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Sohn: ‘Especially women’ see the emptiness of Trump

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Jamie Griffith wears "Nevertheless she persisted" on her hat as she gathers with other demonstrators in Coolidge Park for the Chattanooga Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Thousands of demonstrators gathered and marched here one year into the Trump administration to show solidarity with a national women's rights movement.
Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Jamie Griffith wears "Nevertheless she persisted" on her hat as she gathers with other demonstrators in Coolidge Park for the Chattanooga Women's March on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. Thousands of demonstrators gathered and marched here one year into the Trump administration to show solidarity with a national women's rights movement.

The headline brought a smile.

It was on a New York Times online story Saturday afternoon: “G.O.P. Squirms as Trump Veers Off Script With Abuse Remarks.”

But it was the bulleted high points of the story that were destined to make readers – women, in particular – laugh out loud.

» Tax cuts and economic growth appear to be improving the party’s political position.

» But President Trump can’t seem to stop antagonizing voters, especially women, which Republicans fear could smother their momentum going into the midterm campaign.”