The attacks on Natalie Harp reveal how quickly “support all women” disappears when the woman works for President Trump.

By Cynthia Hughes
Founder of Hughes Foundation and Weaponization Watch

We hear it all the time: women should support women.

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We’re told that all women deserve respect, that their voices matter, and that they should be empowered, protected, elevated, and celebrated. We’re told women should be free to choose their own careers, beliefs, and political affiliations without being ridiculed, harassed, or mocked for those choices.

Those are good principles. I believe in them.

But what I don’t understand is why all those amazing principles disappear the moment a woman is conservative, Republican, or connected to President Trump.

After watching the treatment of women around President Trump for the last decade, I keep coming back to one question: do these “pro-women” standards apply to all women, or only to the women the left agrees with?

That’s what’s been on my mind over the past several days as I’ve watched the vicious attacks aimed at President Trump’s longtime aide, Natalie Harp.

Jim Banks@Jim_BanksThe fake news media's nasty, sleazy attacks on Natalie Harp are disgraceful. She's a true professional, incredibly dedicated, and one of the hardest-working patriots serving our country. Natalie’s loyalty and tireless service to President Trump and America deserve respect not4:32 PM · Jun 29, 2026 · 5.08K Views64 Replies · 10 Reposts · 58 Likes

Natalie Harp is a trusted and valued assistant to the President of the United States. That should be enough for people to recognize her as a strong, capable woman doing serious work at the highest level of government. Instead, the left has chosen to demean Natalie and the president by creating a fan-fiction fantasy about some seedy relationship between them.

It is a lazy, ugly trope, and women have been dealing with this kind of nonsense for ages. The same people who claim to fight against these stereotypes are geeked to use them as weapons when the woman is someone they don’t like.

Between the hit-job articles, nasty media commentary, and online ridicule, it’s hard to buy the left’s warm and fuzzy “pro-women” message, especially when they’re ripping apart a strong woman who works for President Trump.

Why do so many people who speak about empowerment suddenly lose all interest in it when the woman involved makes a political choice they don’t like?

Women are told they have a right to choose their own path, but these days, thanks to the left’s toxicity, that support ends when they choose the “right” path.

The left built its entire political platform on the treatment of women in America. Michelle Obama has talked about the disrespect and indignities women face in everyday life and has supported efforts to help young women thrive. I agree with that sentiment. Many women carry things quietly. Many women endure disrespect they shouldn’t have to.

The part I can’t get on board with is how that concern stops when the women are conservative.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke about unity during her campaign and at her nomination acceptance. Unity is a powerful message when it’s sincere, right? It asks people to see one another as human beings, even when they disagree.

So why does that unity vanish when the women being mocked, ridiculed, and dehumanized are women associated with President Trump?

The phrase “support all women” comes with a secret, unwritten disclaimer. It actually means support all women except for conservatives, Republicans, and women who support Donald Trump.

That is the uncomfortable truth. The left does not support women. It supports its own women, then trashes, mocks, and tries to destroy the ones who refuse to fall in line.

This twisted behavior has been going on forever. It didn’t start with Natalie Harp. Her treatment is part of a disturbing pattern that’s been building for decades.

I watched Melania Trump endure years of insults, mockery, and personal attacks that were either completely ignored or openly celebrated. If the media had treated Michelle Obama or Jill Biden that way, the full force of the Democratic Party would have come down on them in an instant. Ivanka Trump became a target in the same way, but this pattern isn’t limited to women close to President Trump. Think back to what happened to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters during his confirmation fight. They were dragged into a national political war they never asked to be part of. Protesters showed up outside his home, and his children became collateral damage in a battle that should’ve never involved them.

That’s how far the line has moved. These days, almost nothing seems off-limits when the target is someone connected to President Trump. Even his grandchildren have been treated as acceptable targets by left-wingers who would perform outrage for days if the same behavior were aimed at their own side.

That’s why the attacks on Natalie don’t feel random. They feel very familiar.

The same nasty, disturbing pattern has followed nearly all the women who’ve served in President Trump’s orbit. These women are accomplished, intelligent, driven, and successful, but instead of being recognized as serious success stories, they’re reduced to villainous caricatures because of who they work for or what they believe in.

Susie Wiles is another example.

President Trump made history by selecting Susie Wiles as the first female White House Chief of Staff. That’s a major accomplishment. Anyone who truly celebrates women breaking barriers should respect the significance of that role, regardless of politics, right?

Wrong. Susie’s been dragged through the mud even though she’s spent decades building one of the most impressive political resumes in the country. She was instrumental in President Trump’s 2024 victory, and she’s earned a reputation as one of the most effective political operatives in America.

