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TexasTowelie

(117,269 posts)
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 02:08 AM Nov 2018

Democrats win with Republicans' woman problem

It has been long rumored that the Republican Party has a woman problem, so much so that a few years ago GOP congressmen sent aides to classes on how to talk to and about women.

Republicans didn’t learn much. Their articulation issues just got much worse, and there’s a name for it: Donald Trump. In addition to his many dubious accomplishments, Trump has succeeded in nearly purging Republican women from the House of Representatives.

If this was supposed to be the year of the woman, it has been the year only of Democratic women. The blue wave washed away a significant number of strong female candidates on the GOP side, both incumbents and newcomers. Of the projected 31 members of the rising Republican freshman class, only one is a woman, compared with the Democrats’ projected freshman class of 61, of which 35 are women. Which means the Republican House just became a lot more of what it didn’t need to be — more male.

Democratic women cleaned house in suburban districts. With just over a dozen women, this also means several committees and subcommittees will have no Republican women on them.

Read more: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/syndicated-columnists/article221661115.html

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Democrats win with Republicans' woman problem (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2018 OP
"..rumored.." lol.. right out in the open! Cha Nov 2018 #1
Over the last half century, the GOP has created a base that is fueled by racism and sexism. Garrett78 Nov 2018 #2
It had to burst wide Cha Nov 2018 #4
k&r Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #3

Cha

(305,714 posts)
1. "..rumored.." lol.. right out in the open!
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 02:25 AM
Nov 2018
Republicans didn’t learn much. Their articulation issues just got much worse, and there’s a name for it: Donald Trump. In addition to his many dubious accomplishments, Trump has succeeded in nearly purging Republican women from the House of Representatives.

Wow! Just Desserts

The blue wave washed away a significant number of strong female candidates on the GOP side, both incumbents and newcomers

"...strong" trump doormats I dare say. Don't act like this shite is normal.

Mahalo, TexasT

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
2. Over the last half century, the GOP has created a base that is fueled by racism and sexism.
Thu Nov 15, 2018, 04:18 AM
Nov 2018

The monster of their own making must be continually fed. To kill the monster would be to kill the party. Unwilling to do that, Republicans are increasingly reliant upon lying, voter suppression, gerrymandering and this 'tyranny of the minority' system we have.

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