Jemele Hill, a former ESPN pundit who’s presently a contributing author for The Atlantic, blasted former NASCAR star Danica Patrick over voting for Donald Trump for president.
Patrick revealed in a submit on X she had voted for the primary time in her life and made her determination to solid her vote for the previous president as he and Ohio Sen. JD Vance run towards Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for the White Home.
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Sky Sports activities sportscaster Danica Patrick earlier than the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, on June 18, 2023. (David Kirouac-USA Right this moment Sports activities)
“I made a rule for myself that if I didn’t vote I could not have an opinion about the outcome, because I didn’t earn that right,” Patrick shared on social media. “Not this time. I voted for (Trump) and I can’t wait to have him make America great again!”
Hill criticized Patrick for the choice in response and took a swipe at White ladies.
“Considering what they said about you as a woman driver and what Trump stands for against women, this is unhinged behavior. But good luck tho!” Hill wrote.
“Also, this is why a lot of people do not trust white women in this election.”
A brand new battleground state ballot confirmed a gender hole within the Trump-Harris showdown earlier within the week.
Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, edges Trump 49%-46% amongst all probably voters in Michigan, in response to a Quinnipiac College survey launched on Wednesday. Based on the ballot, Inexperienced Occasion candidate Jill Stein and impartial candidate Cornel West every acquired 1% help.
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Jemele Hill poses on the purple carpet on the ESPN the Occasion occasion within the Houston, Texas, arts district on Feb. 3, 2017. (Kirby Lee-USA Right this moment Sports activities)
However the survey factors to an enormous divide among the many sexes, with ladies backing Harris by a 20-point margin and Trump, the Republican Occasion nominee, up by 16 factors amongst males.
In Wisconsin, the ballot signifies Harris and Trump deadlocked at 48%, with all listed third-party candidates every receiving lower than 1% help.
Harris tops Trump by 18 factors amongst ladies in Wisconsin, with the previous president main the sitting vice chairman by 21 factors amongst males.
However earlier this month, a CNN knowledge reporter instructed that White ladies could possibly be the important thing voting bloc that lands Harris the win.
Polls on the time confirmed Trump gaining floor with Latino and Black voters. Nevertheless, the biggest group of probably voters, White ladies, have shifted away from Trump in battleground states, in response to CNN’s Henry Enten’s evaluation.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters in Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photograph/Susan Walsh)
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Trump gained this voting bloc by seven factors in 2020, in response to post-election surveys taken on the time. Since 2012, the Republican presidential candidate has gained the White ladies vote.
Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser and Kristine Parks contributed to this report.
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