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Making a case to women: Trump female defenders go on offense

Des Moines, Iowa — The Trump campaign has a message for its female supporters: It’s time to come out of hiding.

“There’s a lot of people that are fearful of expressing their support, and I want you ladies to know it’s OK to have felt that way, but we need to move past that or the Democrats win,” said Tana Goertz, a Trump campaign adviser, at an Iowa “Women for Trump” event on Thursday.

The Iowa event, held in the back room of a barbecue joint in a Des Moines suburb, was one of more than a dozen in battleground states nationwide as part of a push to make the president’s case on the economy and train volunteers.

The move is a recognition of the president’s persistent deficit with women — an issue that has the potential to sink his chances for reelection.

Over the course of his presidency and across public opinion polls, women have been consistently less supportive of President Donald Trump than men have.

Suburban women in particular rejected Republicans in the 2018 midterm by margins that set off alarms for the party and the president.

Trump himself called into a gathering of hundreds in Tampa, Florida, and insisted, to cheers: “We’re doing great with women, despite the fake news.”

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