'Misogyny' is the main reason for Kamala Harris' defeat, says writer Douglas Kennedy

“She’s a woman”, and “misogyny remains in American society”, especially “for the role of president”, underlines the American novelist, Thursday in franceinfo evening.

“Harris is very strong. But I think misogyny” is the main reason for his defeat in the American presidential election, American writer Douglas Kennedy, author ofElsewhere, at home (Belfond), after the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States against Kamala Harris.

“It’s a woman”et “misogyny remains in American society”, Above all “for the role of president”, underlines Douglas Kennedy. “The idea of ​​her being at the head of the military forces” weighed, according to him, in the Americans' choice. “I have a great love for my country”Mays “Tuesday evening’s result is proof of that”. He recalls that Kamala Harris is “half African-American, half Indian”. And yet, “The majority of African-American men voted for Trump. Latinos did too.”

Douglas Kennedy also believes that“authoritarian image” of Donald Trump weighed in the result. He recalls that in 2016, he was the only writer who said: “Be careful, he has a lot of angry white men behind him”. “We underestimated his strength”deplores the novelist. “At the time, Trump was just a rogue businessman, reality TV presenter, a joke”, “very New York”according to him. Douglas Kennedy traces the profile of the president-elect in 2016“a former Democrat who was fiscally conservative and socially centrist”.

But he notes that “everything changed during his mandate. He became more and more far-right”. The writer believes that Donald Trump “made a Faustian pact with evangelicals who have immense political power in the United States”. “Vote for me and I will end federal abortion. Vote for me and I will appoint very conservative Supreme Court justices”a promis Donald Trump, selon Douglas Kennedy. “This electorate” evangelical “is a very important voice in a lot of states, especially in the Midwest and South where he wins all the time.”

Douglas Kennedy laments another year 2024 “extraordinaire” where Donald Trump “was found guilty of 34 corruption charges, federal charges. He was found guilty in a civil trial for rape.” “I'll say it again. The ex-president was found guilty of rape. The next president, the same thing”the writer likes to insist. “And also, he orchestrated the failed coup d’état of January 6, 2021,” the assault on the Capitol in Washington.

Finally, Douglas Kennedy salutes the mandate of Joe Biden. “Inflation is stable now, the economy is not bad.” “Frankly, historically, Biden will be judged as a very good president,” assures the novelist.