Actual question (not trying to be snarky):
Is Fox News considered state media, and if not, will it be?
Is Fox News considered state media, and if not, will it be?
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I wouldn't be so certain about the Democrats putting up a woman against Trump.
1) A woman would be a prime target for utterly vile sexist campaigning - Trump himself has resorted to that in the past ("blood coming out of her wherever"), and his fan base is orders of magnitude worse. I believe that women will (unfortunately) be voted out in the primaries as voters will want to spare a candidate from this sort of treatment.
2) Centrist Democrats are going for people who voted Trump in '16 but maybe willing to switch (especially frustrated white older men in rural/"flyover" areas) - for that demographic, a "strong man" has it easier to gather support than a woman (or, for that matter, also male candidates with a harsher view on gun regulations, or supporting the right to abortion and LGBT equality).
If I were the Democrat leader, I'd put up a moderate middle-aged white male for the '20 election who (w/c)ould fix the most urgent mess resulting from the current Presidency, and building up a promising left-leaning, progressive woman candidate for 2024.
The banality of evil, etc.