Speaker Johnson Denies Gender Division Within GOP House Conference

Addressing Claims of Division

• 🗣️ Speaker Johnson directly addressed claims of a gender division within the GOP House conference, calling them a "spurless claim" with "no foundation whatsoever."
• 💡 He stated that many Republican women visited his office to offer encouragement, and more approached him recently.

Efforts to Empower Conference Members

• 🤝 Johnson emphasized his commitment to empowering all members of the conference, stating, "I love everybody I work with."
• 🚀 He highlighted his active recruitment and funding of Republican women, particularly conservatives, for Congress.
• 💰 Johnson mentioned that women in the conference have received an average of nearly half a million dollars each for their campaigns from his office, especially those on the "patriots list" in vulnerable districts.

Meritocracy and Support for Women

• ✅ Speaker Johnson asserted that the conference operates as a meritocracy and that there is "no gender division here at all."
• 🌟 He described the women in the conference as "great women doing great things" and declared himself their "biggest champion."
• 💬 Johnson suggested that speaking directly with the individual women in Congress would provide a "very different perspective" than off-the-record comments.