Female Republicans are calling on their maie colleagues to “step up” after a North Carolina runoff loss
A North Carolina runoff Tuesday was widely seen as a test of the GOP’s ability to elect more women in the Trump era — and Republicans failed.
“I think people are going to have to do more, yes,” McCarthy told reporters Wednesday. “But… a lot of people don’t normally get involved in primaries. It was a very telling case that she got so many people to endorse her.”Sign Up The back-to-back primary losses have raised questions about the GOP base’s willingness to promote women and what strategies party leaders should deploy beyond throwing money at races.
But hard-line conservatives rallied around Murphy, who is expected to join the House Freedom Caucus if elected. Meadows and Jordan, ring-leaders of the conservative group and some of Trump’s top allies on Capitol Hill, threw their weight behind Murphy. The Freedom Caucus’ electoral arm spent $236,000 on ads opposing Perry and painting Murphy as the anti-establishment candidate ready to fight against “the gators in the swamp.
“Ms. Stefanik and I have never had a conversation about potential Republican nominees from North Carolina,” Meadows said. “It is widely known that the Freedom Caucus recruits and is active in supporting candidates that represent the forgotten man and woman.”
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