Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, a leading surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris, appeared on ABC’s The View this week and said former President Donald Trump “is with strong, intelligent women.” He falsely stated that he did not wish to do so. It quickly proved that it simply wasn’t true, so he tried to put it back the next day.
I believe that the Trump administration has consistently placed strong, intelligent women, who are also mothers of young children, in the White House, including Brooke Rollins, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mercedes Schlapp, and Kayleigh McEnany. I have personally seen people promoted to important positions. (Related: Callista Gingrich: Melania Trump — exactly what the country needs)
In 2016, candidate Donald J. Trump hired Kellyanne Conway, making her the first female campaign manager to run a winning presidential campaign. Susie Wiles has been Trump’s campaign manager for the past three years. President Trump has appointed Linda McMahon as co-chair of the current transition effort, and the RNC is led by Lara Trump as co-chair.
Additionally, former President Trump chose his running mate, a highly successful, highly intelligent, supportive lawyer husband and mother of three young children.
According to the radical left, this election is about choice, but only when it comes to pregnancy, not in other areas of life.
We want choices about where our children go to school and who teaches them.
We want affordable options for gas and groceries.
Even if it runs on gasoline, we want to make choices based on the type of car we can drive.
We want choices about which vaccines we put into our bodies.
We want choices about when, how, and whether we work outside the home.
We want the freedom to practice our religion or not. Fundamentally, we want choices about how we live our lives.
And women who choose to devote themselves to their homes and families are celebrated for their contributions and enjoy the economic prosperity that warrants that choice. Under the Trump administration, workers’ wages have increased and benefits for working parents have been expanded. President Trump introduced the first-ever paid parental leave program for federal employees.
There is no question that women and families have become better off under President Trump. gasoline and groceries lower cost. The border is saferand fewer women and children were trafficked across it. of Tax Cuts and Jobs Actor the Trump tax cuts, nearly doubled the standard deduction and child tax credit while lowering tax rates, saving thousands of dollars for low- and moderate-income families. And women’s sports provided a fair opportunity for girls and young women to pursue their dreams without men on the field.
This year, America is seeking policy solutions that have eluded many for too long. The left seeks to intimidate women into thinking the hand of time will turn against them, but those who paid attention during the Trump administration know better.
Policies implemented by the Trump administration support strong, intelligent women in the workplace and at home.
Jessica Hart Steinman is a single mother with another baby on the way. She is general counsel and litigation director at the America First Policy Institute and previously served as a senior Justice Department official under President Donald J. Trump.
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