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Do we want more Republican women in Congress?

When gender parity butts up against feminism

Jill Filipovic
Nov 13, 2020
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Pete, in contortions, doing his best impression of a right-wing woman

The numbers are still coming in, but one result of the 2020 Congressional races is clear: Republican women gained a record number of seats.

This “record” is still pretty pathetic: Republican women went from holding less than 3 percent of House seats to holding… 6 percent. Not exactly a…

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