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Central Mississippi Tea Party President Janis Lane said in “A Mississippi Tea Party Chat” (jfp.ms/teapartychat): “I’m really going to set you back here. Probably the biggest turn we ever made was when the women got the right to vote. Our country might have been better off if it was still just men voting. There is nothing worse than a bunch of mean, hateful women. They are diabolical in how than can skewer a person. I do not see that in men. The whole time I worked, I’d much rather have a male boss than a female boss. Double-minded, you never can trust them.”

YOU Respond:

Knolaust: “Please, in the name of all things holy, unholy, and in between, tell me this is satire. Please! Please!”

Blackwatch: “Ms. Lane took the cake. I didn’t think that their retrograde, self-loathing thinking would be so blatamly on display, but it is. Sadly, it seems the governor is listed among this ilk. What a shame.”

Lhaythri: “In the future, it would be great if you (Lane) could use your platform to share your politics without setting women’s rights back a century. I am speechless.”

Akwalker: “Ms. Lane, just with this one interview alone, you are single-handedly tearing down what you are trying to achieve. What an embarrassment.”

BethIsadora: “This is absolutely revolting. And hypocritical, since I’m assuming Lane feels she has the right to vote, just not the ‘mean, hateful women’ whose opinions differ from hers? OY.”

Billy_Bob_Neck: “Tell the truth and get mocked for it! God made Eve outta Adam and it was Eve who listened to the snake. Girls are STILL listening to snakes today!”

scottmcg: “I take it with her viewpoint on women that she would have no problem reverting back to the days of when she could be sold because women were only considered property. The most frightening thing in the world is ignorance in action and this woman shows she is a master at that skill. If she doesn’t think women should be allowed to vote, then she should be stopped from entering a booth on Nov 6th.”

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.