Donald Trump urged Michigan women to get their “fat” husbands off the couch — even if it means punching them — and vote for him.
The Republican candidate addressed the crowd on Friday at a rally in Detroit, where early voting is already taking place.
Trump, 78, also called the women’s husbands “fat pigs” as he encouraged them to go to the polls. Early voting begins across Michigan on October 26.
“Gather everyone you know and vote,” Trump said. ‘Go tomorrow. It’s just starting. Go vote.
‘Make sure you vote and bring all our friends who want to vote for us. Tell them, “Jill. Get your fat man off the couch. Get that, get that fat pig off the couch. Tell him to vote for Trump.
Donald Trump urged women to get their ‘fat husband’ off the couch and vote for him at a rally in Michigan
‘He’s going to save our country. Get that guy the hell off our… Get him off his feet, Jill. Hit him around. Put it on! Get him up, Jill. We want him to get off the couch and vote.”
Trump’s appeal to women comes amid news that he trails Kamala Harris in support among the demographic.
A New York Times/Siena College poll earlier this month found that 56 percent of likely female voters support Harris, compared to 40 percent for Trump.
Support for Trump among black women was even smaller, at just 12 percent compared to 83 percent for Harris.
Female concertgoers at Usher’s opening show in Atlanta explained why they will support Harris. The star will appear with the vice president at a rally in the city on Saturday.
Channal Gross-Anderson said she would like to vote for a black woman. “She is passionate about women’s rights and not just for the good of the haves or the have-nots, but for everyone,” Gross-Anderson said.
Others, like Cassandra Johnson, were unenthusiastic about either candidate. Johnson said she will vote for Harris even though she has reservations about her past as a prosecutor in California.
The Republican candidate addressed the crowd on Friday in Detroit, where early voting is already taking place
Trump, 78, also called women’s husbands ‘fat pigs’ as he encouraged them to go to the polls
“We had four years with Trump, and I can see how that went, but I didn’t really like it,” Johnson said. “And I definitely didn’t like that our rights as women were being taken away.”
Ashlan Hawkins is concerned about reproductive rights in the wake of recent deaths in Georgia due to abortion restrictions.
“For that reason alone, I’m voting for Kamala,” Hawkins said.
Trump’s rally came next a campaign event in Oakland County Friday afternoon.
The Republican former president opened a roundtable discussion by praising Teamsters President Sean O’Brien as “a great guy.”
O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention and his union declined to endorse Harris, which was seen as a victory for Trump given the union’s previous support for Democrats.
“I think it took many decades for them to support a Republican. I think they’ll start very soon,” Trump said Friday, adding that he has the support of “regular teamsters from all over the country.”
Meanwhile, Harris hosted her own event in Grand Rapids, where she told the crowd Trump has ‘no plan’ to protect the American people.
Harris hosted her own event in Grand Rapids, where she also urged voters to go to the polls. Early voting begins statewide on October 26
She added that she would “stand up for all Americans.” The crowd responded by shouting “drafts of a plan,” a reference to a comment Trump made during his debate with Harris.
The vice president took the phrase and repeated it several times to the audience, laughing as she made quotation marks with her hands.
She also said she had witnessed “an outright assault” on American freedoms, saying that “there is so much at stake in this election.”
Concluding the event, Harris implored the crowd to make a plan to vote. Early voting begins Saturday in Detroit.
“Never let anyone take your power,” she said.