Katie Miller recently hosted a motherhood roundtable of sorts on her self-titled Katie Miller Podcast, featuring Senators Katie Britt, Marsha Blackburn, and Ashley Moody, along with Congresswoman Ashley Hinson and former NBCSunday Night Football sideline reporter/Minnesota Senate hopeful Michele Tafoya
The episode, named ‘The Right Squad America Actually Needs,’ covered everything from being a woman on Capitol Hill to trad grandmas. And while this pod squad’s content wasn’t overtly controversial (that is, depending on who you ask), Miller recently faced a parenting backlash after posting pregnancy pics of herself on Instagram.
Of course, Katie isn’t just a conservative podcaster. She’s also the wife of Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security, Stephen Miller. And while no one seemed to have an issue with the belly bump-baring photos, some critics weren’t fans of the caption: “The most feminist thing you can do is make babies.”
View this post on InstagramBut it looks like Katie put the comments aside for this podcast, sitting down with five powerful Washington, D.C. women to talk parenting. The conversation started with a question about where everyone stood on gentle parenting versus the old-school way of parenting. As you might expect, the old school style won out.
Ashley Hinson shared that she believes in “Tough love,” adding, “ I’m a boy mom, right? So, two boys, two teenage boys, which actually is the best training for serving in Congress is being a teenage boy mom because you really, you negotiate with unreasonable people all the time, which is what we do here.”
Hinson went on to joke, “And they smell bad. This place can smell bad from time to time.” But then (on a more serious note), continued, “And again, you have to hold firm, right? You have to stand for your principles. And I think so there’s a lot of synergy between being a mom, give something to a busy woman if you want it done. And that’s my approach to governing here in D.C.”
Miller moved the discussion to something she’s familiar with—the pressure of being a working mom within her conservative, traditional bubble, saying, “One of the criticisms I get a lot, especially as a younger mother, is that I choose to be a working mother while espousing views that you know women should have babies younger.” She continued, “And you know we talk a lot, especially among the Republican party, about the importance of family and family unit. How do you guys each square the circle of saying that I’m a working mom, but yet I’m telling other women that they should have babies as well?”
Hinson responded, “Women get asked the question, ' How are you going to do all of this with your kids?’, when men would never get asked that question. And at the door when I was out campaigning in my first race, I had a woman who actually said, “Oh, how dare you leave your children and go run for office.” And I actually said, “Well, it turns out they have a great father who is not their babysitter. He’s their father, and you just figure out how to get involved.”
Ashley Moody chimed in, “And I think it’s wonderful if you can commit that time and take time away from your work life and stay home. My mother stayed home with us for a very long time in our lives. I think it is amazing, and ther is a role for the mother that is so unique, so needed, and so necessary.
All of these political parents also seemed to understand the importance of being a role model. Blackburn explained, “Be a great example for your family, for your daughters, for your granddaughters, and other women. And show how you can purposefully and intentionally lead and have an impact on your community and your state and your country.” While Katie Britt added, “I certainly want to be that, um, kind of sort of model for my daughter, but I also want to be it for my son too. And I think it’s important for them to see women who are working to make it work.”
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