March 08, 2017 10:47 AM UTC

Colorado Senate GOP's "Women's Day" Tribute: Five Dudes

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• by: Colorado Pols

Today is International Women’s Day, and with all the tumult in American culture over women’s rights and dignity in the Donald Trump era, the holiday is getting quite a bit more attention than usual.

That includes a Women’s Day “tribute” video released today by Colorado Senate Republicans:

@owenjhill @JohnCooke4SD13 @RepSonnenberg @Chris_Holbert @NevilleforCO pay tribute to some strong #women in their lives #coleg #womensday pic.twitter.com/WuqOvLwYQ4

— Colorado Senate GOP (@ColoSenGOP) March 8, 2017

The GOP Colorado Senate Majority’s Women’s Day commemorative video you can watch above immediately raised eyebrows, and not just because the production value is well beneath the minimum standard of your local high school AV club.

For reasons we are unable to comprehend, Senate Republicans released a “Women’s Day” video that contains no women.

Join us in celebrating #IWD with the strong female leaders of our Democratic Caucus! #IWD17 #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/MYAXquA1Vt

— CO Senate Democrats (@COSenDem) March 8, 2017

As opposed to the Senate Democrats, proudly celebrating their record-setting nine-woman caucus today (above). It’s true that Senate Republicans don’t have nearly as many women in their caucus as Democrats, but highlighting that fact with this laughable “tribute” by a bunch of dudes really does nothing to improve the GOP’s already abysmal gender divide.

On the other hand, having Women’s Day “mansplained” by male Republican lawmakers is kind of, you know, perfect.