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for nothing. it is what i call the surrender caucus. a very a show which is highly rated program on sunday nights at 7:30 p.m. on fox news. we talk about this all the time. the decision not to contest to spending. all of the issues. that have barack obama produce a budget where he pulls back everything. the idea has been, if we say and do nothing, we will win. way to lose.l of a it has repercussions. i want is a quick word about my own party. i just want to say this. i described the two parties as the club party and the stupid party. and they have a lot in common. testimonythere was a
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from a democrat law professor, who said, i agree with barack obama, but you have no right to -- the deep constitution constitution. it will bothers me is, where was everyone else? no one else speaks up. i've seen the something ghazi. i've seen is on the irs, which is something that should frighten people. the people who paid the greatest price under president obama on the basis of his coalition which is blacks, hispanics, women, and young people have had the greatest loss of income. that is an issue that republicans have not been able to manage. this gets to the two parties. i just want to touch on a couple of rings. one is the rule of law. when harry reid decided to have a nuclear option, which he,
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president obama, biden, opposed. the republicans were trying to do it some years ago. if the president decides that he can rule without regard to the constitution, something that the majority of democrats do, let me tell you what the republicans did do. the republican leadership, led which ismcconnell, like the worst civil war general of all who managed to lose constantly. he is always surrendering to the democrats. what?ow sometimes you ought to stand up for the country. shut the senatese down. we will not function without unanimous consent. they could've said we will stand
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up for principles. and they did not. and they never do. [applause] let's not say re-think, and everything will work out for us. there is no position aware weather was in 1984. presumes that you can get by with doing what you wish. mean, and the lack of a consistent narrative. when the president said keep your health care if you like it, it was the greatest lie of the century. by the way, the american people have come to expect this. american people say the politicians today lie about everything big or small. it is not like they are just fibbing like they did in the past. it is threatening the democracy.
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i want to speak about the irs. the republican leadership is happy with the irs doing this. them,re threatened by just as democrats would be threatened by outsiders. -- johnwhy john weiner boehner has no committee investigating abuse. it they were serious about the irs, which should impact every god, thatbecause, my is a slippery slope. imagine what will happen in the future. the country does not think there should be there. they gave money to obama. they let the stuff going on.
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their allies in the establishment wanted to go on. that putinother day had taken his measure barack obama. and on political insiders the week before he did it, we predicted that he would invade. nobody else is doing that. we don't have time for history say on but i want to national security, there is nothing more important than mine ghazi. -- benghazi. i think john boehner cares about his country. it is about fourth or fifth on his list. when you have 180 members of the thislican caucus -- look, is not about politics. it is about truth. it it is a central truth that is not been addressed. where was the president that night? [applause] and who invented the talking points.
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heavend not descend from by a fairy godmother. let me say this, you know who i blame for this, it is not john boehner or cantor. they are taking you for a ride. they have 180 members. they can bring in the speaker, mr. rogers, and mccarthy, and say put in the special committee or be gone tomorrow, if they were serious. they are not serious. this is the problem with our politics. if bob woodruff or live this never would've happened. there are conservative --mentators on my network
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and this is not about politics. it is about the truth. two thirds of the american people believe there should be a select committee. 60% of democrats believe there should be. so what the hell is going on here? the political elite, the political class does not want it. i want to react now to what the future is. a system oriented liberals and conservatives, democrats and republicans. i am telling you there's a different paradigm. i will give you the first tenant of it. the first tenant was serious, where the president said do not cross the red line. syria, where the president
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said do not cross the red line. there was no organized movement. they just had, stop it. same thing with the nsa. we have people telling us how great it is that they are spying on you. and the young people are going, this is appalling. but we do not have that kind of division. there's a new paradigm. i have been involved in a research project, exploring -- i not here today to go through. i will tell you this. in that black bag -- in that blue bag, which one day will be a black bag is a candidate smith project grade it is about a new organizational politics. based on the 80% of american people who believe the american dream is harder to attain. the two thirds of americans who believe the system is rigged.
