Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to CNN’s openly gay anchor Anderson Cooper by a woman’s name as the Republican presidential candidate seeks to appeal to conservative male voters in the final days of the race.
On Friday, on Trump’s social media site Truth Social, the former president referred to Cooper as “Allison Cooper.” Later that day, the former president doubled down on the taunts during a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, where he criticized a town hall Cooper held with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“If you saw him being interviewed by Allison Cooper last night, he’s a nice guy. Do you know Alison Cooper? CNN is fake news,” Trump said before jokingly adding, “Oh, he said no, his name is Anderson.” Oh no.”
Trump repeated the name during another Michigan rally on Saturday, then at a rally in the battleground state of Pennsylvania that night.
“They had a town hall,” Trump said in Michigan. “Even Alison Cooper was embarrassed by it.” He was embarrassed by it.”
The move comes shortly after Trump appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which is hugely popular among young men. that episode was a huge hit 20 million views on YouTube Just 20 hours after its release on Friday.
By Monday morning, case Got 33.5 million views. Rogan’s most popular episode so far Elon Musk was shown smoking a jointIn 2018. In the years since that viral moment, it has been viewed 69 million times.
For her part, Democratic challenger Harris is trying to close the gap with male voters and has launched a series of ads targeting men in battleground states.
The new ads began airing during sporting events on Sunday and will continue in Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh on Monday. An ad will run during broadcasts of Pittsburgh Steelers games on “Monday Night Football.”
A CNN national survey of likely voters The report released on Friday found that Trump has the support of 51% of men, while Harris has the support of 45% of male voters.
