A new campaign ad featuring actress Julia Roberts has sparked outrage among conservatives. This ad, aimed at promoting Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election, encourages women to vote for Harris—even if their husbands support former President Donald Trump.
In the ad, Roberts highlights the importance of abortion rights, a significant issue in this election cycle where polling shows Trump leading among male voters while Harris has strong support from female voters. “In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know,” Roberts states, as the scene unfolds with a woman meeting her husband after casting her ballot. The woman even shares a knowing wink with another female voter while her husband inquires if she made the “right choice.”
The Republican response to the ad has been swift and fierce. Some GOP members have drawn comparisons between a wife concealing her vote and infidelity. Fox News host Jesse Watters voiced his discontent, suggesting that if he discovered his wife Emma voted for Harris, it would equate to an affair. “If I found out Emma was going to the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair,” Watters remarked on air, a sentiment echoed by others in the party.
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Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative commentator, expressed his disgust, labeling the scenario as “nauseating.” He elaborated on the issue by discussing a husband who works hard to support his wife’s lifestyle. According to Kirk, if a wife were to lie about her vote, it undermines her husband’s efforts. “I think it’s so gross. I think it’s so nauseating where this wife is wearing the American hat, she’s coming in with her sweet husband who probably works his tail off to make sure that she can go and have a nice life and provide for the family,” he said during a conversation with radio host Megyn Kelly. Kirk continued, “Kamala Harris and her team believe that there will be millions of women that undermine their husbands and do so in a way that it’s not detectable in the polling.”
In a pointed rebuttal, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) criticized Kirk’s remarks, calling him a “twit.” She urged women to take action, writing, “Listen to this twit make Donald Trump’s closing argument. Women, you know what to do. #VoteKamala” in a post on the social platform X. Cheney’s support for Harris further exemplifies the divide within the Republican Party regarding the current political landscape.
