Female GOPers Silent On Controversial NRCC Pelosi Remark

Sam Stein, with Reporting By Jenna Staul and Julian Hattem
HuffPost

In the two days since the National Republican Congressional Committee said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) should be "put in her place" for her comments on Afghanistan, not a single Republican female lawmaker has weighed in on the matter.

The Huffington Post on Wednesday contacted fifteen female lawmakers (fourteen from the House or Representatives) as well as two Republican women's issues groups to see if they were concerned by the sexist undertone of the statement. Not a single office offered to provide a statement. Several said they would not comment on the matter. Others promised to get back to us and didn't. So, on Thursday, we tried again, making follow-up calls to those very same offices. Again, there was silence.

"We don't comment on stuff like this," emailed Alex Cruz a spokesman for Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). "Thank you."


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