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Mike Lawler: “The Republican Party [has a gender balance rule]. If the…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Overtime with Bill Maher: David Hogg, Donna Brazile, Rep. Mike Lawler (HBO)

Published | Video Starts at 07:21

Not to bore people, but to get into the bureaucracy of the dnc. We have a gender balance rule at the DNC because of course we do. Equal balance. Okay. See, right away, by the way, The Republican Party [has a gender balance rule]. If the chair is a male, then the vice chair has to be a female. Well, what's interesting is that's even more progressive than our vision, which is that the chair doesn't count towards the gender balance rule that we have. (07:21–07:27)

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Asserts that the Republican Party has a gender balance rule for its leadership positions.

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