Some tend to believe that it is an overstatement that within the Republican culture there a disregard and disrespect for women. Who can forget some of their beliefs about rape? The behavior at a debate by this Republican candidate towards his female opponent is deplorable.
It is evident that GOP politicians have no clue how offensive their sexist and misogynist behaviors are nor do it seem they care.
How GOP politicians treat women
The Huffington Post reported the following.
A Republican lawmaker in Minnesota is under fire for snatching the microphone away from his Democratic rival during a debate.
Four-term state Rep. Duane Quam was debating political newcomer Jamie Mahlberg of the DFL, the Minnesota affiliate of the Democratic Party, on Monday when the incident occurred.The two had been passing a single microphone back and forth, sharing their thoughts on a wide variety of issues. However, as Mahlberg was answering a question about linking education funding to the Consumer Price Index, Quam raised a card indicating he would like a rebuttal. Instead of waiting for Mahlberg to pass him the mic, he seized it from her hands, causing her to recoil in surprise:
After Quam was finished speaking, he tried to pass the mic back to Mahlberg, but she literally wasn’t having it. When she didn’t take the microphone from him, he tossed it in front of her:
