Things got wild on CNN Tonight in the wee hours of Wednesday morning following Hillary Clinton officially becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. During a discussion about how Clinton should have handled the Benghazi situation and her high negatives, Donald Trump supporter Kayleigh McEnany point out her series of scandals, “I think there's a reason that 68 percent of voters don't trust her. That didn't happen in a vacuum.” But write for The Atlantic Peter Beinart blames societal sexism:
I don't think you can explain Hillary Clinton's unfavorable ratings without understanding the way that men, and some women, who are traditionally minded respond to women when they start to take traditionally male roles. There is an enormous amount of social science.
From there everything devolved into chaos as other panels shouted their agreement with Beinart. “That’s clearly at play for sure,” Bill Baldwin chimed in. “I couldn’t agree with you more … No question … Yes. Absolutely. That’s true,” Angela Rye shouted every time Beinart said something.
“When women get jobs that women have not traditionally get, they get a lot of negative reaction,” Beinart continued, “You cannot take that out of the story of the country's reaction to Hillary Clinton.”
“If you think 70 percent of the nation doesn't trust her because she's a female –“ is all McEnany could get out before the rest of the panel, including Host Don Lemon pounced on her. “He’s saying it has an effect,” Lemon told McEnany.
Beinart was allowed to continue, “It has an effect. This is a massive cultural change that is threatened because women are not playing the traditional role that some Americans including some women would like them to continue to play.”