There’s a new political ad going around the internet that features a group of leftist dudes proclaiming their vote for Vice President Kamala Harris proves their manhood.
“I’m a man,” they each declare, followed by a proclamation of what defines their masculinity. Items cited at the beginning of the clip include mechanical expertise, heavy weightlifting, and culinary proficiency. The testimonials went on to include what sound like satirical endorsements for “childless cat ladies,” emotional instability, and of course, a woman running for president.
“A woman wants to be president?” one participant says.
“Well,” another answers, “I hope she has the guts to look me right in the eye and accept my full-throated endorsement.”
The commercial appeared to come from a Hollywood writer named Jacob Reed, who wrote on his Substack page he “creative directed and directed this campaign for Creatives for Harris.” Reed’s wife has “she/her/hers” pronouns in her Instagram bio, as if her obvious gender was in doubt.
The latest male-targeted ad was ostensibly another tongue-in-cheek campaign to push “dudes for Harris” by a movement so obsessed with identity politics that any outreach designed for a particular constituency is expected to win support among said group. What the condescending creators of the “man up” commercial met instead was a cascade of online mockery:
Collective T level—COLLECTIVE, not average—of these *dudes* (forgive me, actors who were paid to perform in this apparently unintentional parody) for Harris has gotta be under 100.
And that includes
