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20-06-2025
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Young conservative women at summit declare ideology is 'empowering,' about knowing their 'God-given value'
Print Close By Elizabeth Heckman, Gabriel Hays Published June 20, 2025 Young women from across America attending the 2025 Young Women's Leadership Summit (YWLS) said that being a conservative woman means recognizing their God-given value and standing up for American principles even if they've become unpopular. Fox News Digital spoke to several young women at the summit last week about the traits they believe are quintessential to being a conservative woman today. Kelly, from Texas, told the outlet that being a conservative woman means "that we need to uphold America's values and our God-given value." KEY SCOTUS PARENTAL RIGHTS CASES DRAW MCMAHON, MOMS FOR LIBERTY TO RALLY ON COURT STEPS From June 13 to June 15 in Dallas, Texas, the summit hosted by Turning Point USA, featured speeches from prominent conservative leaders like TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, pro-life activist Lila Rose, and women's rights activist and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines. When asked what it means to be a conservative woman, Brianna from Texas told Fox it is "so empowering." Mentioning the Republican Party, she added, "And I just love everything that this party stands for and just really hits close to home for me, especially in Texas." Zairiyah from Texas said it means "loving your country, being powerful, and not afraid to speak up." Natasha, who traveled to the convention from Chicago, said it means "staying true to your values, never forgetting God wherever you are in the world… and being as feminine as you can possibly be." 'MAKE AMERICA HOT AGAIN' SOCIALS BRING YOUNG CONSERVATIVE SINGLES TOGETHER IN NEW YORK CITY Taryn from Los Angeles said that conservative women are "pro-economy, pro-family, pro-babies, pro-health." Emma, a Florida native, said conservative women are "strong and resilient and also nurturing at the same time." Several attendees stressed that being conservative is about not bending to peer pressure or to the will of the crowd. "It means to have strong values and to stand up for what you believe in and kind of go against the curve and not fall along with the crowd," Kate, also from Florida, said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Gabrielle, a Texas native who lives in Colorado, told Fox that being a conservative woman means "standing up for your faith and your values and just not backing down even when your whole state is against you or your whole city." Cassie from Texas said, "To me, it just means being vocal about your values, speaking your truth – like not being afraid of what maybe the media is portraying or like what people close to you are saying." Other young women mentioned how their Christian faith is integral to being a conservative woman. Pennsylvania native Jacinda told Fox, "Being a conservative woman means to me probably following like the principles of the Bible and what Jesus teaches, and just a lot of things like that because I feel like they align really well." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Grace from Florida added, "Holding up values, traditional values that come from the Bible and be able to carry those throughout every aspect of life, to be able to create a foundation for yourself and your family that carries out the Lord's message." Print Close URL
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28-05-2025
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LIZ PEEK: Conservative women scare Democrats like Hillary Clinton for good reason
Why do liberals like Hillary Clinton despise conservative women? Is it because we don't obey the media and academia puppeteers who demand we vote for Democrats? Is it because we do not necessarily think that abortion is the only issue of importance, and that perhaps national security, a sound economy and safe streets are equally critical? Or are they just jealous of people ready to compete on their own, without the safety net of DEI, even if they have two X chromosomes? Whatever the cause, attacks on Republican women, and especially those who voted for Donald Trump, have become especially nasty. Consider, for instance, the New York Times' fashion section. A reader recently wrote to Vanessa Friedman, self-appointed fashion guru and notorious Trump hater, asking, "Can I Wear a Sheath Dress Without Looking Like a MAGA Woman?" Friedman replied with a catty description of MAGA style as a "cross between a Fox newscaster and Miss Universe" that "underscores an almost cartoonish femininity that speaks to a relatively old-fashioned gender stereotype." And yes, a sheath dress is part of the "look." If you insist on wearing a simple, convenient (and attractive) sheath dress, says the fashion critic, you can avoid looking MAGA by keeping "your hair natural or messy." She continues, "Keep your makeup minimal and your heels low. Maybe wear boots or even flats or sneakers instead of pumps…" In other words, don't go for attractive, or feminine, because you might end up wearing your "politics on [your] sleeve," and looking like an "A.I.-generated member of a crowd." Friedman is no newcomer to Trump Derangement Syndrome or hating on conservative women. In 2016, she wrote a plaintive article bemoaning Hillary Clinton's loss to the newly-elected Donald Trump, saying fashion designers had so been looking forward to dressing the former Secretary of State (and presumably dismayed they were left with gorgeous ex-fashion model Melania.) She gushed over Clinton's ubiquitous shapeless pants suits, while fretting that Melania's clothes appeared "bought off the rack"; the horror! In the Times' theater of the absurd, Friedman plays court jester. Of course, the style critic plays to a crowd that cannot define what a woman is; how in the world would they know how to dress one? Friedman is not the only Mean Girl. Not long ago, Hillary Clinton was asked at a "conversation," at New York's 92nd Street Y, what advice she might give to the first woman to become president of the U.S. Clinton paused, and then answered, "Well, first of all, don't be a handmaiden to the patriarchy, which kind of eliminates every woman on the other side of the aisle, except for very few." Get it? Democrat women are powerful warriors, fending for themselves and not bowing to the "patriarchy," while Republican women are mere handmaidens, meekly bearing children and serving their dictatorial toxically masculine husbands. Considering that Hillary Clinton climbed to national prominence on the back of her husband Bill Clinton's political career, cynically stood by him despite numerous affairs and credible accusations of rape, it was a remarkably un-self-aware remark. It reminds us of Mark Cuban's equally insulting slap at GOP women, when he told the loony hosts of "The View" last year that former President Donald Trump is "never" around any "strong and intelligent women." He went on to say, "They're intimidating to [Trump]. He doesn't like to be challenged by them. Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can't have her around." It was an extraordinarily idiotic comment from Cuban. He must have forgotten that Trump picked Haley to be his ambassador to the UN and that he was also the first-ever candidate to have a woman – Kellyanne Conway -- run his campaign. And, one of the first to employ a female press secretary. I'd love to have Cuban sit down with Susie Wiles, Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem and Alina Habba and repeat those remarks; he might want to bring protection. GOP women shake Democrat rafters in the same way that conservative Blacks or Hispanics do; they are terrified that these groups will begin to question their allegiance to liberal orthodoxy. If they do, the Democratic Party is toast. In a recent podcast, former Obama adviser Dan Pfeiffer warned that Democrats' loss of Hispanic voters over recent election cycles could doom the party. In 2016, he noted, Hillary Clinton won over 70% of the Hispanic vote; last year, Kamala Harris bested Trump with a much narrower margin, receiving 56% of that group's vote. Harris eked out the win, but the slide in Latino support is worrisome for a political party dependent on women and minorities. In 2024, Democrats' slippage with Black and Hispanic voters was nearly plugged by the so-called gender gap, with roughly 55% of women turning out for Harris and 45% voting for Trump. Men were on the flip side. Since 1996, women have preferred Democrat candidates; the gender gap has ranged from 7 to 12 points; in the last election it ticked down. Interestingly, the gap prevailed long before abortion was on the ballot. Imagine the alarm bells that would sound if women began turning away from the increasingly left-wing Democrats. As more women enter the workforce, they may rebel over Democrats' insistence on ever-higher taxes and begin to focus more on economic issues. Last year, a month before the election, a KFF survey found inflation the most pressing concern for women; abortion tied with immigration as number three. Another problem for Democrats: young mothers are increasingly paying attention to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA initiatives. They don't want their babies eating carcinogenic food dyes or filling up with microplastics. Kennedy's assault on Big Food may turn out to be the Trump administration's most successful outreach to women yet.
