Former GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock Warns Female Republicans About Being Party's 'Handmaiden'

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Former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock warned her fellow female Republicans about being a "handmaiden" to the House GOP conference as the party is set to oust Representative Liz Cheney as conference chair.

On Wednesday, Comstock defended Cheney amid reports that House Republicans plan to replace the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress as she continues to push back against former president Donald Trump and his false claims about election fraud.

"All Liz Cheney did is say what Attorney General Bill Barr said, that there wasn't election fraud. She would not embrace the big lie," Comstock told CNN's New Day.

"I think this is a mistake. It's a bad message," she added. "I say 'whoa' to any woman who wants to be a handmaiden to this and to get a leadership spot on the heels of really something that is unseemly. To embrace the big lie."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-gop-rep-barbara-comstock-warns-female-republicans-about-being-partys-handmaiden/ar-BB1go7T9

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[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Rightly so..and if those handmaidens think they are safe..think again..n/t

[jcgoldie]

2. Wanna talk about gop handmaidens

... how about all the female gop state reps in idaho who doxxed the 19 year old intern who was raped by von Ehlinger before he resigned. That story made me completely nauseous.

[multigraincracker]

3. That's what I was thinking. Might use the treatment of Liz to

sway re-Publican women to change party votes. Lets swing out those Big Tent doors to them.

[MagickMuffin]

4. Gee, let me guess Liz will be replaced by Marg

It would not surprise me one bit.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Given that handmaidens OBEY, should not be a problem...

But I get the gist of what Barbara Comstock is saying here. Republican ideology and Republican women in office do not mix. Liz Cheney is proof of that. Especially women with opinions contrary to the party line at this juncture on this issue.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Well, in fairness, there are no Republican men on the national scene that will tell the truth.

I'll give Liz credit for having more guts than 95% of her male colleagues.

[gratuitous]

6. The key here is that Comstock is a former congresswoman

She can be safely ignored by the current Republicans in Congress. It is now a screen to leadership in the Republican caucus that a person must believe and propagate a lie.