Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson erupted after failing to block a bipartisan proxy voting bill allowing parental leave for lawmakers.
Despite once voting by proxy himself, Johnson called it “unconstitutional,” revealing GOP resistance to family-friendly policies.
Critics say this aligns with Trump-era efforts to push women out of public life, consistent with Project 2025’s goal of restoring “traditional families.”
Johnson’s move, including canceling House activity, exposed the contradiction in the GOP’s “pro-family” stance and highlighted deeper hostility to workplace flexibility and women’s equality.
The kind of people we’re talking about wouldn’t let you stay home with the kids.
They expect men to be killing themselves in un-safety-regulated jobs for the sake of increasing the wealth of the billionaires while all women stay home playing Suzy Homemaker and popping out white babies.
That’s their vision.
Why would any woman stay home when the husband is going to ditch you and leave you with no way to support yourself. Never rely on a husband.
To Republicans that’s a women problem. They’re trying to make no fault divorce illegal. And they’ll keep pushing beyond that as well, martial rape will be relagalized, women won’t have bank accounts, etc.
They’ll solve that by making divorce illegal, obviously.
This isn’t evening a joke. That’s actually part of their plan.
You okay? Did something happen to you?