'Crisis level': Republican women sound warning after election losses

[JHan]

“It’s very painful,” said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), who championed female candidates for a decade as the only woman in Republican leadership. “We need to make sure that we are growing our ranks.”

The stark contrast between the parties on gender will be evident when the new Congress is sworn in Jan. 3.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is poised to reclaim the speaker’s gavel as 36 women join her caucus. But House Republicans, who have already elected men to their top two posts, will see their group of women reduced by almost half to just 13, with West Virginia’s Carol Miller the lone GOP woman in the freshman class.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said the number of Republican women in the House has fallen to “crisis level.”

“Women are a majority of voters in our country, and the GOP must do more to ensure our conference represents their views,” said Stefanik, who announced plans this month to help Republican women in their primaries in 2020.

The GOP’s poor performance with women this election cycle has exposed sensitive fault lines within the party over identity politics and how to win elections.

Republican leaders often hedge on whether recruiting female candidates should be a top priority, saying they want who­ever is most qualified. The need for more female lawmakers to better reflect the country — or at least to win votes from more women — has not been a given for all party members.

Sad times for these women hurting in the lil death cult they persist with......

I'd tell Alexa to place Despacito for them, but these women would just call ICE on her.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/crisis-level-republican-women-sound-warning-after-election-losses/2018/12/16/e8c99eba-ffb4-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html

[democratisphere]

1. redumbliCON women are with the wrong political party if they want

progress on woman's issues.

[irisblue]

2. Finding it hard to feel sympathy for Women who Run With Quislings

[SharonClark]

3. Maybe they should pass out copies of The Handmaid's Tale

[tanyev]

4. If Rep. Stefanik thinks the GOP is going to do anything to represent womens' views,

she must be tuning out every damn thing her male colleagues say. Pull your head out of the sand lady!

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Crisis for whom ? Not for women.

For women, it's becoming clearer and clearer that the GOP does not want them to have power. The obvious recourse is to find -- or create -- another party. That's not a crisis, it's a liberation.

[JHan]

7. +++

[allgood33]

6. If Republican women were for ALL women they wouldn't have such a problem.

They are only for rich, white, privileged women who can afford their own abortions and whose spouses make millions. They don't give a damn about other peoples' children, health, safety or education.