Sisterhood of the Spineless

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Republican congresswomen want credit for holding predators accountable — just not the one who owns their party.

Julie Roginsky

Washington hypocrisy often arrives wrapped in righteousness, preferably with a camera crew nearby.

This week’s entrants are the Republican congresswomen lauded as brave truth tellers because they have discovered that sexual misconduct in Congress is bad. The New York Times recently profiled Reps. Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace and Anna Paulina Luna, who have been loudly going after colleagues accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power. They are demanding resignations while positioning themselves as a new accountability caucus, the hard-charging women willing to say what the men in their party will not.

This is all to the good. Predators should be held accountable and abuse of power should be exposed. Survivors who choose to come forward should be heard. Congress should not be a taxpayer-subsidized frat house where misconduct gets buried under nondisclosure agreements, ethics loopholes and leadership cowardice.

But spare me the sainthood. If your courage stops at the gates of Mar-a-Lago, it is not courage. It is branding.

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