In 2016, in her presidential campaign against Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton prophesized, "In a single term, the Supreme Court could demolish pillars of the progressive movement and as someone who has worked on every single one of these issues for decades, I see this as a make or break moment." Trump, of course, was elected and proceeded to appoint three Supreme Court justices to the bench, thus positioning a conservative-majority Supreme Court to rubber stamp the most arrant conservative nonsense. And top of that Republican wishlist was overturning the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade. Now, in 2024, we're seeing what happens when women's bodily autonomy is threatened and stripped away. We're seeing a striking gender gap when it comes to support for Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump, with early voting polls showing a 10% gender gap. And when we look at the policies Trump has helped enact versus the promises Harris has pledged, it's no mystery why. This is a preview of Molly Jong-Fast's latest article. Read the full column here. And for real-time updates and analysis on the presidential election, follow MSNBC's live blog. |
