Overview
- Rep. Nancy Mace criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson for concentrating power and marginalizing rank-and-file Republicans, particularly women.
- She calls the GOP conference chair a token role for women and argues real decision-making resides elsewhere in leadership.
- She says leadership blocks votes on broadly supported measures, citing a stock-trading ban, term limits, and a national voter ID proposal.
- She highlights discharge petitions as the workaround members have used to force votes, pointing to efforts on the Epstein files and a trading ban.
- Johnson disputes that he has sidelined female members, calling the claims spurious and saying he is their biggest champion, as Mace runs for South Carolina governor and retirements and dissent strain the narrow GOP majority.