Scalise backs Stefaniks push to help GOP women in primaries

(The Hill) House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) threw his support behind Rep. Elise Stefaniks (R-N.Y.) push to help more Republican women win their primary races on Friday. Thank you for leading on this @EliseStefanik. We need more talented women like you in Congress. Im proud to support your efforts he tweeted in response to the New York Republican warning the number of female GOP lawmakers in the House has reached crisis levels." Just 13 Republican women are slated to serve in the lower chamber in the 116th Congress down from 23. Scalises comments come after Stefanik blasted Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) the newly elected chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) for his remarks to Roll Call saying he believed it would be a mistake" for her to intervene in primaries. .