A large majority of women disapprove of President Trump’s job in office, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll seen on Hill TV’s “What America’s Thinking.”
Sixty-five percent of women polled said they disapproved of Trump’s job as president, while only 32 percent said they approved.
The survey also found that the president was significantly more popular among men, with 54 percent of men saying they approved of Trump, while only 45 percent said they disapproved.
The poll comes shortly after Trump hired former Fox News executive Bill Shine, who faced backlash over his handling of sexual harassment allegations during his time at the network, to be White House deputy chief of staff for communications.
The president also joked about the ” ‘Me Too’ generation” at a campaign rally in Montana last week.
“We will take that little kit and say — but we have to do it gently because we’re in the ‘Me Too’ generation so we have to be very gentle,” Trump said, referring to a DNA testing kit for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). “And we will very gently take that kit and we will slowly toss it hoping it doesn’t hit her and injure her arm even though it only weighs probably 2 ounces.”
The “Me Too” movement was launched after numerous women across the country came forward to accuse a slew of powerful men of sexual misconduct in the workplace.
— Julia Manchester
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