Texas billionaire Mark Cuban has been bombarded by Republican women running in the Trump The fury of the campaign is over comments he made about ‘strong’ women.
From the governor of Arkansas to former governor Sopranos star Drea de Matteo, a growing chorus of Republican women are pushing back against Cuban’s recent suggestion that “strong, intelligent” women don’t support Trump.
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) called Cuban’s words “a disgusting lie” and said his comments were “pretty funny coming from Democrats who can’t even tell you what a woman is.”
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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban answered questions from audience members during a town hall meeting advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic plans, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at the Gathering Spot in Atlanta. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
“I worked for President Trump for two and a half years. The Democrats tried to take me down. President Trump has given power to me and every other woman in America. My name is Sarah Sanders, and I am proud to join the millions of smart, intelligent women who will stand behind Donald Trump this Tuesday,” she continued in a statement after to X.
President Trump has empowered me and the millions of other women who will vote to put him back in the White House on Tuesday! #WomenForTrump pic.twitter.com/8Z9XGnWZxm
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) October 31, 2024
Trump himself issued a scathing rebuke to the former longtime Dallas Mavericks owner Shark tank star on Thursday.
In response to Cuban’s comments, Trump said: “Actually, he’s completely wrong: I surround myself with the strongest women – with the understanding that ALL women are amazing, whether they are strong or not.”
“Maybe I’m surrounded by the strongest women in the world, including heads of country, who make Mark look like a ‘baby!’ All strong women, and women in general, should be very angry about this weak man’s statement,” the former president concluded in a statement after to X.
The backlash against Cuban comes after his appearance on ABC’s The view on Thursday. During his interview, Cuban was asked whether Trump’s reported move not to ask ex-rival Nikki Haley to campaign for him would help Vice President Kamala Harris gain an edge over former Haley supporters who are hesitant to endorse of the former president.
“I mean, yeah, it’s going to put her over the edge of Nikki Haley’s supporters. Donald Trump – you never see him around strong, intelligent women. It’s that simple: they are intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them. And you know, Nikki Haley will call him out on his bullshit about reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks to women,” he said.
Republican women fast be to former Democratic Rep.’s high-profile alliance. Tulsi Gabbard with Trump. The combat veteran left the Democratic Party earlier this month to formally become a Republican. Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, has become one of Trump’s top surrogates on the campaign trail.
‘What about Tulsi Gabbard? Let me ask you about Tulsi, your friend, right? If she hadn’t left the Democratic Party, I bet you would end up thinking she is strong and intelligent, but because she crossed the line, she is not,” former ESPN host Sage Steel said in a message to X. .
Actress Drea de Matteo joined the chorus on X with a video of her wearing a MAGA hat and saying Cuban was “messing with the wrong kind of women.”
Alina Habba, one of Trump’s lawyers, does too taken took to the platform to label Cuban’s comments as “misogynistic” while praising her legal career.
“Mark Cuban, you can go to hell,” she said.
Mark Cuban, you can go to hell.
Trump 2024! pic.twitter.com/Dj0GmJofu9
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) October 31, 2024
Trump’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt told NBC News believed Cuban’s “offensive” comments would “drive even more women to the polls.”
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In a statement responding to the backlash, Cuban said argued that he wasn’t suggesting that strong women don’t support Trump, but that the former president didn’t like public opposition to women.
“I’m happy to clarify that I know many strong, intelligent women are voting for Trump. Also in my extended family. I am certainly not saying that women voters are not smart, strong and intelligent,” he said.