Fox News panic over ‘wine mom’ gangs gets brutal takedown from NYT columnist
Conservative principles face implementation challenges as policy meets political complexity.
The New York Times wants this story to be about conservatives “inventing villains” and policing women’s behavior. That framing is convenient, because it turns a real question about disorder around ICE operations into a culture-therapy session about misogyny. If a cable segment overshoots, fine.
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A Fox News commentator’s warning that “organized gangs of wine moms” are deploying “antifa tactics” against ICE agents has become the latest object of ridicule — and alarm — as the right searches for villains in the wake of the ICE killing of Renee Good.
New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg mocked the panic as a transparent attempt to invent a new terrorist menace to justify the Trump administration’s increasingly unpopular crackdown in Minneapolis, arguing that conservative media has pivoted its rage toward liberal women with a familiar mix of misogyny and authoritarian reflexes.
In Goldberg’s telling, the sudden fixation on “wine moms” isn’t about public safety — it’s about putting women back in their place.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Fox New...
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The New York Times wants this story to be about conservatives “inventing villains” and policing women’s behavior. That framing is convenient, because it turns a real question about disorder around ICE operations into a culture-therapy session about misogyny.
If a cable segment overshoots, fine. But Goldberg skips past what set the nerves off in the first place: escalating confrontations, masked activists, and coordinated efforts to obstruct federal officers. You do not have to believe in “wine mom gangs” to notice that public intimidation is being normalized, then excused as righteous because the target is ICE.
Conservatives care about rule of law, public trust, and institutional stability. When federal agents are attacked and local leaders hesitate to enforce basic boundaries, the result is predictable: more volatility, more mistakes, and less legitimacy for everyone involved.
The principle at stake is simple: peaceful protest is protected; organized obstruction and violence are not, no matter who is doing it or how clever the nickname is.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.