‘Man Enough’ video in support of Harris is derided as ‘the sickest political ad ever’

On Friday, a new grassroots campaign ad went viral that attempted to argue that Vice President Kamala Harris was the more masculine choice in this presidential election.

The ad featured actors portraying men who referenced their masculine characteristics. They ranged from men bragging about being “man enough” to perform various stereotypical male activities to more humorous boasts like eating “carburettors for breakfast” or finally not being “afraid of bears.” Men declaring their support for the political causes of liberal women and the Harris campaign.

The ad, which did not come from the Harris-Walz campaign, struck many online commentators as a prime example of why Harris has difficulty appealing to men.

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Senior political analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum, Inez Stepman, marveled at the video, which one

Fox Business senior correspondent Charles Gasparino noted: “It’s so bizarre that those on the political left who have been promoting the hoi poi for years that men can be women and women can be men, that men can compete in women’s sports, because we are all sexless beings.” “Now I think they are credible to say what a real man is all about. Sorry you messed up years ago.”

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Podcaster Wade Stotts poked fun at the awkwardness of a character wearing a cowboy hat by joking about what else he might say, such as: “Howdy, buddy. We have a great economy today, don’t we? Hopefully Trump doesn’t do that.” I won’t poison the waterhole. Anyway, it was nice talking to you.

“You have to watch the Kamala ad,” quipped David Reaboi, a fellow at the Claremont Institute. “Not only do they have no idea how real men talk, they also couldn’t find convincing male actors.”

“This is amazing,” Mark Hemingway, senior writer at RealClearInvestigations, said of the video. “I can’t say whether it’s satire or not. I don’t think it is?”

Spencer Klavan, associate editor of the Claremont Institute, suggested that this video rather reveals what the American left expects of men.

“When Harris Walz says what men are like, what they mean is that this is how men *should* be. You notice that because if it turns out that men are outraged by it and reject it, they will blame the men for not being sufficiently enlightened, not themselves, because I don’t understand people.”

“This ad is astonishing because none of the poles in the argument capture the spirit of ‘being a real man,'” said City Journal writer Chris Rufo. “This is not about barrel-aged bourbon or deadlifting 500 pounds, nor about supporting IVF or voting for Kamala Harris. These are both caricatures: one is a left-wing mistranslation of ‘manosphere masculinity’; the other is an attempt to ‘redefine masculinity’ in left-wing ideological terms. Taken together, they represent a false reflection of male nature.”

Leor Sapir, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, argued: “What this ad fundamentally ignores is that masculinity is about NOT waiting for encouragement or permission to stand up for something (or something). That makes it both dangerous and essential to civilization.”

“I don’t think this ad is intended to convince men to vote for Harris (LOL),” wrote Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon. “I think it’s meant to reassure their base – college-educated women – that the Democratic Party is truly theirs. The only men the Party recognizes are these emasculated, AI-generated putz.”

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The ad’s director, Jacob Reed, said it was created for Creators for Harris, and a disclaimer for the ad said it was not approved by any candidate or candidate committee.

He noted that the ad was a half-joking yet serious appeal: “Even though it’s more of a sketch comedy than a political ad, what these men are saying is true.”

“With the rise of role models like Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff on the national stage, I think the left is finally getting a handle on how to talk about masculinity – I think it’s overdue for a redefinition of what it means To be a man.” Man in America, and I hope this campaign can shape that conversation.

Fast Company reported that Reed’s “original version was a bit more ranting. It included lines like, ‘I’m not afraid of a woman having rights, because then what kind of idiot would I be?'”

However, later: “After exploring the concept a little further, Reed realized that the last thing he wanted to do was condescend to his potential audience, which he saw as both people already on board the Harris There were trains as well as people who were still standing at the fence.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Reed and the Harris and Trump campaigns.