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if you are trying to work hard, you cannot achieve the american dream because the system is rigged. and the two thirds of americans who now believe that, if you work hard, you cannot succeed. you cannot make it. you cannot change yourself. this file it's everything we believe about america. people who5% of believe their children will have a lesser future than i they had. you are supposed to give your children better than you have. -- therell that idea will still be a united states but there will be no america. that is how we existed before government. of what to do -- but i'm going to redo a conclusion about what i'm working on. the american people believe the system is rigged, that it is corrupt grade these numbers are
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higher -- and i started this four years ago -- in the 80% or 90%. at least two thirds or 75% or more who believe the system is rigged. we need real free enterprise. the political class works against the people. we need new leadership grid and three quarters of the american people believe that the government does not operate with the consent of the people. that is a revolutionary moment. that is the difference between the reality of the current where we are dealing with an alternative universe, one of political media and establishment that reflects the current conditions, and another alternate universe, the markham people who reject that -- american people who reject that.
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they understand that if you do not fix this political system which is corrupt and broken and serve the people in it, you will never do with any of the problems you care about. they will never get solved. the corruption has got to be rooted out because of the poison in the country. most of all, we need a resurgence in america to return to the dominant true ideology of the american people, which is common sense. that is across the board grid i that 65%-75% of the american people are prepared to him must. i will tell you what they say. the political class and the media and those in the establishment dominate the country. the people are coming. they're coming for you. whether we are
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going to do that in a positive way. in 2040 or before then we are going to be visited by a politician none of you wish to have. that moment is at hand. moment as it was prior to the civil war. the change we're looking at will be divisive. whatever they claim to be, they live outside the beltway and are ready to reclaim their country because they have to. thank you. [applause] wow. this.t if these two guys were he won.nts, i would say
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>> that is all right. >> you are very good. you were great. i do not care what you say. if demographics are the future o of where the future is going to go, demographic destiny, and that is true, except when it is not true, and inyou live to the 20 40's united states you will live in a socialist america. this is something that neither 's consultants will tell you. it ruins their living. to believe that asians and hispanics vote democratic in such overwhelming numbers because they really want to
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believe in the kind of tough lines that conservatives give that self-reliance, smaller government, you're on your own unless you cannot help yourself, in which case, the community should help you. that line is not going to work grid i don't think there's anybody who believes that the reason that george w. bush won hispanics is that he persuaded hispanics that the capitalist model is the best model. plenty of hispanics come to the country because they want the capitalist model. and they do well. obviously, that is true of asians. but if you're looking at big numbers, look at the data. hook up away the boat is going. what does that tell you? -- look at the way the boat is going. what does that tell you?
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appealrepublicans got an directly to hispanics and asians , the republicans will bring them over, but on what basis? they believe in self-reliance and are of hispanic and asian origin, arty film away. that is why they came in. others came here for other reasons. they wanted opportunity, but in the welfare state that the united states is. does anybody deny it is a welfare state? i do not think so. where does this go? i would love to hear someone tell me, realistically, how the inevitable path to socialism can be stopped in our lifetime. do i see any hands? >> yeah. right here. what people want is what many people wanted for centuries.
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an opportunity to succeed. an opportunity to get a good education. better theiry to lot. socialism does not do that. socialism does not do that. it is the capitalist system with free markets and lower taxes i create that opportunity. >> where they voting democrat? >> because we have reached out enough. if people don't think they like you, they will not vote for you. of people ofinds different races, different creeds, different colors, and origins in our coalition. >> how do we get them? >> let me jump in here. >> we can never win them. this is the failure of the republican party. when you convince people you are against them and not for them, they will not vote for you. the fact of the matter is when i spoke about the candidates in the project, the overwhelming
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majority included women, single women, black people, hispanics. these people want the american dream. when you have 94% of the american people who believe the economic policies of both parties have failed and do not deliver better opportunity, what gets feathered is the top where there is capitalism or the people with money. that is what they fear. when the party space for the people with passion, as opposed to preserving arrangements, that is a you change it. the way things are going, the voters are going to vote for somebody who claims to be for them. [applause] agree with him so desperately. in a way, i do. the future lies with the republican party, not the democrats. we know where the democratic party is taking us. we know where the republican party says it wants to take us. a republican standup,
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ted cruz, or a rand paul, stand up and does something and is willing to go down fighting, knowing he is going to lose, but standing up for principles to exclaim to the electorate what the republican, conservative, thetalist principles are, party unite against them, makes fun of them, says he or she is the press is the same thing. then everybody piles on. and everybody believes, therefore, that if the republican party really stands up for the principles of smaller government and individual responsibility, candidates like that will lose and take the party down with them. it the republican party is the and ifpe for the future, the leadership insists on , fellowng, ridiculing
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republicans who stand up for principles, then where's the future, socialism. >> i have to dissent. either the republican party will reform or it is going the way of the winds. i am sorry. there will be some other coalition to speak to what is there. you cannot suppress the dissent in america, which is what the political astonishment of both parties does. you are right. when people stand up for principles -- the republican party laid down on the debt and spending limits. they did not even protect because theyions decided if we just lay down we will win. you know what? is, more than 60% of republicans are willing to leave their party immediately. it is not about parties. it is about your country.
