With just a week to go before Election Day, the news cycle is moving at a rapid pace. It is easier than usual for the story of one campaign event to be replaced by the next.

But former first lady Michelle Obama’s message to men on Saturday — and its not-so-subtle allusions to the misogyny that underlies the MAGA movement — deserves close consideration.

In many ways, the former first lady’s speech in Kalamazoo, Michigan, refuted Tucker Carlson’s crude comments last week at Donald Trump’s rally in Duluth, Georgia, where he favorably compared the Republican presidential candidate to abusive fathers. Trump and Vance relied on hypermasculine anger to campaign. That’s why Obama’s speech was forceful in describing some men’s support for Trump, whom she aptly described as “a predator convicted of sexual abuse,” as aiding and abetting an “assault” on women’s safety.

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The former first lady spoke of the “chilling effect” that abortion restrictions have on the US Entirety of women’s health:

Obama also characterized acts of protest such as suspending the election or electing a third-party presidential candidate — which effectively support the scenarios she described — as acts of anger with real-life consequences. She said:

Young men vulnerable to this kind of appeal from conservatives are often treated with kid gloves, as if they lack agency in their decision to join a blatantly sexist movement. In my view, it is rare that approval of this appeal is presented as a form of abuse by politicians. But Obama didn’t duck:

Obama also spoke of men who are domineering partners – and told women that voting is a private matter: “Regardless of your partner’s political views, You You get to choose!”

That’s a key distinction that domestic violence activists are highlighting this election cycle, and it also underscores the former first lady’s larger point: Trump and his movement embody the right’s chauvinistic attack on women, and the best way for someone to show resistance , is to vote against it.