Democrats Want Young Men Back. Just Ask Them

If you’re not a fan of Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential candidate believes he could (probably) kick your ass. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, told his fellow Democratic governor Gavin Newsom (of California) as much on the latter’s podcast. Walz was specifically addressing critics of his posturing as masculine, whose comments he (bizarrely) attributes to “misogyny” and the fact that “I scare them.”

Walz, recently unchained and apparently unashamed after his ticket’s defeat last year, is not the only Democrat talking about masculinity these days. Since last November, some Democrats have begun pointing to a dramatic drop in appeal among men, especially young men (of all races), as an essential factor in their 2024 defeat. Go figure: The party that has trouble acknowledging the differences between sexes, that accepts caricatures of masculinity and femininity as the real thing, is having serious trouble with men.

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If you’re not a fan of Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential candidate believes he could (probably) kick your ass. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, told his fellow Democratic governor Gavin Newsom (of California) as much on the latter’s podcast. Walz was specifically addressing critics of his posturing as masculine, whose comments he (bizarrely) attributes to “misogyny” and the fact that “I scare them.”

Walz, recently unchained and apparently unashamed after his ticket’s defeat last year, is not the only Democrat talking about masculinity these days. Since last November, some Democrats have begun pointing to a dramatic drop in appeal among men, especially young men (of all races), as an essential factor in their 2024 defeat. Go figure: The party that has trouble acknowledging the differences between sexes, that accepts caricatures of masculinity and femininity as the real thing, is having serious trouble with men.