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the political class in this town engorged itself by looting the country. they put party and have country. they put politics ahead of principles. and they put up religion access ahead of patriotism. [applause] >> i think we agree that he has caught the temper of the times in this room. thank you. we will not agree on the future. i hope you're right. >> it is more hopeful than you think it is. >> good. thank you you all. the kind of music just as your
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[applause] on our panel today, you hear them trended to be americans up into one group against another. women against men. gays against straights. blacks against whites. dogs against cats. right? this is the panel all women. you will know these women. they are working in a variety of ways. think tanks. political commentators. they are in the arena. they make the difference. how many of you are fighting for the country because of your mother? yeah? for your sister? for yourself? this is it. when our lives get better as women, everybody's life get better, right? when the world wants reform, turns to women. that is because of the
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understanding of the quality of life. how many of you have loved one serving in the military? yeah? you want a commander in chief that has a set of rules that allows the loved one to kill the enemy when they can, don't you? how it has been the boys who have been infantilizing this nation. we know about babies. we know have a grub. we understand about the economy, don't we? you or your children to live under your reef, not in the back seat of your car. you want to take your child to a pediatrician, not a community health care center that takes three months to get an appointment when you do not know what is wrong. if the levels watching this program -- it would probably be helpful advice didn't still for a second -- are excited because
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they see weak men running the republican party. pants on fort your the conservative women who will take this country back. for the men in the audience, i know, i see some the men starting to look little frightened. [laughter] us you guys going to be with as partners in the third manager -- adventure? are you going to stand next to the woman you love, and the women part of your life, the women you do not know yet? you to theoduce panel as an example of the kind of women who are fighting for you and who will, as they work through think tanks, you with media and commentary, help shape public opinion, and entered the arena themselves. theina schaeffer is director of the independent women's form. she's a contributor to forbes.
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her background is in public opinion research. her values are limited government, personal liberty, and economic freedom. there she is. i told you to put on your seatbelts. crystal right is a triple threat. woman, and aack republican living in a democrat nominated city. she is a communications consultant. editor and publisher of conservative black chicks.com. will you remember the name? you can remember that. [applause] woman you're more than smile with who has been helping to save the nation. .ate open chain -- ope
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she is the vice president of the young america's foundation. she was the chair of the republican party of virginia from 2002 to 3006. she was the first woman to serve in a post. you can see her and talk soup, as well. and perhaps of the grubman college campus. -- on your college campus. and a young woman in the arena. garcia. she serves in the house of representatives, the republican national committee named a rising star last year. she is a candidate again. she is running for the second congressional district. as i move over here to manage his conversation, to all of you remember 2010? yeah. ages for the first time in voted in the majority for a conservative candidate could we mattered in that election. we took that election. we will take 2014, as well.
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>> that is right. >> we hope so. we will have a few comments from each of the women. and we will have our own, the five. we do not need bob eckel, do we? >> no. >> we were talking earlier about the nature of your work, sabrina. here's a town full of women. there are some more on women. left ring that was. what is it about gender differences? >> we need to talk seriously to women and realize that that is not gender politics. so many conservatives respect that many women are different. how many you kids?
