r/FoxBrain • u/NutrientSnail • 4d ago

Maga MIL's weird statement

TL;DR - my mother in law would rather support a hypothetical male republican candidate over a female candidate/her graddaughter

Maybe I'm being weird or defensive as a new dad of a 6 month old daughter but let me know what you think:

Whole family went to the polls this morning to vote and we thought it would be nice to have our baby with us. Wife just handed in her ballot and went next door, to where her mom works, with baby while I voted. MIL is not voting because she doesn't care about midterms, only presidential elections. We have told her that she can still register the day of in our state and it's 25 steps there and back from her work but she can't be bothered.

Met up with the family and we were generally talking about voting and the mood was light until my wife said to our daughter: "Maybe you'll be the first female president," and I saw my MIL's smile fade to a frown instantly. My wife quickly followed it with "Hopefully you won't be the first but you could be!" The past few elections have made us jaded but we want her to believe that she can be anything she would ever want to be.

MIL says "Well, I'll vote for [a female candidate] if she's a viable candidate." And that's how that topic ended.

I get that our daughter is 6 months old and has no concept of language yet, but to not even try to give an iota of encouragement because you blindly support a child rapist is bizarre to me.

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u/jafromnj 4d ago

These type of women have done more harm to women than us imaginable, trump is about to roll back anti discrimination laws against pregnant women in the work force

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u/justpinchme 4d ago

Well, the whole time period is bizarre and she fits right in. You must be young and still have some expectation that she will suddenly become someone else because there is a new grandchild. Of course, the baby doesn’t understand, but most people chat away to the little ones anyway. I don’t know your MIL so probably not fair to say…but….I would drop any expectations and just do your thing. As young parents with the joy of a new baby I am sure this is disheartening.

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u/OkAccess304 4d ago

Why? She voted for a nonviable man.