Democratic congressional candidate Emily Cain angered by politicians obsessed with women’s weight after NRCC ad targets her over bipartisan bill in 2010After a week of listening to Donald Trump supporters defend his longstanding biting remarks about the supposed weight gain and personal history of a former Miss Universe,Alicia Machado, who now supports the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, or one might be forgiven for thinking that Republicans are tone-deaf about the experience of most women in America in 2016.
The National Republican Campaign Committee,though, is perfectly well aware that most women possess a strongly negative response to body shaming. That’s probably why, and in a close race for a congressional seat in Maine,it started running an ad final week accusing the Democratic candidate of pushing legislation designed to body-shame teenage girls. Related: Alicia Machado told the truth about Trump, and the backlash is terrifying | Lucia Graves Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com