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i have girls and the sun. they're different. the girls love their pretty in pink culture. a son will kill anything with one inch radius of them. we embrace the differences. in the political sphere, we forget around it. the way that men and women respond to messages, their intrinsic values, they will be different. we are equal, but we are different. >> i've so may questions already in my head. i know a lot of you do, as well. when we think about differences imagery, we have a focus of needing to take the nation back -- to do that it involves collections. what about women in the vote? for midterm women voted as the majority for conservatives. they were not organized to do
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it. nobody told them to do it. we did it because it was important. what about the upcoming midterm vote? >> the republican party does not have a great record with women. mitt romney lost by 10 percentage points. it is an optics problem. why do we allow men to talk about our issues? too about child-rearing, reproductive rights, what is happening in the home? why do we have men in our party talking and not great terms that is not helpful when you're talking about race, ends bond to a as abortions, i will not visit the names of these folks, you see great woman on the stage right now. aboutduct very well women's issues because we are moms, we are independent business we're running for office. at a basic minimum it is an optics issue. we rate women in congress. we need more.
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we have 19 women serving in the house of representatives. we have great governors. we have four senators. why want the republican party get it? let us put our faith out there. otherwise, i've got news for you. the democrats are changing. 4/10 households with kids under the age of 18 are headed by single women. we had to stop sending a subliminal message that if you and bearing kids than people like men who do have children. you know i am do not have children? because that tells me to be whatever kind of woman i want to be grade that is a great point. that is a great transition to the issue of messaging. for us as women, we are dealing with a dynamic here where the conservative ideal is what allows people to live the life they want to live. none of us are the same.
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we are all going to make different kinds of choices. it is only the conservative ideal that allows that. you, kate, what when it comes to how to confront what was laid out, would you say? women meme,war on people are saying, and has run its course. the messaging doesn't work. that is our head in the sand, folks. in virginia and the last election cycle, we got kicked by nine points. ken cuccinelli was by nine points. he lost on the war on women attack could get the ideas on our side. we can articulate. there's a vacuum when it comes to women's issues. if women in america think that republicans and conservatives hate them, they are not going to vote for them. it doesn't matter what they believe on economic policy.
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asare being for trade misogynist. and with that they are not going to vote for us. what we did in virginia was a huge mistake. i hope every candidate takes note of it. every time a women's issue was mentioned, a vicious baseless attack, you not our guy did? our candidate for governor did? he did nothing. he did not respond. the message was, do not talk about it. women don't care. they don't hear you talk about it. don't talk about it. you have to respond when somebody hurls vicious invectives that you. the violence against women fact. prime example. if somebody says ken cuccinelli as opposed to the violence against women act and he talks about economic policy, that is just hang out there. wait a minute, he doesn't care about women being safe? we need to say, i believe in
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genuine protection. i do not believe in paying trial lawyers, which is what the violence against women act was all about. this is my proposal for combating violence against women. do not leave the myths hanging out there. know -- if youl have been around, it is been at least 50% women. .f you see the audience do you see the young people also? the reason there is his attempt to cast republicans in that way is because they know women matter. you will vote for your family and the economy. you're not going out there we can smokegreat, pot now, too bad we live in the back seat of our car. these are basic things that speak to the future of what we are doing. all generations, whether it is about health care or the economy, or anything else, it is
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interesting -- now we go to you marry linda, the nature that men are running but not even being advised by women. we talk about the number of women in office. but you have an interesting story. you are a young woman, a minority woman, and you ran and won. you are again. how did that work for you? >> as a college student, i had my republican values intact. i believe in personal responsibility, individual freedom, opportunity, all those good things that resonate. >> president, 2016. we have a right here. >> the basic civic responsibility was to vote and elect candidates and get involved in campaigns for those who represent my values. when i graduated from college i thought, let me get involved in a midterm election. my take away, and what i try to do now, is point out that
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someone suggested to me, wait a minute, instead of helping, why don't you run? that thought never crossed my mind before. there's a lot of data from the private sector and public sector, that women are less likely to ask for a raise, to ask for promotion, and run for office. thinking, you know, i should be president. women are busy doing all the important things they do. they volunteer because they're passionate about an issue or whatever the case may be. i story is iran, and through i was able to ply those policies and be effective and i policies -- apply those policies in thoseective in policies.
