Heather Higgins, CEO of Independent Women, joins this new episode of Real Talk to explore how the left uses victimhood politics to make women feel dependent on government, why defending women’s sports became a wake-up call for moms, and how bad policies on health care, childcare, and family leave often hurt the very women they claim to help. We also discuss why conservative women need to be willing to make “good trouble” and why women should not be forced into a one-size-fits-all vision of womanhood.
00:00 - Being a Conservative Troublemaker
02:24 - Why Independent Women Talks to Persuadable Voters
03:21 - How Independent Women Began After Clarence Thomas
05:02 - Why Women’s Sports Became a Defining Issue
08:58 - Did Women’s Sports Wake Up the Mama Bears?
11:09 - Who Is Pushing Radical Gender Ideology?
13:29 - What Has Changed for Women Since the Election?
15:39 - What Is Good About the One Big Beautiful Bill?
18:08 - Why Do Women Think Conservative Policies Are Anti-Woman?
19:13 - How the Left Uses the Victimhood Narrative
22:15 - Why Politicians Want Dependent Voters
24:22 - Should the Government Provide Paid Family Leave?
27:06 - Trump Accounts, Child Tax Credits, and Family Policy
30:14 - Why Childcare Is So Expensive
34:45 - The Violence Against Women Act and Gender Identity
37:02 - The Three P’s of Health Care Reform
40:43 - What Will Matter in the Midterms?
45:55 - Can Conservative Women Have Career and Family?
53:02 - What Does It Mean to Be Conservative Today?
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