For the first time since the 114th Republican-led Congress, it appears that there won't be any women leading House committees, Bloomberg Government reported. Republicans have already named who they intend to take over each committee, but it won't be official until all members are sworn in on Jan. 3....
  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    “We’ve never been the party that was about checking boxes or identity politics, but the difference is we have women that are qualified to be chairs, and I don’t know why there wasn’t one who was able to become a chairperson of a committee," she added.

    Translation: “I never cared that my party discriminated against other people, but now they’re doing it to meeeeee!”

    • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      10 days ago

      I know that hypocrisy is their whole thing, but it’s still hard to wrap my mind around a Republican genuinely believing that they’re not about identity politics, as if that isn’t what their entire platform is based on.

      • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
        4·
        10 days ago

        Republicans have always been fans of turning real things into incorrectly used buzz words. “Identity politics” means “changing the status quo to include others,” and so only applies to Democrats. “Catering exclusively to bigoted white Christian nationalists who openly want to establish a theocracy” doesn’t count by that metric.