What makes Susie especially remarkable is how she doesn’t seem interested in the spotlight. She isn’t chasing headlines, and she doesn’t spend her time trying to become the story. She listens, observes, studies, and does the hard work behind the scenes. In Washington, where so many people think attention is influence, that kind of discipline and humility is really rare.

Susie’s decision to stay behind the scenes shouldn’t be mistaken for weakness. Some of the strongest leaders are the ones quietly gathering information while everyone else is yapping away.

Susie Wiles is a strong, serious, and highly capable leader. Yet even she has become a target, not only from Democrats but at times from people within her own party. Still, Susie doesn’t need phony applause or fake support from “pro-women” activists to prove her worth. She rocks on because she’s good at what she does. Damn good.

Newsweek@NewsweekSusie Wiles has outlasted all of Trump's previous chief of staffs, becoming a symbol of a more stable second presidency behind the scenes. newsweek.comThe unexpected constant in Trump’s White House9:15 AM · Jun 25, 2026 · 4.45K Views5 Replies · 3 Reposts · 11 Likes

Speaking of women who are damn good at what they do, Karoline Leavitt has faced attacks that are wildly disturbing, and some of them have gotten deeply personal.

When Karoline announced that she was pregnant, I was genuinely shocked by some of the reactions that followed.

The media loved to low-key shame Karoline for returning to work so “quickly” after giving birth.

But it got so much worse…

Political disagreement is one thing, but the level of hatred directed at a pregnant woman and her unborn child was disturbing, cruel, and impossible to wrap your mind around.

And here’s the kicker: some of the most vile comments came from left-wing women, including people who said they were healthcare professionals. I saw comments hoping she would suffer horribly during childbirth, along with women wishing cruelty on both Karoline and her baby.

That kind of vile behavior should bother every decent American in this country. These weren’t just nasty political comments. They were comments from healthcare professionals aimed at a pregnant woman and her unborn child.

How does someone entrusted with caring for others publicly wish suffering on a mother because of her political beliefs? How does political disagreement become so twisted that an unborn baby becomes part of the attack?

At that point, we’re not talking about normal politics anymore. We’re talking about a level of mental illness and hatred that makes people lose their basic human compassion.

And that’s the main issue here.

The attacks against Natalie Harp, Susie Wiles, Karoline Leavitt, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, and other women connected to President Trump say something much deeper about where we are as a nation. This isn’t just ugly politics anymore. It exposes a deep-seated hatred toward right-wing women, and that hatred is helping normalize the idea that political opponents deserve to be humiliated, harassed, made to suffer, and in some cases, even threatened with death.

It’s scary because we know that rhetoric shapes culture.

When people are constantly told that a certain group of people is dangerous, hateful, illegitimate, or less deserving of basic dignity, it becomes really easy to justify mistreating them. Over time, harassment and intimidation start to feel acceptable to people who have convinced themselves they’re the heroes of some deeply moral battle.

And that kind of thinking is really dangerous. We’ve seen where it can lead: violence, assassination attempts, and even murder. Too many right-wing Americans have already seen what happens when seething political hatred is rebranded as heroic. We’ve seen what happens when the left convinces itself that anyone who disagrees with them deserves to be treated as an enemy.

Political disagreement is part of living in a free country. Americans are allowed to argue, debate, criticize, and disagree. But there’s a line between disagreeing on politics and dehumanizing somebody because of those politics.

Too many people on the left have crossed that line with conservative women.

A woman shouldn’t be degraded because of who she works for. She shouldn’t be threatened because of a candidate she voted for in the United States of America. Her children, pregnancy, family, and private life shouldn’t become weapons in a bloody political fight.

If we only defend women when their politics match our own, then we’re not actually defending women, are we? No. We’re defending an ideology.

There’s a deeply profound difference between the two.

In closing, I want to say something directly to Natalie Harp…

Natalie, I’ve had the privilege of spending time with you, and the woman I met bears no resemblance to the fictional character being created for the headlines and online attacks. You were kind, thoughtful, considerate, and genuinely caring toward the people around you. Your loyalty to President Trump is clear, but so is your heart.

There’s nothing shameful about loyalty. In fact, it’s one of the rarest and greatest qualities a person can have, especially in a world where so many people fold like a cheap suit when things get tough. Many Americans appreciate what you do, even if they never get the chance to tell you directly. Your critics might be loud, but they don’t speak for everyone.

It’s heartbreaking that we’ve reached a place where people who preach “tolerance” can turn around and practice such hateful intolerance. Some of the loudest voices for “women’s empowerment” go completely silent when the woman under attack is conservative. And no woman should be targeted this viciously just because of who she works for, what she believes, or where her loyalty stands.

If respect for women is real, it shouldn’t be conditional.

It should never depend on party affiliation, political ideology, or who is sitting in the Oval Office. And respect shouldn’t vanish when a woman supports Donald Trump.

If we truly mean “all women,” then it’s time to start acting like it.

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