Will America Have a Woman President Soon? - TEASER
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🗓️ 4 December 2025
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Summary
Is America ready for a woman president? Andrea and independent journalist Terrell Starr debate, and we want to hear where you stand. Let us know in the comments.
Consider this: the two times Trump was elected president, he ran against a woman–but both of those women faced highly unusual, unprecedented elections for any candidate.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton ran against a hostile foreign intelligence operation and an FBI director, James Comey, with a misogynistic track record. The FBI was successfully sued by 34 women who faced sexual descrimination as recruits, their complaints dismissed by Comey. The 2016 election wasn't politics as usual: it was an act of war–by the Kremlin and criminal negligence by Comey's abuse of power.
In 2024, Kamala Harris had a few short months to save global democracy. Again, a woman was handed a political grenade.
Will America's first woman president be Ivanka Trump?
Republicans elevate three types of women: Concentration camp Barbies like Kristi Noem, pedofile-defending child-looking brides like Karoline Leavitt, and Trump's personal favorite: the blond bombshell–like his daughter Ivanka. Trump once said he would date Ivanka if she wasn't his daughter. He told the porn star Stormy Daniels, who he had an affair with when Melania had just given birth to Barron, that Stormy reminded him of Ivanka. With Jared Kushner back in the White House, grifting and running Trump's shadow foreign policy, does that mean Ivanka is the likely candidate to break the glass ceiling by being a patriarchal blow-up doll? And how do we stop that?
Studies have shown countries led by women are more prosperous, resilient and environmentally friendly. A 2022 U.S. News Survey found that 70% of respondents believe women are better at leading countries than men. So why can't America have nice things? What will it take for us to finally elect a progressive woman president?
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Show Notes:
FBI to pay $22 million to women who alleged sexual discrimination at training academy https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-to-pay-22-million-to-women-who-alleged-sexual-discrimination-at-training-academy
Women Are Better at Leading Countries Than Men, Survey Respondents Say https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2022-10-05/women-are-better-at-leading-countries-than-men-survey-respondents-say
How Women in Power Foster National Happiness https://esthinktank.com/2025/02/10/how-womens-leadership-shapes-happier-nations/
Women and girls around the world are leading the fight against climate change https://unsdg.un.org/latest/stories/women-and-girls-leading-fight-against-climate-change
Countries with more female politicians pass more ambitious climate policies, study suggests https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/09/countries-with-more-female-politicians-pass-more-ambitious-climate-policies-study-suggests/
Terrell Starr Substack: https://terrellstarr.substack.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Well, thank you, Anna, for having me. I would say the president's obsession with me and the Somali community is really unhealthy. It's creepy. And I hope that he gets the help that he needs. It sounds like he is trying to deflect from the failures that he's had as president. |
| 0:24.1 | His immigration rates are not going in the way that he's expected. We know that the tariffs are |
| 0:30.6 | not working to make life affordable for Americans. We know that he is afraid of what is in the |
| 0:37.2 | Epstein files as he's fought to be the head of the pedophile protection party. |
| 0:45.1 | And we know that right now he is being investigated for war crimes that he might have committed |
| 0:50.9 | when he ordered what seems to be illegal attacks against votes in the Caribbean. |
| 0:56.7 | Our opening clip was Congresswoman Ilan Omar showing how to stand up to convicted felon Donald Trump. |
| 1:04.2 | Welcome to Gaslit Nation. I am your Virgil into the underworld of U.S. and global politics and where they |
| 1:10.6 | intertwine. And this is Gaslit Nation, |
| 1:13.8 | a show about corruption in America and rising autocracy worldwide. In this week's bonus show, |
| 1:20.7 | available in full to our Patreon subscribers who keep our show going. I share a heated debate, |
| 1:27.3 | a continuation. |
| 1:29.1 | This discussion you're about to hear came out of a Thanksgiving family debate at the Chalupa |
| 1:37.7 | household. Can America ever have a woman president in our lifetimes. |
| 1:45.2 | Joining me for that discussion is Kiev-based independent journalist Terrell Starr |
| 1:49.4 | who weathered the storm of Thanksgiving with the Chalupas this year. |
| 1:53.8 | But first, congratulations to everyone in Tennessee who voted for progressive congressional candidate, |
| 2:00.6 | Afton Bain, who lost by nine points in a deep red |
| 2:05.2 | gerrymander district that Donald Trump won by 22 points. I know a final poll at the very end of the |
| 2:13.9 | election claimed that she might lose by only two percentage points, But obviously Donald Trump, the Republicans, through everything they had in the final |
| 2:22.6 | stretch of this race, it got national attention galore. |
| 2:27.7 | But a nine point loss is still a huge deal and signals that when you have a midterm level, vote turnout, in a special election, want to know what's coming up next? Not just a blue wave, but a blue tsunami for Republicans in 2026. And remember, Republicans have the most success in stealing and rat |
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