13 hours Ago By Caleb Taylor
Donald Trump won the US election in a landslide on Tuesday, with one of the biggest shocks being he took home 46 per cent of the “women vote” to get the keys to the White House. Despite opponent Kamala Harris taking home 53 per cent of the female vote overall — Trump’s margin was larger than expected, especially among white suburban women, with a 53 to 47 per cent edge in his favour. In battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Trump was maintaining close to the same level of support among white women voters that he enjoyed in 2020, which was also true in swing state, Georgia.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The Harris ticket had the overwhelming support of black women, but the campaign was unable to win enough of the female vote overall to secure victory. Anthony Scaramucci was fired after just 11 days as the White House director of communications in 2017, and has since campaigned for the Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris. Scaramucci, who now works as a financier for his company SkyBridge Capital, joined Monique Wright and Matt Shirvington on Sunrise on Friday, speaking about the gender gap in the vote.
“He got 46 per cent of women. There was a great meme out there, where a dad was looking down at his daughter, and the daughter was saying ‘who are you going to vote for dad?’, and he said, ‘I’m voting for you’. “But what actually happened was a mother and a son (women voting for their sons), because when they did the exit polling, it became clear that women were very frustrated with the woke culture and the process of scolding and cancelling people,” Scaramucci said.
He pointed out that the challenges facing men had resulted in skyrocketing rates of suicides. “I think you guys probably know this but white males in this country, 18 to 36, have a 33 per cent more likelihood of committing suicide than any other demographic group. I think women are responding to that with this poll,” he said.
“This was a rebuke of that culture. There were economic issues, certainly. Inflation issues, but I think that is the kind of thing that caught myself off-guard .
.. we were surprised by it.
” In the wide-ranging interview, Scaramucci was quizzed about Trump’s plan to implement the “largest mass deportation program in history”, including using the National Guard and domestic police to enforce deportation. “He’s talking about 15 million people being deported. Even two million would be a huge cost to the taxpayers and would reduce our tax revenues as well as the Social Security trust revenue.
That would be really bad. “If he props up tariffs, it won’t even just be the US going into recession, but I think he could tip off a global recession. So, I’m hoping that he gets things done that are positive and healing and unifying.
” Scaramucci noted the Republicans would likely take control of the House of Representatives, and have already won the US Senate. The majority of justices on the US Supreme Court are also conservative. Scaramucci praised Trump’s campaign, including a controversial rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, saying it had a powerful effect on the under-ballot (elections for other offices also held on the day) and added that Trump’s victory in the popular vote gave his win a powerful symbolism.
“Previously, people said he won the electoral college, and it’s antiquated. He didn’t lose the popular vote this time. “I stand alongside 40 of my colleagues who witnessed behaviour inside the White House that we would suggest was disqualifying.
“That would also include his former vice president who did not endorse him. So, I stand here worried but the flip side of it, but I’m a gentleman. He won fair and square, and I wish you great success.
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