‘Back to our roots’: GOP female lawmakers work to win back feminism from the left

EXCLUSIVE: Republican women in Congress are fighting to change the decades-long narrative that has painted Democrats as the party of women, hoping to make significant gains in future elections.

“We need to get back to our roots of being the party of women,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, RN.Y., told Fox News Digital. “I don’t know why we let the Democrats take over the narrative and pretend they’re the party of women. That’s bull.”

Other GOP lawmakers who spoke to Fox News Digital about this story noted that cost of living, a cornerstone issue for Republicans in recent elections, was as much a women’s issue as any.

After winning that election, Republicans also passed several bills that put women at the center of conservative policy changes. transgender youth and border security.

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From left to right, Representatives Nancy Mace, Nicole Malliotakis and Ashley Hinson are at the forefront of the GOP’s push to appeal to women. (Getty Images)

“You shouldn’t let the Democratic Party tell you they’re the party of women when they can’t even define what a woman is. So we’re going to continue to be strong advocates for young women and girls, whether it’s in professional spaces, the bathroom, or sports,” R- Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa said, referring to a recently passed bill that would keep biologically male student athletes off girls’ sports teams and locker rooms. rooms.

Hinson said she was “a working mom fighting for other working moms.”

“Women, for example, are often the most important decision makers in households. So when I think about economic indicators, how do we get more women into the workforce? How do we empower more women and families? How do we support more women in sports? ?” Hinson posed.

Historically, Malliotakis noted, it was Republicans who led the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. He also noted that it is with the President Donald Trump a museum dedicated to women’s history was allowed to open.

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Representative Nicole Malliotakis pointed out that the Smithsonian women’s museum was allowed during the first term of President Donald Trump. (Donald Trump 2024 campaign)

“President Trump authorized the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum in 2020. And Joe Biden did nothing with it for four years,” Malliotakis said. “I’ve been pushing for a land transfer to build a Smithsonian women’s museum, and I think it makes perfect sense given our history that we would be the ones to do that.”

As a voting bloc, women have favored Democrats and the left in recent history.

Democrats are also critical of the conservative-leaning Supreme Court’s Roe v. Republicans were blamed for repealing Wade, which resulted in electoral success in the 2022 midterm elections.

Progressives were also historically the biggest supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment, legislation first introduced during the second-wave feminist movement.

However, Republican women like Nancy Mays, R-S.C., are now arguing bills like hers. will deport illegal immigrants those who commit sexual crimes against women and other Americans are the ones who are needed to protect women.

Freshman Julie Fedorchak stood out as the top vote-getter in her state last year. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

“MAGA is the new feminist,” Mace said in X this month.

In addition, one of the few Republican women in the freshman class of the 119th Congress, RN.D. Julie Fedorchak pointed out that her story is a testament to GOP meritocracy.

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“As a woman, as the first congressman in our state, I was the top vote-getter in my entire state. So I think more than anything, people want people who are willing, able and capable. ready,” Fedorchak said.

“The cost of everything, making a living, helping women manage their multiple roles, getting government out of their lives, helping to empower parents…these are women’s issues.”