When Playboy, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Mic, Vice, Raw Story, and Jezebel all attack you — you must be doing something right.
Left-wing magazines loved that Chelsea Clinton is a “Lifetime Impact” honoree for doing literally nothing. However, they are piling on the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) for giving Vice President Mike Pence the “Working for Women” Award. He is set to get the award on Wednesday evening at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C.
Some of the attacks are funny. Playboy said the situation is like “an actual episode of Parks and Recreation in which Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, is passed over as her city’s ‘Woman of the Year’ in favor of her boss, Ron Swanson, a man.” Other attacks were angrier.
Jezebel called Pence, “a prolapsed anus in a hairpiece.” Raw Story said he “opposes the personal liberty of women.” NY Mag said he was “crusading against abortion rights.” Vice‘s headline read, “After Years of Undermining Women, Pence Will Receive ‘Working for Women’ Award.”
These articles cannot imagine why an organization would give an award to someone who isn’t liberal on what are perceived as “women’s issues.” Of course, IWF was the first to say “all issues are women’s issues.” That’s their point as an organization — fighting for women’s empowerment in all areas of governance.
Sabrina Schaffer, the Executive Director of IWF, sent Red Alert the following statement responding to these attacks:
IWF understands that there are women and their families who face challenges, which is why we produced our Working for Women report last year — which offers sensible policy reforms without growing government’s influence – and why we work tirelessly with lawmakers, policy experts, and the public to promote these ideas.
Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate and recognize women’s progress. America’s history as a land of opportunity has been crucial to women’s advancement — our dynamic, market-based economic system has helped ensure that women prosper and continue to break down barriers. And we want women’s progress to continue so they can choose their path to success and happiness.
IWF created the “Working for Women Award” to recognize public figures who have been consistent champions of the economic reforms that women need most: from reducing burdensome regulations to providing tax relief for workers and families to promoting educational freedom.
IWF decided to recognize Vice President Mike Pence because of his long commitment to advocating for limited government, free markets, and personal responsibility including rolling back heavy taxation and regulation, which will ultimately enable economic growth and human flourishing, and which is in line with IWF’s own mission statement.
For more on Vice President Pence’s record of working for women, please click here.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Editor’s wife works for IWF.
