Burgess Everett

A lot of them ended up winning.

A lot of them were responsible for flipping key seats in the following cycles.

And so they did use that as a playbook going forward.

But I think traditionally, Republicans have just been so scared of saying, you know, we're purposely trying to elect women.

We don't play identity politics.

That's what the Democrats do.

But that has really held them back for a long time.

And that's why still, even though there are more Republican women than there have been in the past, they are still way behind where Democratic women are.

He's pretty frustrated.

I've heard behind the scenes that he's been complaining about some of the reports.

He's gone on to defend himself.

He's been asked directly by reporters, including by some of my colleagues after I wrote the story, about his posture towards women.

And he's vehemently denying that he is marginalizing women, that he looks or treats them any differently.

Right.

But we have not seen him take any actual steps to try to alleviate some of their concerns.

That is a great question.

He absolutely can't afford any enemies in this conference.

And he already has one in Marjorie Taylor Greene that votes against everything.

And two, in another Republican member, Thomas Massey, he pretty much votes no on almost everything that comes to the floor, including voting against Mike Johnson's speakership.

And so when you do the math, you can't really afford any other Republicans to be voting no or saying no.