THE UNSEEN STRONG WOMEN IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Friday Column
Cross Examination w/ Michael Klatt
3/15/19
When Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally announced that she had been “preyed upon and then raped by a superior [Air Force] officer” during a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing regarding the prevention of future cases of sexual assault in the United States armed forces, it was a struggle for her to keep back tears. Ms. McSally was the first female fighter pilot to see combat inside the United States Air Force, making history in 1991.
McSally should be a feminist hero - but she’s not. Why? It all lays within her political affiliation as a Republican. What’s more inspiring than a woman breaking barriers? “I was strong, but I felt powerless,” McSally spoke as she described these events to those in the Senate chamber on March 6. Senator McSally stated the prime reason she had not initially reported the event because “like so many women and men [she] didn’t trust the system” and went further on to explain that she was “ashamed and confused.”
This comes after Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa came forward claiming that she had been raped while attending college. She had also disclosed in the same interview with Bloomberg that her ex-husband had physically abused her. Ernst has “ always believed that every person is different and they will confront their [inner] demons when they’re ready.” Ernst voted to confirm Justice Kavanaugh in October because “the evidence and witnesses presented
by [Dr. Blasey-Ford] contradicted her story;” Senator Ernst also made it clear that her personal life and political affiliation are to remain separate.
Ernst, who seeks re-election in 2020, describes her new journey to stay incumbent in her positions as both and Iowa Senator and the fourth highest-ranking member of the Republican Party in the Senate and how she “[is] going to do it as a single woman” later stating that “people know [her] position now.” Ernst does not want people to change their opinions about her and that she is still “the same person [she was] last week” and that people now “know more about
what’s inside of [her] now.”
Any Democratic woman Senator would be not only applauded, but praised and believed immediately if they were to come out with any allegations of this particular sort. Why is it different for Republican women Senators? It’s a quite simple answer: women who support Donald Trump to any caliber aren’t to be believed by the left. Women like Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford were automatically met with praise and love by the left when accusing a confidant of President Trump, although the evidence is not always there. This is no longer a woman issue any more than a Democrat issue. The women of the Republican Party have proven time and time again that they are more trustworthy and truthful, with evidence to back it up, than their Democratic colleagues.
Michael Klatt is a weekly columnist for As a Matter of Fact.
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