Leading up to the 2024 election, “a lot of men were saying, ‘The reason I want to vote for Donald Trump’ — even if they were a first time Republican voter — was because they couldn’t put food on the table, they couldn’t keep a roof over their head — and a lot of these men had families. Democrats have created policies that have emasculated men,” The Federalist’s Brianna Lyman said on Gutfeld. “Donald Trump and J.D. Vance came around and said, ‘No, we’re gonna create an environment in the economy where you can put food on the table and a roof over your family’s head and not have to depend upon your wife to become a little more masculine to help fill that traditional gender role [of being a provider] …'”