A House hearing devolved into chaos after Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) referred to Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), a transgender woman, as “mister.”
McBride then fired back, calling Self “Madam Chair” in the House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.
Ranking member Bill Keating (D-MA) grew angry with Self, asking him to repeat his introduction of McBride.
“Mr. Chairman, you are out of order,” Keating said. “Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I’ve come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent.”
“We will continue this hearing,” Self said.
“You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly elected representative the right way,” Keating shouted.
Self then adjourned the hearing as Keating stormed off.
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe hearing devolves after transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) is referred to as ‘Mister.’
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The Texas representative later justified his actions, saying in a post on X, “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.”
Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), who introduced McBride in early February as the “gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride,” also weighed in. “@RepKeithSelf is right to state the biological reality that Tim ‘Sarah’ McBride is a man. Enough with the lies,” she posted on X. “As God ordained and President Trump declared, there are only TWO GENDERS: Male and Female!”
McBride is the first transgender member of Congress and has drawn considerable attention from Republicans, who barred the Delaware lawmaker from House bathrooms corresponding to McBride’s gender identity.
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The executive order that Self and Miller referred to was Trump’s “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government” order.
The order states, “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.”
