In a stunning turn of events, men around the world have forgotten that they do in fact only make up half the global population and that without women they would not exist.
I cannot contain my shock at the newest hashtag to come out of the Trump campaign’s followers: #repealthe19th.
The 19th Amendment. You know, the one that gives women in the U.S. the right to vote.
They want to repeal it because a recent FiveThirtyEight article analyzing voting patterns said that if only men voted, Trump would swamp Clinton 350 votes to 188. If only women voted, Clinton would slam Trump with 458 votes to 80.
(BTW: You need 270 electoral votes to win that neat-o oval office.)
Twitter kind of looks like this now, according to sci-fi author Neil Gaiman:
I just remembered that I liked Twitter better in the days before I thought of it as the ‘Oh Dear God What Has Donald Trump Done Now’ place.
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) October 13, 2016
A few excerpts, so you don’t have to wade through the mud-slinging trenches that are the #repealthe19th tags:
People who support #repealthe19th, and also women who want to give up their own rights:
I would be willing to give up my right to vote to make this happen #repealthe19th https://t.co/vndQu9dKFP
— CT Christian 4 Trump (@TracyOgrodnik) October 12, 2016
@emmaroller men should never have given women the right to vote #RepealThe19th
— Haunted Holly 🔥✝️🔥 (@HollyAnswers) October 11, 2016
I’ve been saying this for years now, but finally #Repealthe19th is catching on.
— Garrett Steel (@GarrettSteel) October 12, 2016
Give out nice enough handbags and most broads would gladly trade their voting rights for one. #repealthe19th
— Michael Maier (@mmaier2112) October 12, 2016
People who DON’T support #repealthe19th and also people who have working brains:
Literally the ONLY thing that surprises me about #RepealThe19th is that Trump supporters know there are more than 2 amendments.
— Emm Kayy (@m_kaish_esq) October 12, 2016
So I guess the positive thing about #repealthe19th is that we can all agree @HillaryClinton was correct in saying “deplorable?”
— Laura Dreyfuss (@lauradreyfuss) October 13, 2016
In response to a study showing Trump would win if only men voted, some of his backers are tweeting #RepealThe19th. DEPLORABLE. #WomenSaveUs
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 12, 2016
When I see crap like #repealthe19th and #killallmen, it becomes obvious that we’re in some ridiculous scripted “reality” TV show for aliens.
— Rachael S. Majka (@RachaelMajka) October 13, 2016
When u thought “grab them by the p****y” was gonna be the most misogynistic/demeaning/unintelligible thing this week but then #repealthe19th
— Allison Conley (@allisonley) October 13, 2016
Some people think the tag is only trolls, while others think it’s all people condemning the very idea of #repealthe19th. But the tweets are public and out there, which you can draw your own conclusions from. Regardless of everything, Florida has extended its voter registration until Oct. 18. Go do the thing, kids. Your vote will count. It always has. That’s why the right exists.