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i'm going on eight years. thank you. [applause] i found that working on the reforms, i've been able to achieving continued to work on this in my state. my federal representative is part of an adversarial federal government. now's the time to try to stop the obstacles from my development from being mandated for washington. i decided to run for congress, i guess my first term liberal congressman. that is what i'm doing now. thank you for that. we have a general sense here that these are women you are from ireland. you can relate to them. this is not unusual. there are powerful women everywhere. while womenction, were important, it was the
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messaging from women to the rest of the country. let's open it up for conversation. let me put this out there. we know what the problem is, right you guys? there are some weird attempt by people that these things can be controlled by polls, or strategy, or there's some genius out there, the einstein of politics is going to explain how to speak to women. is men about that we understand what those messages are? sabrina is a part of your message? >> yes and no. we are outnumbered and outspent. emily's list. the national women's law center. women's voices, women vote. the list goes on and on. the amount of resources they have, we are like little pill bugs to the big earl appeared
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emily's list raised $52 million. they have over a decade of serious social science research into how to reach women. i do not think we need to go to those lengths. there is a lot that we can guess that. the we are not in the position to guess anymore. to find out what actually most women. that men andu women do not respond the same. they might want the same thing. lee terry but the research we did good when you talk to women security,rving social that is what gets them to 12 cut back on spending. i want the security. we go withwhere women know. isn't about that we know about the economy? we know about safety for our families because our children go to war. we were about whether they are warm or whether there's enough
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money. look at the page x, your bank account, your health insurance has gone up. we are not -- think back to the 2012 election when obama was recruiting female celebrities. he was presenting government panacea that all women want. mitt romney was silent. of you have a stage full right women doing different things. we could say, do you want to be dependent on government? your point, the economic policies of individual empowerment work as a woman, minority, gay person, or straight person. we are not talking about pushing back in the messaging. there is money there.
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-- and i dothers agree with what sabrina was the koch but th brothers are putting him millions of dollars. but they are not using the talented aspects. one poll to wrap this up. there was a poll that found that the defect percent of americans think the gop does not understand women. when you call women alone? it goes to like 60% of women in america think we do not understand women. i'm going to say something that is going to upset people, but, hey i try to put it up there. part of that is basic optics. how do we start this conference with one gender representing the conservative party? there was one gender representing the party. the womennot have all on one day. it is great we of women, but we
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need to mix it up a little bit. andwe need to have women minorities see themselves reflected in the face of the party. [applause] >> for you watching at home, and for you he or, this is not a spectator sport, is it? it is about being hard. you know us, but you know the powerful women in your own life. you are a powerful woman. make them hear you when it comes to how we proceed. >> i want to say something about the. we need by and for men and women within the movement. ,e need everyone to understand though statistics you just heard are damming for conservatism. if women do not think that we represent them, we've to do something about that. i know were a lot of folks are coming from. 10 years ago, i would've said, i am not talking differently to women. i believe in fundamental ideas. >> me too. >> i have changed on that.
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women think we don't represent them. we need to change how we talked women. women. to are we reaching up to women? gun control. do you want your daughters to be defenseless and not be a will to defend themselves? >> that is a woman's issue. >> but we run away from it. i want to say one thing about what she said about running for office, how women need a little lecture push. she is right. i started a women's leadership training program. said, -- 25i successful women would run for office? up.timid tiny hand went that was after eight months of training and how to network and raise money. i said how many of you would run
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for office, every hand shot up proudly and boldly in the air. we need those women to run for office. that is the key. we have the message, though we lack the messengers, not because they don't exist, but because they're busy doing other things of value in society, and in our public sphere. what we have to do is get them to channel that and run for office. that way it is not artificial we say, ok, we need a woman and we need to use her face. like obama did with celebrities. that is not what we want. we want to take the flotilla we have and empower the women. we need to ask them to run. we have got to back them up. they're going to be attacked more viciously than any of the male candidates. the men have to be backing them up, whether you like them or not. -- back them up.
