For months, Donald Trump has rigidly courted male voters. His media strategy has centered on bro-themed podcasts and his field operation is designed to surgically target men who aren’t registered or who rarely vote. But three days before the election, the former President returned to a state he’s won twice to make an explicit race-baiting appeal to the other gender.
“I will protect women,” Trump told a crowd in Gastonia, North Carolina. He wasn’t referring to one of the most salient issues in this election: reproductive rights In fact, Trump didn’t mention the word “abortion” once in his 90-minute speech. Rather, he was referring to his plan to shut down the southern border and deport more than 11 million undocumented migrants. “The suburban women are under attack,” Trump said. “If they don’t get me, they will have millions of people coming through the suburbs.” He then paused the rally to play a three-minute video of a woman’s …