Inside the GOP’s Good Old Boys Club
Inside the GOP’s Good Old Boys Club  
Podcast: The Tara Palmeri Show
Published On: Sun Dec 14 2025
Description: Why does the Republican Party's old boys club keep sidelining its own women even as it holds total power in Washington? On this revealing episode of the Tara Palmeri Show, Steve Schmidt joins to dissect the GOP's deepening dysfunction—from a paralyzed Congress passing just 5% of introduced bills to the gender dynamics fueling internal revolt. They explore Mike Johnson's controversial brain science comments, women like Nancy Mace and Elise Stefanik speaking out against patriarchal leadership, tokenism in the ranks, and parallels to figures like Serena Joy in The Handmaid's Tale, while touching on broader issues of power, abuse, and moral clarity in the party. How do Republican women navigate demanding equal seats at a table built to exclude them? For more of her reporting, subscribe to her weekly newsletter, "The Red Letter." https://tarapalmeri.substack.com/ https://www.tarapalmeri.com/subscribe Latest from the Red Letter: https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/new-epstein-photos-what-they-really https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/trump-hates-socialismexcept-when https://www.tarapalmeri.com/p/inside-the-dojs-quiet-admission-the To support her mission of independent journalism, consider donating to her GoFundMe account: https://gofund.me/0c46f9a5 The Warning with Steve Schmidt: https://www.youtube.com/@UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw Steve Schmidt's substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/ Follow Steve Schmidt: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless reporters covering power and politics. She has 15 years of experience covering national politics and foreign affairs. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She started her career as a columnist for the Washington Examiner and then went on to report for the New York Post. She was a foreign correspondent for POLITICO Europe, where she covered international affairs, including Brexit. She hosted the Ringer's political podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win" and wrote a column for Puck. Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein, "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Tara currently hosts the Tara Palmeri Show. Listen to the 'Tara Palmeri Show': Apple https://apple.co/4lWeFuo iHeartRadio https://iheart.com/podcast/273622585/ Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/cdfe747e-54a2-47ae-9ec5-15957642e533/the-tara-palmeri-show Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3kgamV3lbZIGIHW2H0XUTR?si=1ffdbb566a964bc1 New videos from Tara are released 5PM EST on weekdays and Sunday https://www.youtube.com/@TaraPalmeri Follow Tara: https://www.instagram.com/tarapalmeri/ https://x.com/tarapalmeri https://www.tiktok.com/@tarapalmeri For inquiries, email: TaraPalmeriInfo@gmail.com #GOPDysfunction #RepublicanWomen #WomenInPolitics #MikeJohnson #EliseStefanik #NancyMace #MarjorieTaylorGreene #GOP #RepublicanParty #Politics #PoliticalPodcast #TaraPalmeriShow #TaraPalmeri #Conservative #MAGA Inside the GOP’s Good Old Boys Club Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to the Tara Palmeri Show 02:26 Steve Schmidt joins the Tara Palmeri Show 05:25 Mike Johnson's brain science comments 07:12 Nancy Mace calls out GOP leadership 10:03 Elise Stefanik and the Serena Joy parallel 13:05 Tokenism in the Republican Party 16:04 Moral clarity on Epstein 17:33 Trump attacks Megyn Kelly 23:17 Tension in Trump's inner circle 27:59 Obsession with women journalists 32:12 Integrity in journalism 34:09 Inspiration from muckrakers 42:52 Andrew Tate sprung from prison 46:27 Personal experiences with power imbalances 48:54 Admiring survivors 51:09 Plans for investigative reporting 59:07 Thanks for watching the Tara Palmeri Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices