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Now that Ohio Sen. JD Vance has been elevated to the nationwide stage as Donald Trump\u2019s operating mate, we\u2019re getting an excellent take a look at simply how, nicely, <\/span>weird Republicans<\/span><\/a> are. Central to that weirdness is how overtly hostile they’re to girls.<\/span><\/p>\n Proper now, Vance is <\/span>garnering most of the headlines<\/span><\/a>\u2014and for good motive. His jibes about depressing \u201cchildless cat women\u201d and <\/span>working mothers<\/span><\/a> who \u201cshunt their children into crap daycare to allow them to get pleasure from extra \u2018freedom\u2019 within the paid labor pressure\u201d barely scratch the floor of his <\/span>anti-woman attitudes<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Vance\u2019s excessive misogyny is popping out to be a <\/span>drag on the GOP\u00a0 ticket<\/span><\/a>\u2014and an enormous downside for Trump. However Vance isn\u2019t the one one showing on ballots this fall whereas expressing the concept childless girls haven’t any price and subsequently shouldn\u2019t have a say in society. There are many GOP Senate candidates who’ve that very same basic downside with girls, and the highlight goes to activate them, too.<\/span><\/p>\n Take Nevada\u2019s Sam Brown and his lengthy historical past of <\/span>extreme anti-abortion<\/span><\/a> activism. He\u2019s been attempting desperately to stroll that again, however he can\u2019t stroll away from the actions he\u2019s taken and the deplorable issues he\u2019s stated.<\/span><\/p>\n Like when he was nonetheless dwelling in Texas and operating for the state legislature there. He misplaced after which <\/span>endorsed<\/span><\/a> one of many two girls who went on to the runoff as a result of, based on him, she was extra certified. That qualification? She had \u201cshared expertise\u201d in the neighborhood, he stated, whereas her opponent was \u201cnot married with youngsters to offer for or nurture.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When known as out on making such a baldly sexist assertion, he dug his gap even deeper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI might be basically disqualified from the definition of a sexist as a result of I\u2019m endorsing a lady,” he stated. He in all probability has a number of Black mates, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How sexist is Brown? The \u201cassets for girls\u201d part of his marketing campaign web site merely lists <\/span>crisis pregnancy centers<\/span><\/a>\u2014the well being care \u201cclinics\u201d tricking pregnant folks into pondering they\u2019re getting precise medical care.<\/span><\/p>\n In fact, it\u2019s not simply males who’re sexist. Living proof: Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake. Her <\/span>anti-woman policy positions<\/span><\/a> are dangerous sufficient, however they appear to spring from her basic perception that girls are lower than males. She has stated <\/span>again<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>again<\/span><\/a> that women and men aren\u2019t equal. It\u2019s a key theme for her.<\/span><\/p>\n In a June 2021 interview on \u201cYard Politics,\u201d Lake <\/span>repeated<\/span><\/a> that \u201cWe aren’t equal to males.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n In a November 2021 interview with the American Financial Affiliation, Lake <\/span>reiterated<\/span><\/a> that girls are \u201cbeing instructed [\u2026] to try, to be equal to males. And you understand what? We aren\u2019t equal to males.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n In an August 2022\u00a0 interview on \u201c<\/span>Louder With Crowder<\/span><\/a>\u201d that was since <\/span>deleted<\/span><\/a> on account of violations of YouTube\u2019s misinformation requirements, <\/span>Lake told<\/span><\/a> Steven Crowder, \u201cGod didn’t create us to be equal to males.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n In 2022, Lake even made a present out of vacuuming a rug that Trump would quickly seem on. This transfer garnered reward from Newsmax host Benny Johnson, who praised her \u201cservant management.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n