The Women's Conference Where Some Speakers Want Women to Lose the Vote
Summary
What happens when a movement dedicated to women’s leadership embraces ideas that would limit women’s power?
In this Daily Brief, Matthew Taylor examines the 2026 Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit, where anti-feminist rhetoric, Christian nationalist themes, and even discussions about repealing women’s suffrage collided with efforts to recruit and empower the next generation of conservative women.
Taylor traces the evolution of TPUSA from its Tea Party roots into one of the most influential organizations in MAGA politics and the religious right, exploring how figures like Erica Kirk and Savannah Stone embody the tensions at the heart of the movement. Along the way, he asks a pressing question: Can a political movement simultaneously mobilize women as leaders while advocating for increasingly patriarchal social norms?
As debates over gender, power, religion, and democracy continue to reshape American politics, the ideas emerging from events like the Turning Point Women’s Leadership Summit offer an important glimpse into where the Republican Party—and the broader conservative movement—may be headed next.
In this briefing:
* Erica Kirk’s first Women’s Leadership Summit as TPUSA leader
* The rise of anti-feminist rhetoric among young conservative influencers
* Why some figures on the right are advocating repeal of the 19th Amendment
* Turning Point USA’s growing influence within MAGA politics and the religious right
* What these developments reveal about the future of women’s roles in conservative politics and Christianity
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