Burgess Everett

Yes.

They have little compartments, and they can... So in this arena, like...

And he made an offhanded comment about how he would want Lisa McClain, that's the conference chair, the one woman in leadership, to be the one to cook his Thanksgiving dinner.

Now, in his defense, Lisa McClain does talk a lot about cooking, and she likes to host a lot, and she kind of presents that sort of persona herself.

But for some Republican women, that really rubbed them the wrong way.

And so they took that as an example of perhaps Speaker Mike Johnson saying,

looking at women in a different way.

And you combine that with the fact that women feel frustrated about, you know, not being elevated and having this bottleneck in terms of the leadership.

And I think that is why you're seeing this explosion of frustration right now.

How did Lisa McClain respond?

Lisa McClain is very supportive of Speaker Mike Johnson.

She put out a statement actually defending him.

I've talked to her as well in the hallways.

She says, I don't know where these rumors are coming from or who's the one pushing them.

all of these stories that are coming out.

But I have seen nothing but respect for Mike Johnson.

He listens to me.

He treats me well.

And so she actually was not rubbed the wrong way by those comments, which I do think is important to point out.

But that being said, you are the speaker.