Transgender Rep.-elect Sarah McBride calls GOP attacks ‘an attempt to distract’ from the issues. In a Sunday interview on MSNBC, McBride said, “I didn’t run to be a first. I didn’t run to make history. I ran to serve this state that I love and to deliver for Delawareans.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/transgender-rep-sarah-mcbride-calls-gop-attacks-attempt-distract-mace-rcna181537
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>She added, “It is an attempt to distract from what they are actually doing. Every single time, every single time we hear them say the word ‘trans,’ look what they’re doing with their right hand. Look at what they’re doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing Social Security and Medicare,” McBride added.
It’s a shame that Sarah McBride has to basically act perfectly civil in the face of such blatant hatred and bigotry, because Faux Snooze and our right-wing media machine would declare her a “menace” if she dares show any righteous indignation.
All of this panem et circenses from the Republicans. It’s all they know. Distract and DARVO. Republicans are elementary school bullies, and that’s an insult to elementary schoolers. I’ve taught elementary school kids who have greater empathy than what Republicans do. Republicans have no shame or love in their hearts. They are cruel monsters.
McBride is the kind of rep we need more of in congress. Ignore the bullshit, look at what they’re actually doing.
Gop watch a lot of trans porn
Well, good luck with that. These Republicans are about to deliver for everyone but the average American who needs it. Worst time ever to be in Congress if you’re not an evil or wimpy Republican.
– It’s projecting on the highest level, and CRIMINAL DJT is a master at it – too bad that the media and his grotesquely uneducated republican cult who ‘thinks’ they’re immune are too stupid to see they’re being played, again.!!
[Transgender bathrooms and the federal push for LGBTQ in the childrens education system came as downstream effects to the bipartisan Supreme Court decision on the Bostrock case](https://medium.com/@choptheop/history-of-a-culture-war-did-a-civil-rights-verdict-inadvertently-cause-nationwide-instability-18ec3d4affe0) – with Trumps newly appointed Supreme Court Justices being who tipped the scale in favor.
its wild to think that a bipartisan Supreme Court decision on Civil Rights could have caused this much instability the moment it entered the school system – being perceived by a large percentage of the population as being a culture war instigated and carried out by their own government…
Love her.
See also – I hate that she can’t celebrate and own her history-making achievement (while calling out the bigots), in order to be palatable to the media/electorate.
Republicans campaign on the economy and then immediately chase the first dog whistle scapegoat to not do anything about the economy.
Delawareans is fun to say.
People in the trans community are pissed at her for not being more outraged over this blatant bigotry and transphobia.
Republicans are calling her a man to her face and online over and over and over, legislating her existence, trying to erase all us trans people from the world, and her response is to do the democrat nonsense of “I’m taking the high road and your insults don’t bother me”.
Except the problem is they’re not just insults, they’re fucking legislating it. I can handle an asshole calling me a slur to my face, what I won’t abide by ever is someone trying to legislate my existence. That deserves a hearty “go fuck yourself bigot” every single time. We don’t maintain our rights by “taking the high road” while they write laws making it illegal to even identify as different than you were born.
Has Mike Johnson said how he plans on enforcing this yet? Are all women/young girls required to flash their privates before entry?
I genuinely want her to put on blast every single little slight to the average American red hat every time they bash her for something.
I hope for her sake she’s taking self defense classes or BJJ or something. I don’t trust MTG or Mace or any of these other insane loser women in the GOP from getting violent with her
Fuck yeah. I love people like this tbh.
I didn’t come here to win medals. I came here to do the job I promised to do. Win or lose I will do what’s right. More power to Sarah. If I was in Delaware, she would have my vote.
She refuses to be a distraction to what is happening right now. I love her for that.
She shut them down by just saying “ok” and left them grasping for ways to build the outrage. She made them look stupid in the most respectful manner imaginable and I’m here for it.
The citizens of Delaware need to show up outside Nancy Mace’s office and let her know that her bullshit stops or we follow and heckle till you stop your bullshit.
I genuinely fear for her life. I hope she is safe and has good security.
Having dealt with being part of the management for a children’s sports league, I can tell you: this is a topic conservatives will waste all the time on. It doesn’t matter if this doesn’t really matter to most people, there’s going to be otherwise reasonable people who will work themselves into a frenzy over this. It feels crazy to me.
She is right
It’s true if this and of damned near everything in Washington. Distractions all.
So, what is the plan to keep the focus on the issues? Saying “X is happening” is one thing; doing something about it is another.
I wish more people were standing up for her tbh. Kinda disheartening.
Totally lost opportunity for residents of her state to not call themselves Delawarewolves.
What I find sad is, that the actual title of this piece is emphasizing „transgender rep“ instead of „Delaware House representative.“
No one would say Female rep or male rep. It shows again that the current press is not capable of not furthering the Republican culture war.
Republicans never gave a crap about solving problems. Never have and never will
common delaware W
And in response to her surrender, they’ve moved a federal toilet ban.
She was in a tough spot, but this was categorically the wrong answer.
It’s a distraction, but in the same way shooting someone is a distraction in a bank robbery. This will hurt people
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