Kamala Harris has a new “serious problem” just two days before the presidential election.
Female voters on both sides of the aisle were turned off by misogynistic comments from Mark Cuban, Harris’ top campaign surrogate, who said last week that Donald Trump does not surround himself with “intelligent women.”
And an “offensive” new Harris-Walz ad suggesting women should “lie to their husbands” about how they vote isn’t helping the Democratic candidate either.
Additionally, questions remain about Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff’s “cheating and beating” scandal and her Vice President Tim Walz’s torrid romance with a Chinese woman he “managed for years.”
As a result, some of her female supporters could sit out this election, experts tell DailyMail.com.
That could spell big trouble for her campaign, as voter turnout is crucial with Harris and Donald Trump neck-and-neck in all seven battleground states and polls within 0.5 percent of each other nationally.
Jessica Anderson, chair of the Sentinel Action Fund, told DailyMail.com that Harris now has a “serious woman problem.”
Women voters are increasingly turned off by Kamala Harris campaign surrogates’ misogyny and her husband’s sexual transgressions, experts tell DailyMail.com
And it’s not limited to her, it’s the “entire Democratic Party,” she explained.
It all came to a head this week after billionaire Harris supporter Mark Cuban was forced to apologize for his “disgusting and misogynistic” claim about Trump.
“Donald Trump – you never see him around strong, intelligent women. It’s that simple,” Cuban said while on one of his private jets, sparking widespread reaction.
“On the left you have Mark Cuban calling conservative women weak and stupid,” Anderson scoffed.
She also debuted a new Harris-Walz ad with Julia Roberts, in which she suggests women should lie to their husbands about who they’re voting for so they can “secretly” vote for Harris-Walz.
It is “insulting women and telling them to lie to their husbands,” Anderson continued.
The ad, produced by Vote Common Good, a nonprofit aimed at mobilizing religious voters, suggests that wives of Trump supporters could quietly vote for Harris.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said Friday on Fox News that “the fact [Democrats] to believe that women cannot have hard conversations with their husbands is demeaning.”
On the Cuban controversy, she added, “I worked for President Trump. “I’m not weak and stupid, and I’ve worked with many other women who weren’t weak and stupid.”
It may not be enough to completely align Democratic women with Trump, but it could result in a large number of them not running this election, she explained.
Britt said “absolutely” that women will consider “sitting out” the election based on Cuban’s recent comments.
Habba called out Cuban for his “disgusting and misogynistic” comment
Senator Katie Britt with Donald Trump at the Alabama football game last month
And that could also hurt turnout in Democratic elections, she said.
Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, told DailyMail.com that the Harris campaign’s strategy “will backfire.”
“Her campaign’s closing argument is insulting female intelligence and calling Trump supporters trash.
“I guarantee this will backfire and inspire even more intelligent women across the country to vote for Donald Trump.”
“They’ve turned it into a fear-mongering campaign,” Britt added.
Kellyanne Conway, who was a senior adviser to Trump from 2017 to 2020, said Cuban’s comments showed how “desperate and concerned” Democrats are about the 2024 election.
“Donald Trump – you never see him around strong, intelligent women. It’s that simple,” Cuban said while on one of his private jets, sparking widespread reaction
Cuban’s “sexist” comment is the latest in a series of issues potentially damaging to the Harris campaign with women.
Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff is accused of “violently beating” his ex-girlfriend and cheating on his first wife with their nanny, whom he got pregnant.
Harris never addressed the controversies, angering the woman who was hit “so hard by Emhoff that she turned away.”
“He is portrayed as the antithesis of who he really is. And that is completely shocking,” she told DailyMail.com.
Another top Michigan surrogate governor, Grechen Whitmer, recently angered Catholic women by posting an “offensive” TikTok video mocking the Holy Eucharist.
And the vice president’s appearance on the racy sex podcast Call Her Daddy with pro-abortion activist Alex Cooper didn’t help her with female evangelicals.
The two discussed the importance of access to abortion for almost the entirety of the podcast.
DailyMail.com also exclusively reported that Harris’ VP Governor Tim Walz had a secret affair with the daughter of a senior communist official during his 1989 teaching stint in China.
Jenna Wang, 59, claimed the vice president hopeful showered her with gifts and seduced her before treating her “like a prostitute” after escorting her without a proposal.
Despite the controversies, Harris still scores well above Trump in terms of women.
She has a 14-point lead over Trump when it comes to women, according to a DailyMail.com/JL Partners poll of 1,000 likely voters.
Trump trails Harris by 14 points among women
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When women are asked for a one-word summary of Trump, the most common words are: corrupt, strong, and crazy. Idiot, arrogant and dangerous come next.
For men they are: strong, corrupt and competent.
When men describe Harris, the most common words are: incompetent, liar, competent.
For women they are: strong, fake and competent.
However, Trump is doing better with women than in 2016, after the infamous Access Hollywood tape.
But more and more women are voting early, which is a good sign for the Harris campaign.
Kellyanne Conway, who was a senior adviser to Trump from 2017 to 2020, said Cuban’s comments showed how “desperate and concerned” Democrats are.
This week, Harris attacked Trump for saying he would protect women whether they “like it or not.”
“He simply does not respect women’s freedom or women’s intelligence to know what is in their best interest and make decisions accordingly,” she said on stage in Phoenix, Arizona. “But we trust women.”
Meanwhile, Trump is beating Harris by more than 22 points, according to the DailyMail.com poll.
Fifty-nine percent of men said they would vote for Trump, compared to 37 percent who said they could put their cross next to Harris’ name.
Among women, 54 percent said they would vote for Harris, and 40 percent for Trump.