Jesse Watters did mental somersaults on Fox News Tuesday as he seemed to struggle to compute why any man would ever vote for a Democrat or a woman.
The right-wing cable news host was discussing Monday night’s “White Dudes for Harris” fundraising call, which attracted nearly 200,000 participants and raised almost $4 million for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.
It included numerous high-profile elected Democrats, as well as celebrities such as Mark Hamill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Gad, Bradley Whitford and Jeff Bridges.
But according to Watters, it was “a struggle session for pale, hairy, flabby California artists, and it was basically saying, if you want to be accepted by women, you should vote for a woman.”
“Now, I don’t see why any man would vote Democrat. It’s not the party of virtue, security. It’s not the party of strength. It’s definitely not the party of family,” he continued.
At this point, one of the three women on “The Five” panel could be heard saying, “what?”
“And to be a man and then vote for a woman just because she’s a woman is either childish — that person has mommy issues — or they’re just trying to be accepted by other women.”
“And I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman,” he added.
“Oh, is that right?” co-host Dana Perino said at this point, adding sarcastically, “Science says that?” before swiftly moving on.
Fox News did not immediately return HuffPost’s request for comment.
Watters has a history of sexism and misogyny, but this particular take was wild even for him.
“They’re losing it...” the Republicans against Trump social media account captioned a clip of the moment.
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele, another critic of Donald Trump and GOP extremism, said of the comments, “Come November, call me Michelle!”
“It’s an incredible tribute to the strength of the American economy that even someone this stupid can find a well-paying job,” conservative attorney George Conway posted.
Many others seized on the moment as just another classic example of Republicans being “weird.”