The “former conservative” Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared in an October column that the “masculinity crisis” regularly bemoaned by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is “actually inside the GOP.” Rubin said, “Far from displaying the masculine virtues they imagine are endangered, Republicans have become the party of fearful men afraid to stand on principle.” She went on to cite David French, the senior editor of The Dispatch, and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as exemplars of real conservative courage for their willingness to stand up to toxic masculinity within the GOP.
Putting aside the risible claim that people like French and
