Inside the GOP’s Good Old Boys Club

Why does the Republican Party's old boys club keep sidelining its own women even as it holds total power in Washington?

On this revealing episode of the Tara Palmeri Show, Steve Schmidt joins to dissect the GOP's deepening dysfunction—from a paralyzed Congress passing just 5% of introduced bills to the gender dynamics fueling internal revolt. They explore Mike Johnson's controversial brain science comments, women like Nancy Mace and Elise Stefanik speaking out against patriarchal leadership, tokenism in the ranks, and parallels to figures like Serena Joy in The Handmaid's Tale, while touching on broader issues of power, abuse, and moral clarity in the party.

How do Republican women navigate demanding equal seats at a table built to exclude them?

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