MSNBC Declares Republican Women Uphold Patriarchy, Have White Privilege

According to MSNBC’s Tiffany Cross and her Saturday Cross Connection As guests, Republican women back the oppression and abuse of women through support for the patriarchy.

While a segment reflecting on the 103rd anniversary of Congress passing the Nineteenth Amendment seems innocent enough, Cross wanted to talk about what it means for today, “look, we do have to call out our sisters in this struggle who don’t always vote in alignment with the folks you see in the screen here. That is very frustrating.”

Cross then compared today’s Republican women to some women of the previous century:

We saw a lot of, we think about, this is when Congress passed the 19th Amendment, but when we go back to look at what was happening around that time, there were people like Elizabeth Stanton and other people who were really focused on white women and thought white women were the priority. Ignore the suffering of black men, or what other people of color are experiencing.

Addressing Carmen Perez-Jordan, who MSNBC described as a “civil rights leader,” Cross continued, “I feel like there’s still a divide today in the conversations that we have about women’s rights. With some of, you know, white women continuously voting overwhelmingly Republican.”

Cross then prepared a clip from Lucy Caldwell’s May 7 political strategist Lucy Caldwell to be reacted to by Perez-Jordan:

A real problem is that Republican women are in this mode and specifically white women, where, in a way, they do benefit from the patriarchy, right? And so they are feeling or participating in the same kind of story of economic insecurity or, you know, a right or a privilege that they believe that their white husbands, and sons, and fathers, deserve is going to a person of color, right? So, they have a stake in the old paradigm that is harmful. They also, at the same time, it’s–it’s– good to be a white woman because white women benefit from the progress that Democrats have worked to assure for white women.

This race baiting and mass character assassination delighted Cross, who back live told Perez-Jordan, “I love her, the honesty in that answer. She says it is good to be a white woman.”

Cross inquired if it is still in the same spot as it was 103 year ago. PerezJordan responded that the answer would be no if they don’t support expanding abortion. Roe v. Wade then you are upholding the patriarchy, “Well, I think we have to understand that patriarchy isn’t upheld only by men. Not one of the eight women who are the Republican members of Congress voted for the Women’s Health Protection Act.”

She too played the race card, “And meanwhile there are male allies, we need to be in solidarity. We know the historical context of women having access to privilege through their husbands, sons, fathers.”

Tiffany Cross wishes you all the best in convincing Republican women to vote Democratic after being called racists and patriarchy enablers.

Wayfair sponsored the segment.

Below is the transcript for the show on June 4.

MSNBC Cross Connection With Tiffany Cross

6/4/2022

11:00 AM ET

TIFFANY CROSS: Yeah, I mean, I think we are seeing that play out in real time and, you know, look, we do have to call out our sisters in this struggle who don’t always vote in alignment with the folks you see in the screen here. It is extremely frustrating. Carmen, we saw a lot of, we think about, this is when Congress passed the 19th Amendment, but when we go back to look at what was happening around that time, there were people like Elizabeth Stanton and other people who were really focused on white women and thought white women were the priority. Ignore the suffering of black men, or what other people of color are experiencing. 

It was, of course, Sojourner Truth who gave the–the– famous speech in “I Woman” at the convention when they were discussing the 19th. I want to ask you, Carmen, I feel like there’s still a divide today in the conversations that we have about women’s rights. With some of, you know, white women continuously voting overwhelmingly Republican. 

Lucy Caldwell’s a show regular and she gave one of the best and most honest answers, I thought, about why this happens. I want you to take a listen, Carmen, and then I’ll ask about it on the other side. 

CARMEN PEREZ – JORDAN: Ok.

LUCY CALDWELL [MAY 7]:  A real problem is that Republican women are in this mode and specifically white women, where, in a way, they do benefit from the patriarchy, right? And so they are feeling or participating in the same kind of story of economic insecurity or, you know, a right or a privilege that they believe that their white husbands, and sons, and fathers, deserve is going to a person of color, right? So, they have a stake in the old paradigm–

CROSS: Yes

CALDWELL. — That is dangerous. They also, at the same time, it’s–it’s– good to be a white woman because white women benefit from the progress that Democrats have worked to assure for white women.

CROSS:  Carmen, I—I– love her, the honesty in that answer. She says it is good to be a white woman. You know, we are not impacted in the same way as–as– other people. You dealt with a little bit of this in the Women’s March. Talk to me about where we are today. Are we more unified today than we were 103 years ago? Or do those still, those same divides, do they still exist? 

PEREZ-JORDAN:  Well, I think we have to understand that patriarchy isn’t upheld only by men. Not one of the eight women who are the Republican members of Congress voted for the Women’s Health Protection Act.

CROSS: Wow.

PEREZ JORDAN We know the historical context of women having access to privilege through their husbands, sons, fathers. Women of color have always fought alongside our men, have always fought and showed up for our—our– children, our fathers.