Woman Who Said 'Females' Should Not Hold Elected Office Now Wants To Be Elected To Office

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Mylie Biggs, daughter of Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), is running for a seat in the Arizona state legislature despite once having opined that a woman's rightful place is in the home, the Phoenix New Times reported Wednesday.
It was not some throwaway, long-ago remark — Mylie Biggs allowed the words 'I don't know if females should be in office' to escape her mouth in a podcast episode released exactly one year ago, on Aug. 6, 2024.
The New Times appeared to have gone back to investigate Biggs' public commentary after she announced her candidacy on X in late June.
Like her father, she is running as a Republican.
Biggs made her remarks about female politicians during an appearance on 'The Matty McCurdy Program,' which bills itself as a place for 'real conversations about life.'
'Honestly, I don't know if I would vote for any female. I don't know if females should be in office,' she said with a laugh.
Biggs got on the topic after referring to then-Vice President Kamala Harris as a 'DEI hire' and saying that the only woman she would vote for would be right-wing commentator Candace Owens.
Then Biggs doubled down.
'I don't think women should hold office, in general. Like, it's a man's position. That's my stance. I think women should, you know, run the home,' she said.
Her male companions offered no objection.
'There's so many videos on even TikTok where so many girls are waking up and are like, whoever fought for my right to work, like, I hate them,' Biggs said.
'I hate a 9-to-5 schedule,' she went on. 'Like, I get home and I don't want to do anything else. Women aren't built for this. I just want to be a wife. I just want to be a mom.'
'I'm not trying to be sexist in any way,' she added, after earlier stating that a woman in high public office would likely not garner respect from leaders of countries in the Middle East.
The problem, Biggs asserted, is that 'modern feminism' has 'transformed incredibly in the past few years.'
It started with the right to vote — in 1920 — 'and went rampant from there,' she claimed.
Biggs has not yet publicly addressed the New Times story. She did not immediately reply to a request for comment from HuffPost.
When she announced her intent to run on X, Biggs included a quote from former President Ronald Reagan about liberty and personal freedom: 'It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.'
'My parents taught me to love my country, the Constitution, and to value my freedoms,' Biggs wrote. 'I've watched so many good people in my life serve this country in the military and in public office. I too seek to serve.'
The New Times reported that Biggs has filed paperwork signaling her intent to run but missed a campaign finance deadline.
Rep. Andy Biggs once occupied the very same state Senate seat that his daughter now seeks, representing a swath of Maricopa County — which was central to President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The elder Biggs has been a staunch supporter of Trump, going so far as to defend the president's supporters' riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and to use his vote to shield Trump from the release of investigative material related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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