Youngest GOP woman elected in 2020: 'Being in the minority at this point is just a mindset'

Though she’s nearly the same age as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest Republican woman elected to Congress in 2020, Kat Cammack, 32, from Florida, is under no illusions that she’ll grace the pages of a glitzy magazine like her Democrat colleague from the Bronx. 

Cammack is part of a record-setting group of at least 18 new GOP women set to enter Congress in January. The new GOP women include a daughter of Greek and Cuban immigrants, two Asian-Americans, a Ukrainian immigrant, and the first female graduate of the Citadel, a prominent military college in Charleston, S.C.

“You know, when I was in the airport yesterday, I look up and I see AOC [Ocasio-Cortez] on the cover of Vanity Fair, but yet no coverage for the incredible almost two dozen Republican women who have made it to Congress against all odds, and you just look at this election, for example,” Cammack told Just the News AM television program on Monday. “These women come from incredible backgrounds, incredible stories and very little coverage has happened for them, which is really a disappointment and a disservice to our country for all of those women out there who felt like for the last few years, they didn't have a voice on Capitol Hill.”

Cammack said she has personally witnessed media bias against her as a Republican woman, saying her hometown newspaper, the Gainesville Sun, was reluctant to cover her own win for Congress. 

“It's just something that we on the right, us as conservatives, we have grown used to, and we're finding creative ways that we can get our own message out through social media,” Cammack said. “For me personally, I've been chronicling an entire behind-the-scenes, freshman orientation campaign on Instagram, and so I encourage people to check it out if you were ever curious what happened behind the scenes. But we just have to fight back and really find ways to get creative. Because media bias is real.”

Cammack said she relished the forthcoming battles she expects in opposition to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, particularly because House Republicans in November's election eroded the Democratic majority.

“Honestly, being in the minority at this point is just a mindset,” Cammack said. “We are operating as though we have the capability to move legislation in the House, and I think you'll see that we're going to be more effective at getting things done, simply because the margin is so small … So that means that there's no opportunity for Nancy Pelosi to steamroll the republicans in the House.”

Cammack talked about her personal story, which she shared in a campaign ad telling the story of when her mother was pregnant with Cammack, her mother was advised by doctors to have an abortion. 

“When my mom was pregnant with me the doctors told her because she had had a stroke with my sister that she wouldn’t be able to have children again,” Cammack says in the video. “So, when she found out she was pregnant the doctors advised her to abort me. My grandmother advised her — begged and pleaded — to have me aborted. My mom said no. So, when given the choice, my mom chose life and that’s why I’m pro-life.”

Cammack said she’d advise any woman considering an abortion to realize there are other options, including adoption.

“You know there is always a choice, and there's so many resources out there for women who are struggling with a very, very difficult personal decision,” Cammack said. “And I encourage them to please choose life adoption is a great way for families that are struggling to really make their families whole and you have an option to really give life to another family so just know that there's a lot of people out there that will support you and again please consider life.”