RNC Celebrates Women’s History Month

As Biden Wages War On Women Through His Radical Agendas, The RNC Is Celebrating The Historic Achievements Of Women And Their Contributions To The Party

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A PROUD HISTORY OF FEMALE LEADERS AND CHAMPIONING WOMEN

• The Republican National Committee (RNC) is celebrating this Women’s History Month by highlighting our efforts to engage women across the country and welcome all into our party of opportunity.
• 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 Congressand 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 Bradleybecame the first Black female lieutenant governor of any U.S. state.
  • In 2022, Republican Mayra Flores became the first Mexican-born woman elected to Congress.
  • In 2022, Republican Winsome Searsbecame the first woman and first Black woman to serve as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor.
• Republicans also “served as the catalysts for the 19^thAmendment” and overwhelmingly supported women’s suffrage.

THE 2022 MIDTERMS WERE HISTORIC FOR REPUBLICAN WOMEN

• Republican women made history during the 2022 midterms, 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 Latinaelected to represent Texas’ 15^th 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.
  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected the first female Governor of Arkansas and Leslie Rutledge was elected the first female Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
  • Iowa elected a Republican Attorney General, Brenna Bird, for the first time in over 40 years.
  • Soo Hong is the first Asian American Republican woman elected to the Georgia State legislature.

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 as 60 percent of women disapprove of the way Biden is handling his job as president.
  • 69 percent of women describe things in America as going somewhat/very badly.
  • 64 percent of women describe the current state of the economy as poor/fair.
  • 69 percent of women disapprove of Biden’s handling of inflation.
• Meanwhile, the Biden administration can’t even define what a woman is.
  • Biden’s 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 Director Shalanda Young doubled down.
  • Biden and Democrats’ radical “Build Back Broke” agenda repeatedly refersto 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.
  • 67 percent of parents said inflation is impacting their ability to pay for their children’s education, school supplies, and extracurricular activities.
  • The average price for a pack of disposable diapers is up 32 percent from the $16.54 average in 2019, and 47 percent of families are struggling to afford diapers.
  • The price of baby formula soared to an all-time high under the Biden administration.
  • The cost of child care for the average family is up 32 percent since 2019, and nearly two-thirds of parents are spending 20 percent or more of their annual income on child care.
• Congress’s Joint Economic Committee calculates that families need an extra $11,434 annually just to maintain the same standard of living they enjoyed just 3 years ago.
• Biden oversaw a tampon shortage, 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 50^thanniversary 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.
  • On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order calling on schools across the country to allow students to compete in the sport of their “gender identity.”
  • Biden’s Department of Education doubled-down on new rules to bar funding from schools that prevent biological males from playing in women’s sports.
  • Biden’s Department of Agriculture announced it will take away meal funding for low-income and disadvantaged kidsat schools if the school does not allow biological males to play in women’s sports.
  • All the while, female athletes continue to suffer injuries while competing against biological males and the White House refuses to address it as a women’s rights issue.
• The Biden administration even changed federal prison policy to let prisoners be incarcerated with the gender they identify as, including letting biological males be housed with female inmates.
  • Because of Biden’s radical policies, two female inmates at an all-female prison were impregnated by a biological malewho claimed to identify as a female.