Conservative podcaster Jayme Leagh Franklin says liberal women – not men – are her fiercest critics, and she’s calling out what she sees as the left’s hypocrisy of claiming to champion all women while savagely attacking conservative ones.
The University of California, Berkeley graduate, who worked in Donald Trump’s first White House and now hosts the podcast Sincerely American, says the mockery of cabinet members like Kristi Noem as ‘ICE Barbie’ exposes the reality behind progressive feminism.
‘I rarely have men attacking me. It’s always other women,’ Franklin told the Daily Mail. ‘Women are the most vicious to one another, especially liberal women towards conservative women.’
Franklin particularly expressed distaste for the nasty mockery of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following escalating ICE activity in Minnesota.
‘I find it funny when the left attacks Kristi Noem or any of the female members of Trump’s cabinet, or anyone a part of the administration, or conservative women in general because these people claim to be feminists,’ Franklin said.
Critics of the president’s immigration policies call Noem ‘ICE Barbie’ on social media and ridicule her looks.
‘It’s obviously from jealousy, because Kristi Noem looks amazing, and you can be beautiful and brilliant and also a hardworking person,’ she said.
She dismissed the left’s attempt to stereotype MAGA women as ‘bimbos’ who simply follow their husbands or bosses.
Conservative podcaster Jayme Leagh Franklin in the White House briefing room
Conservative podcaster Jayme Leagh Franklin and her family with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance
‘They think that we’re just like women who follow exactly what our husbands say, that we don’t have any political thoughts of our own. That could not be further from the truth,’ she said. ‘Conservative women are the most opinionated and passionate people you will meet.’
Franklin launched her podcast with friend Camryn Kinsey as part of an expanding media profile that began with The Conservateur, a platform for women covering culture, fashion, faith and politics.
She kicked off the new year at the White House press briefing in the special New Media seat, created for rotating conservative influencers, where she congratulated press secretary Karoline Leavitt on her second pregnancy.
Leavitt’s lifestyle resonates with her audience, Franklin explained—a young working mom who didn’t postpone motherhood for her career.
She called Trump’s second administration ‘the most pro-family we’ve seen in decades,’ crediting chief of staff Susie Wiles for creating a pro-family culture in the West Wing.
When young Trump-supporting conservatives first flocked to Washington during his initial term, many were single and new to the political scene. Four years later, they’re back—often married with young children.
‘I see them now as young families that met through the whole Trump world. A lot of people have created families through that,’ Franklin said.
Part of that pro-family culture includes ongoing efforts to promote health and wellness.
Earlier this month, Franklin visited the White House to interview Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins about the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
Growing up in California, her family prioritized health—now as a mother, she’s made it central to her life. Her circle of young conservative mothers are equally focused on the issue raising their own children.
Franklin believes MAHA should attract people of any political stripe.
Conservative podcasters Jayme Leagh Franklin and Camryn Kinsey on the set of Fox News
Conservative podcaster Jayme Leagh Franklin is a big supporter of the Make America Healthy Again Movement
‘I actually believe health is the number one issue in the country,’ she said. ‘If you have a sick country, you have a weak country.’
Franklin views the women on Trump’s staff and in his cabinet as role models, and Trump as an excellent boss for empowering them.
She celebrated their diverse career and political backgrounds—from South Dakota’s Noem, a rancher-turned-governor, to Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat, veteran, and yoga enthusiast, to former wrestling executive Linda McMahon.
‘It really shows how much he values diversity of thought, which is so important,’ she said.
She called many mainstream female media figures hypocrites for criticizing or ignoring conservative women.
‘They claim to want to empower and uplift women, but only liberal women,’ she said.
Franklin launched her podcast as influential conservative media figures have turned on each other. Last year, Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro denounced podcasters Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, who in turn accused Shapiro of trying to ‘cancel’ them.
But Franklin has no interest in the petty online fighting.
She emphasized her podcast would respect all women and their freedom of speech, despite differing political views, and said she has zero interest in influencer fights.
‘Getting into trashy fights does not make this country better. I want to be a uniter, not a divider. I just don’t engage in that negativity.’