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ourselves.cond guess we do not want to take a leadership role because we are socialized not to. 26% of all the funds raised during the midterm election. pull-up those wallets. any women running, give them five dollars for pete sake. that is a gallon of ice cream. you're going to learn how to reach all these women. it will be someone like her from utah the take the country back, right? midterm of 2010 and the coming up, women made that historic revolution happen. women led the tea party, which are the stakeholders of the country, speaking about economic issues, about our families,
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canada translate to 2014 -- can that translate to 2014? detailed response. what about the point of view of women at the ground level, at the foundation when it comes to what we understand extinction instinctually? >> we saw the gender gap close. that scared democrats. no doubt heard it is going back to the message. it is about not running away. , remember in the 2010 election , and she a question was unprepared. guess what? of republican9% candidates are still unprepared to answer that question, to talk about the wage gap, they are uncomfortable because maybe they great intro toa
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it. this good discrimination exist? yes. we have the start wrapping our minds around this, getting comfortable with it, and getting out there, whether you are man or woman. we stop a lot of men in office. >> is not the difference between a conservative message in the liberal message? difficult. women are required. we are not moving forward as victims. we are moving forward as congress. attitude ofiberal wanting them to infantilize us. >> that is the message. they do the same thing with blacks. blacks are helpless. life cannot advance, unless we have government to carry us along. is, theto commit that
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life of julia should be insulting to any woman. why did not mid grommet say that -- mitt romney say that? why didn't an actual woman say, i am insulted. julian never had a man in her life. should a baby out of wedlock good this is where we went with blacks and women. we talk about marriage, not to say that sometimes divorce happens, and you're widowed. but we need to talk about the benefits of intact families, especially when it comes to minority women. let me give you a really quick statistic. it is heritage that did some research around this, or maybe it was brookings. the power of marriage to give in this a foothold world is irreplaceable. two parents will make sure the child is the hallmark, graduate high school, and we know the advantages.
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when a woman has a baby out of wedlock, she will never earn as much as a woman who is married and widowed or divorced. that is our platform, right? we should talk about these issues in a compassionate way. education. young, single moms get their kids out of failing schools. >> it is about educational empowerment. >> the justice department is trying to kill the voucher program in louisiana. >> this is the connection, as conservatives. we want personal freedom, financial freedom, and that these are the kind of connections that make that possible. >> i want to follow up on that. when we talk about these things that are relevant to every woman, regardless of hardy, regardless of complexion or sexual orientation, whoever you are, these things matter.
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both of you are in the arena. what makes the difference? is it women advising candidates? what makes the difference for the man or woman? just anyy, it is not woman for the president, it is the right woman. that.n to >> this is about the right woman who understands about economic freedom. how to we break free from this problem? >> you make a great point. we are not appear saying we need to get any women up. we are talking unprincipled, conservative women. i've been talking a lot about articulating a positive message, and a freedom message for message. they are more than the sum of their body parts. we need to go on offense. we need to attack. high are at an all-time
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for poverty rates right now. we need to point out the destruction of leftist policies on women in particular. a lot of times we conservative insensitive to single women. divorced women, i am one of them, and it can be rough. there economic circumstances are being decimated by barack obama. he is intentionally doing that. an all-time high poverty rate for single women. a lack of opportunity for getting a job. they are not hiring because of the regulations. but stock about how this impacts individual women. for pete's sake, let's go on offense. we have got to be advising our mail candidates how to talk about these things. we cannot have any stupid comments this year, ok? no stupid comments. think. [applause]
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you might think you're being funny, but think before you make comments. can it be used to play into the war on women mantra? we need to go on offense. >> the issue is we don't have control of the media. there are great outlets like the andington times, fox news, investor business daily, but it is an unfair playing field. we know that. that is what makes republicans and conservatives better candidates. we have to be, right? if you're in the field or in the look, you guys are getting sarah palin up. a little bit. [applause] there is a reason why women candidates resume. you are in the arena. and as a result, you are a role model. you're not a bureaucrat.
