Republican women recognize this is a serious problem. As another sign of the gender divide, Republican women will be limited in congressional leadership roles next year. Stefanik, who helped increase the number of GOP female candidates this cycle as the NRCC’s chair of recruitment, replied on Twitter. “I will continue speaking out abt the crisis level of GOP women in Congress & will try to lead and change that by supporting strong GOP women candidates through my leadership PAC,” she wrote. Still, GOP women in the upper chamber have never held a rank higher than conference chair.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2018 22:18 UTC