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It has been long rumored that the Republican Party has a woman problem, so much so that a few years ago, GOP congressmen sent aides to classes on how to talk to and about women.
Republicans didn’t learn much. Their articulation issues just got much worse, and there’s a name for the problem: Donald Trump. In addition to his many dubious accomplishments, the president has succeeded in nearly purging Republican women from the House of Representatives.
If this was supposed to be the year of the woman, it has been the year only of Democratic women. The blue wave washed away a significant number of strong female candidates on the GOP side — both incumbents and newcomers — likely leaving just 12, down from 23. (Though three races were still pending on Tuesday, Republicans had little hope their candidates would win in two of them.)
According to Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman, of the projected 31 members of the rising Republican freshman class, only one is a woman, compared with the Democrats’ projected freshman class of 61, of which 35 are women. Which means the Republican House just became a lot more of what it didn’t need to be — more male.
Democratic women cleaned house in suburban districts. With just a dozen women, this also means several committees and subcommittees will have no Republican women on them.
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If anything, Love’s and Comstock’s good judgment probably made their races closer than they otherwise would’ve been. Let there be no doubt, the midterms were about one thing — Trump — and Republican losses should be chalked up to him. He owns this election.
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