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how does this translate when it comes to your power? this is about power, ladies, right? how has this affected you in your work? >> i had an instance when i first entered the race. within 24 hours i was attacked on twitter from a democratic colleague. >> of course. those feminists. >> they made references to me and my physical appearance. letterad a fund-raising come out. and they all commented on me as a threat because of my values, they said. but we know because of what i am body. the way i responded to that, and which i think is true and something we have to take him point out, people are upset with gridlock in washington, and the
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lack of good people up there, and all the things they say. , as a society, and particularly, coming from the us onwhy do they attack petty and personal things? this is the reason why good people do not run for office. this is a reason why women do not run for office. who wants to deal with that kind of thing? [applause] >> you raise a great point. and there were reprehensible said about you. and there were women and women of color who went through that. they do this because the left wants you out because you break the stereotype that minorities are supposed to be with the democratic party. you're supposed to be enslaved. women, butust
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really, where are the men in our party leadership. they need to come out quickly and swiftly. >> michele bachmann? did they ever defend michele bachmann? >> it is never cold talk about race and laugh. and you have to come to the defense of women like her when they are out there. like you said, women do not want to run. it is just going to discourage them. we need leadership to condemn this crap. seriously. i am sorry. the actions need to be caught up. it has to be said it is not about the commiseration. -- victimization. it is not about that. it is saying, i am going to represent the and to that. i am going to keep fighting. it does not matter what people say about me.
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and it is about the overwhelming support and feedback. >> sabrina, we will go to you on this. this is beyond ourselves in a big way. we have to move into an uncomfortable zone in finding our better selves and more aggressive cells. selves. if your home is in trouble, if your children are in trouble, there's something inside you that would frighten them. there's something animal and there. to be powerful, to be secure, to be in control, we do it with a smile, while being as attractive as we can be, right? is that what we see? we do not have to become like the left. and use themlues
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to take this country back great -- back. >> i know we're running low on time. we need to embrace the idea of fairness. the left does not own that idea. fairness is the best predictor of a woman's support for big government. that is more than her gender, more than age, more than any demographic variable. a perception of fairness and equal opportunity versus equal outcome. she will support laws like the paycheck fairness act. we have to turn the conversation around. is it fair that you have to sell your house to change the school that your child is going to? is it fair that we have a $17 trillion debt settled on our children? no. i have a husband. i have a father. i have a son.
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we do not live in a vacuum. what is good for me is good for the men in my life and vice versa. we have to stand up for work in. they're being beat up on stage. that is absurd. >> how can people find out more about what you're up to? >> iwf.org. >> and you can order my book at the bookstore. >> fabulous. >> we as a party, what do you talk about women, men, straight people, gay people, i do not care what. we need to talk about what we are for as a republican party. i know others have said this. [applause] i was sitting in the audience watching senator paul speak yesterday, and i sat next to a woman. she and i had a conversation about what we are taught met today. she felt alienated. she was frustrated. she asked, what should i do?
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i fill a cabin up our. it is sad that so many women in our party so powerless. i told her to get involved in your state party or county party. i do not care what. make some noise. let them know that you mean business. your vote counts. look at all the great women year. we matter. businesso make our card. with the demand seats at the table. if we don't, we will not have more young women into the party. we need young women. she is the future. involvedge you all, it . embrace and women. tell them what we are for. we are for you achieving the american dream. we want economic empowerment. we are for a lot of things. government is not the way. government is bankrupt. the piggy bank is bankrupt. if you want to be a millionaire, you have got to do it on your own. we have the policies to help you do that.
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>> it is about empowering women versus victimizing them. reminding us that we are the ones in charge. liberals do not want you to remember that. because then you would take the country back. chick.com.ativeblack mothers andves and daughters. nobody needs to be threatened by any of this. the men in our moment, i think you get. at least those of you here, your clapping. in order for conservatism to andve, we have to take over embrace women. we have to elevate and support them. there are so many ways we can do that. one is by supporting the conservative movement. the policy institute.
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they're elevating, promoting, and encouraging young women leaders to get out there and take leadership. there are many of them. i mean it when i say we need buy-in. we need by and. -- buy in. they are amazing. we need buy-in from the leadership in congress. we need more women, conservative women, as heads of committee. where are some of these women who are incredible? marsha blackburn is incredible. there are women in congress that should be out there when free contraception is being talked about. women, talk about these issues. men, but wer white have to promote our women in order to start resonating and in order to start listening to us.

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