A CNN panel on Monday criticized a political advertisement released by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign that targeted so-called “real men.”
The 90-second campaign ad created by commercial director Jacob Reed cut to several men repeatedly declaring they are “man enough” to support women’s rights and not be “afraid of women.” The panelists ridiculed the ad as “condescending,” inauthentic and as one that will not resonate with male voters.
“I thought it was a fake until Jacob Reed, who did that ad, was interviewed on CNN, and I was like, ‘Oh, this guy’s real,’” Matt Gorman, a former senior adviser to the Tim Scott campaign, said. “Uh, because if you wanted to make an ad trolling, there’s no better one than that. This is the problem. We’ve talked a lot about our issues with women as a party and struggles to win them over the last couple of years. Democrats have a serious problem with men, and if you notice, too, when they’re trying to appeal to men, they’re doing it in the context of women. It’s like, ‘I’m not afraid of a woman.’ Like, that’s not a message to men. And I think that’s what they’re struggling with, they just simply don’t have a real message and no authenticity to do it.”
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