Tensions over the lack of women in GOP leadership flared last week amid reports that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had expressed a preference for Rep. Tom Emmer (Minn.) to lead the NRCC over Rep. Ann Wagner (Mo.) as she prepared to mount a bid for the post.
McCarthy denied discouraging Wagner; she said she understood from the Republican leader that he “had a different plan.”
“I respect that,” Wagner said Wednesday on Fox News. “And I decided, you know what, I’m not going to put my name in nomination. I want to be part of the team.” Emmer became the NRCC chairman.
Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked Wagner whether GOP men “get it” when it comes to the party’s problems with women.
“They need to get it, or we won’t have the majority again,” Wagner said.
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