Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) blamed the "angry feminist movement" for emasculating men and called for the nation to "work our way back" to the 1960s if former President Donald Trump wins reelection.
In a lengthy House floor speech on Thursday, Grothman claimed feminists and former President Lyndon B. Johnson's "war on poverty" had removed men from families.
"Another effect that I don't know was necessarily anticipated by Lyndon Johnson is they kind of took the purpose out of the man's life," the lawmaker said. "Because now you have a basket of goodies for the mom."
"They've taken away the purpose of the man to be part of a family," he continued. "And if we want to get America back to, say, 1960, where this was almost unheard of, we have to fundamentally change these programs."
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Grothman argued that "the breakdown of the family" was caused by the government and "people like Angela Davis, well-known communist, people like the feminists who were so important in the 1960s."
"So, I hope the press corps picks up on this, and I hope Republican and Democrat leadership put together some sort of plan for January, in which we work our way back to where America was in the 1960s," he added.
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