PBS News Hour sought to answer the question on Friday of why Kamala Harris is struggling with male voters. Both New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart agreed that it is important not to “downplay the role that sexism” plays here.
As the lone female in the segment, host Amna Nawaz thought maybe her guests could help her explain the phenomenon, “I just have to say, you know, I’m asking all the smart men in my life this question because Harris continues to have weaker support with younger men, men who supported President Biden. And I just wonder why you think that is. Why do men have a problem supporting her?”
The nominally conservative Brooks began with his usual wishy-washy centrism, “Yeah, well, young men have been drifting away from the Democratic Party for a long time. And that’s…
