Claim: All the sudden Trump is no longer sexist because he chose a woman as Chief of Staff

Question

Right-winged influencers are coming to social media to defend the President Elect Donald Trump against sexist claims reasoning that if he was sexist he wouldn't have chosen Susie Wiles as the first female Chief of Staff. Yeah because if you kill someone but then become a doctor and save someone's life you are no longer a murderer? Why should we disregard numerous unforgivable prior actions because of one small step in the right direction?

Answer 1

Although I have also seen similar claims on social media where right wing influencers claim that trump is not sexist because he chose the first female chief of staff, the specific Fox News article that you linked does not make that same claim. Instead, the source announces Trump's Chief of Staff pick, Susie Wiles, and discusses her past political career. In the video included in the article, the Fox News host converses with Historian Goodwin about past important political elections for democrats and republicans and relates them to today.

However, your claim is still technically correct because right-wing influencers have praised his choice of Susie as proof that he doesn't hate women (despite the numerous sexist and deragoratory claims he has made about women). Here is a link to a tik tok of an influencer combatting people who says he hates women by claiming he put Susie Wiles as the first female chief of staff, so he can't hate women.

https://www.tiktok.com/@margaretanneneal/photo/7434709709552356654

Comments

I think you could have worded this response a little different regarding the main claim. I think while true that the perspective being pushed out by many right wing influencers supports the claim, it is still exaggerated opinion so would not categorize it as true. Great context and link though!