The misogynistic rhetoric that has been directed towards Donald Trump virtually non-stop for the better part of two years has taken a real blow recently. As it turns out, it is hard to accuse the President of being misogynistic when the White House communications team is now run by women.
Just this past week, 28-year-old Hope Hicks was named the White House communications director and Mercedes Schlapp was named a senior advisor for strategic communication. Both of these appointments are in addition to Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is already serving as only the third woman and first ever working mother to occupy the position of White House press secretary. Not to mention Kellyanne Conway, who was the first ever woman to run a successful presidential campaign, and is now working as a counselor to the President.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there has been very little media coverage of the recent developments in the White House communications staff. Then again, when a reported 91 percent of the media coverage of the Trump administration is negative, it is probably hard to find time to fit this type of positive news in the reporting. It would appear those on the left and in the media are at a crossroads, being forced to make a decision between their dislike of President Trump and acknowledging a group of powerful, intelligent, successful women.
There can be no disputing that were this the gender makeup of President Obama’s communications staff, there would be articles in every major publication from Vogue to the New York Times highlighting the success of those women. All it takes is a quick Google search and you can find a myriad of articles discussing the women on President Obama’s staff. But because this is the Trump administration, the fact that his message is influenced and shaped by a group of women has gone largely uncovered.
It is not purely their spitefulness of President Trump that has caused those in the media and on the left to choose not showcase these successful women. It would be naïve to ignore the fact that the ideology and political stance of the women themselves has played a large part in their achievements. Because these women are at odds ideologically with the stances of the left-wing media, in particular media directed towards a female audience such as Cosmopolitan and Vogue, those publications will not showcase their success.
Despite claiming to be activists for women’s rights and the empowerment of women, that mission only seems to apply to women deemed politically acceptable. The media has chosen to make role models out of the likes of Chelsea Manning and Lena Dunham based on their political activism rather choosing to make role models of women currently working in the White House based on the merits of their accomplishments.
Not only is the White House communications team currently being guided by a core group of women, it is a pattern throughout other departments of the Trump administration. For the first time in history, the Justice Department, State Department, and Pentagon, in addition to the White House, all concurrently have a woman serving as the official spokesperson.
Regardless of the media coverage, the fact is that these are strong, intelligent, and powerful women who are making a real impact on our nation, and they deserve to be showcased for their success. While the media spends time fawning over women on the radical left and running articles like “Kickass art for the Women’s March on Washington,” there are women actually deserving of praise who are busy making a tangible difference in America. It is time these women receive the credit they so much deserve.