This Women’s History Month, The RNC Is Celebrating The Historic Achievements Of Women Everywhere While Biden Continues To Double Down On His Radical Agenda
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A PROUD HISTORY OF FEMALE LEADERS AND CHAMPIONING WOMEN
- The Republican National Committee (RNC) under the leadership of Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is celebrating Women’s History Month by continuing to engage with women across the country and welcome new members into our party of opportunity.
- Chairwoman McDaniel is now the longest serving female Chair of either major national political party.
- This commitment is not new – the Republican Party has a long history of championing women’s rights, putting forward female candidates, and focusing on the issues that matter to American women:
- In 1916, Republican Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to congress.
- In 1924, Republican Bertha K. Landes became the first female mayor of a major city.
- In 1925, Republican Mae Ella Nolan “became the first woman to chair a congressional committee.”
- In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to serve in both chambers of Congress and later became the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party convention in 1964.
- In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- In 1989, Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen became the first Hispanic woman and Cuban American to be elected to Congress.
- In 2001, Republican “Elaine Chao became the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet.”
- In 2001, Republican Condoleezza Rice became the female National Security Advisor, and in 2005 became the first Black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State.
- In 2003, Republican Jennette Bradley became the first Black female lieutenant governor of any U.S. state.
- In 2022, Republican Winsome Sears became the first woman and first Black woman to serve as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor.
- Republicans also “served as the catalysts for the 19thAmendment” and overwhelmingly supported women’s suffrage.
THE 2022 MIDTERMS WERE HISTORIC FOR REPUBLICAN WOMEN
- Republican women made history this past November, resulting in a new record number of Republican women serving in Congress.
- Katie Britt became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest woman in the Senate.
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer became Oregon’s first Republican Latina elected to Congress.
- Anna Paulina Luna became Florida’s first Mexican American woman elected to Congress.
- Monica De La Cruz is the first Republican and first Latina elected to represent Texas’ 15th Congressional district in the district’s 120-year history.
- Not only did Republican women make history in Congress, but they made history in state and local races across the United States.
BIDEN’S RADICAL POLICIES ARE FAILING WOMEN
- Biden’s radical policies have hurt women across the country, leading to women increasingly rejecting Biden – and the Democrat Party – for failing to represent them.
- Biden’s approval rating is underwater with women, as a majority disapprove of the job he is doing as president.
- 63 percent of women believe the country is on the wrong track and 76 percent of women describe the current state of the economy as poor/fair.
- Meanwhile, the Biden administration can’t even define what a woman is.
- In April, Biden Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was unable to define what a woman is, claiming she was “not a biologist.”
- Biden’s FY 2022 budget replaced the word “mothers” with “birthing people” – when questioned about using “birthing people” in the budget, Biden’s OMB Deputy Director Shalanda Young doubled down.
- Biden and Democrats’ radical “Build Back Broke” agenda repeatedly refers to mothers as “pregnant,” “lactating,” and “postpartum individuals.”
- Biden’s CDC used the term “pregnant person” in their COVID-19 vaccine guidance.
WOMEN ARE STRUGGLING IN BIDEN’S ECONOMY
- Women and families have suffered the economic impacts of the failing Biden economy.
- Congress’s Joint Economic Committee calculates that families have lost over $9,300 paying for higher costs of living under Biden.
- For new moms, Biden’s policies have made it more expensive than ever to raise a child, with the price of baby formula up 30 percent, canned baby food up 22 percent, and diapers up 11 percent since December 2020.
- Biden also oversaw a tampon shortage last summer, with women forced to pay higher prices for crucial feminine products – if they were able to find them at all.
- Women are now disproportionately delaying retirement due to inflation, finding it more difficult to feel financially secure.
BIDEN’S “GENDER IDENTITY” AGENDA PUTS WOMEN LAST
- As Republicans continue to champion women’s rights, Biden has taken steps to erase the progress women have fought for.
- On the 50thanniversary of Title IX, Biden’s Department of Education “issued a new rule” that attempts to redefine the word “women.”
- This move has “opened sex-segregated spaces like bathrooms, locker rooms, dorm rooms and single-sex admissions programs to anyone who identifies as a woman” and removed “commonsense” student protections in “campus sexual assault and harassment proceedings.”
- On top of dehumanizing women through “woke” language, Biden has taken action to end girls’ and women’s sports.
- Last January, the Biden administration changed federal prison policy to let prisoners be incarcerated with the gender they identify as, including letting biological males be housed with female inmates.
