MAGA civil war erupts over trad wives as top influencers face appalling allegations
A MAGA civil war has broken out as one of the movement's top female influencers railed against women who want to be a 'trad wife.'
The culture clash began as conservative influencer Emily Saves America, real name Emily Wilson, shared a TikTok video calling out 'young girls on the right promoting trad wife bulls***.'
A trad wife, short for traditional wife, is a social media term for a woman who embraces a traditional marital role, eschewing a career for being a stay-at-home mom and often sharing nostalgic content online.
In her video, Wilson mocked women who 'just want to make sourdough for my husband,' and cautioned them to find a way to make money on their own to avoid being financially 'trapped' in a marriage.
'I suggest you find a hobby that makes you money,' she said, adding that young women hoping to find a man who will give them a 'trad wife' lifestyle have a 'slim to none' chance of finding one.
'You're actually setting yourself up for failure, because it could not be easier, if that's what you're gonna pursue, to be trapped by a man, okay?' she said.
The video sparked fury among some hardline MAGA figures, with podcaster Matt Walsh questioning if she belongs in the conservative movement at all.
'A huge number of "conservative influencers" are left-wing feminists who despise the very things that conservatism by definition is supposed to be conserving,' he wrote in a post on X.
The video sparked fury among some hardline MAGA influencers, with podcaster Matt Walsh questioning if she belongs in the conservative movement at all
Walsh waded into the controversy as he faces scrutiny from some over remarks he made this week on The Tucker Carlson show, where he branded gay couples being able to adopt children an 'abomination.'
In a follow-up post, Walsh called out women such as Wilson for riding Donald Trump's coattails, suggesting she doesn't hold values that are conservative enough.
'If you think that stay-at-home moms are stupid and they're allowing themselves to be "trapped by a man," as this woman says, then you are not in any meaningful sense right wing or conservative,' he wrote.
'I don't care if you also like Trump or whatever.'
Blogger Tim Pool piled on, adding: 'Liberals like Emily think they are conservative now but they are still liberals or [to be fair] at the very least "moderate."'
The issue has created a rift in the growing faction of Republican and right-wing social media figures, as some claim it is a litmus test for women to be a part of the MAGA movement.
Raq Is Right, the founder of Make America Hot Again, told DailyMail.com that 'the loudest voices pushing the trad wife thing probably just can't afford nannies'
Raq Is Right, founder of Make America Hot Again, told DailyMail.com that those promoting 'trad wife' nostalgia may be revealing too much.
'The loudest voices pushing the trad wife thing probably just can't afford nannies,' she scathed.
'This whole movement is starting to sound less like a moral stance and more like a budgeting issue.
'Funny how it's always the guys with no job, no plan, and no personality demanding a trad wife. Like sir, you don't need a submissive wife - you need a LinkedIn account.'
After Wilson's TikTok video ignited the debate, she took to X to double down on her take.
'By definition you can say I'm a feminist. Is that supposed to be offensive? Slow news day I guess,' she posted.
Although she maintained that she 'promotes traditional values,' Wilson was also attacked by commentator Sarah Stock in an X post that gained almost two million views
After her TikTok video ignited the debate, Wilson then took to X to double down on her take
In her video, Wilson insisted that while she was warning women not to limit themselves, she was not inherently against a woman wanting to be stay-at-home moms.
She maintained that she 'promotes traditional values', but was nonetheless attacked by commentator Sarah Stock in an X post that gained almost two million views.
She said Wilson's 'message is ridiculous', and said 'being a SAHM (stay-at-home mom) is not being "trapped" by a man.'
'That's feminist BS,' she said.
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