, and we love – we love our women, and we’re gonna take care of our women, he added, emphasizing his administration’s commitment to protecting women’s rights.
The New York Post reported that President Trump has answered more than a thousand questions in his first 30 days in office. I don’t believe Joe Biden answered that many in his four years.
Perhaps the most memorable response to the question came in 2022, when Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked then Biden Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, “Can you provide a definition for the word woman?” While one would assume she would intellectually know the answer, Jackson couldn’t answer the question, responding, “Can I provide a definition? No. Not in this context. I’m not a biologist.”
During a House hearing last June on Protecting Men and Women in U.S. Employment Practices, South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, buried Maya Wiley, a law professor and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, when Wiley was unable to answer Mace’s question, “Can you define what a woman is?”
When Wiley responded that “A woman is a person who is what she says she is,” Mace said, “than I’m a Unicorn.”
On Wednesday, the president honored Women’s History Month in an East Room event that included female members of his cabinet, as well as other women in the federal government and Congress, calling their names and offering kind words for each of them,
He also honored the legacy of women, including Betsy Ross, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton and Amelia Earhart.
An Aside
During an Oval Office press conference last week, Shira Stein, the Washington Correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, was about to ask a question of the president about tariffs when he politely interrupted to comment on her mask saying, “You know, I haven’t seen a mask in so long. You’re wearing a mask. So nice of you. I haven’t seen anybody wearing a mask in a long time. It’s good. You feel more comfortable, right?” She replied, “Yes.” Trump then said, “Good, that’s good.”
Having watched the civil exchange between Trump and Stein, I was taken aback by the reporting of it later. The celebrity news magazine, OK, reported that the president was criticized on social media for “calling out White House reporters for wearing a mask during press conference.”
One social media report noted that the encounter with Stein led to a “fierce debate” as some people were convinced that the president had taken a “sarcastic jab” at Stein.
Not true. I watched the entire episode.
SKY News of Australia reported that Trump had a “hilarious exchange with a reporter wearing a mask,” MSN was “shocked by a reporter wearing a mask.”
Fake news is still alive.
May God continue to bless the United States of America
and the women with the courage and patriotism to support Making America Great Again.
