Trump taps athletes to help turn out low-propensity male voters for…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWashington Examiner reports that President Trump is enlisting athletes to help turn out low-propensity male voters for Republicans in this year's midterms.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe report says Trump won in twenty twenty-four in part because of his appeal among men, and he is leaning into the manosphere again, even though he is not on the ballot.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLow-propensity means men who usually don't vote. So the plan is to find the people who aren't there and send them a quarterback.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI love it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEvery man who skips a midterm is just a potential jersey sale, and honestly, the manosphere needs a better marketing team if they think athletes are going to fix voter turnout.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou'd bench him.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo their strategy is just, what, hope that a running back can explain congressional races better than anyone else, and somehow that'll work?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe excerpt we have doesn't say which athletes, or how many, or whether any of them have agreed to this, so I can't tell you who is on the roster.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, you're the target audience. You're a man, and you've been known to skip things.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI vote every time. I just don't need an athlete to remind me that democracy exists.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCounted as turnout.