Trump-loving white women are protecting Matt Gaetz. History tells us why.
White women in the United States have often wielded their collective power to support and amplify white male oppressors. Gaetz is just the latest politician to receive their cover.
Matt Gaetz likely knew Trump-supporting white women would look the other way.Chelsea Stahl / MSNBC; Getty Images
April 11, 2021, 5:33 PM UTC
The move sheds light on a history of how white men, specifically misogynists and white supremacists, have found refuge in white women’s groups.
Some might wonder why a congressman currently under federal investigation over whether he had sex with a minor would be headlining a women’s summit. But Gaetz’s appearance at the summit, as well as his efforts to promote his talk leading up to his Friday speech, were no mere coincidence.